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Happy Holidays to all those observing, whether it be Easter, Passover or Ramadan!
NEWS & EVENTS (PAST AND FUTURE)
 # Click here for JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon annual Chairman & CEO letter to shareholders, issued this past week.
Having predicted a coming financial "hurricane" just 10 months ago, Dimon now has a sunnier forecast, citing a healthy U.S. economy that he believes will remain healthy for decades to come. "When one talks about risk for too long, it begins to cloud your judgment. Looking ahead, the positives are huge," Dimon wrote – nevertheless saying he's fully prepared for a backslide.
# Ken Jablon reviews CAA Alum Ralph White's memoir of rescuing 117 Vietnamese civilians at the fall of Saigon. The book was released on April 4, 2023 by Simon & Schuster.We'd love to have a book event with Ralph. Let Andrea know at news@chasealum.org if you would like to attend such an event by zoom.
You must be a dues-paying member of the Chase Alumni Association to purchase the seat, and we promise to sit you with an amiable alum! No refunds. NOTE: There are no paper tickets for the game. You must be able to access the MLB Ballpark app on a smart phone and show those electronic tickets at CitiField to gain entry. Questions? Contact Andrea at news@chasealum.org.
 # Thank you to Alice Sachs Zimet for arranging a VIP tour for 11 CAA guests at the New York AIPAD Photography Show on April 2, 2023. She chose several booths, where the dealers talked about their artists – established and emerging – and philosophies and showed us a range of remarkable photographs. The general concensus was that the visit was enlightening, informative and wonderfully fun! Join us next year (if Alice is so gracious as to invite us again)!
 Pay Tribute to Your Mentor: We have added a tribute to Tom Poplawski from Steve Wertheim in Part 4 of our series, which also includes a contribution from Dave Farrell that is also a reminiscence of Chase Manhattan South Africa. We continue to invite you to pay tribute to a mentor at the bank who helped shape your career, values and interests, someone who went beyond just being your boss. You must write about an employee of Chase, Chemical, Manny Hanny, Bank One, First Chicago or the other banks that are the heritage of JPMorgan Chase. Please include specifics. If you have a photo of yourself with your mentor, please send it. Last year we had enough essays to require that we run it in three parts. We've begun Part 4. Let's see if we need a Part 5!
 Corruption, or That's Not How We Do Things (Part 2): We're starting to post more stories about experiences alumni have had being approached overseas (or stateside) to participate in corrupt practices–or having to look the other way. The latest post is a story by Sergei Boboshko about his experiences in Russia in the 1990s. (Also visit Part 1)
If this is a subject you are willing to write or be interviewed about, please contact Andrea at news@chasealum.org. You can speak confidentially, or we can run your story anonymously if you prefer. We've already heard from a number of alumni. Add your tale!
EVENT PHOTOS (Viewable by dues-paying members)
...and from a gathering of Chase alumni in Mexico City on November 10, 2022. (Viewable by all)
LIFE AFTER CHASE
 We've written before about Chase alumnus and polymath Bob Graboyes, who, while an economics professor, won the 2014 Bastiat Prize for Journalism, an international award for “writing that best demonstrates the importance of individual liberty and free markets with originality, wit and eloquence.” Graboyes has now left academia and is writing a substack (blog) he has dubbed Bastiat's Window, and it displays that same originality, wit and eloquence over a wide variety of subjects – with numerous references to his experiences at Chase. He just published a three-parter entirely related to and heavily laden with Chase Manhattan lore. The first installment is called Fun and Death in Lagos, but you need to register on the site to read it. It's well worth the effort!
# A General Note: Alumnae of First Chicago and Morgan Guaranty have sent us emails complaining that those institutions are not sufficiently represented on this website, that everything is about Chase, Chemical and Manny Hanny. (And, of course, we get complaints from Chem and MHT alumni that everything is about Chase!) This is a reminder that we largely rely on you, our members, to send us your stories and recollections. We propose story topics – e.g. mentors, romance in the workplace, working in dangerous situations, memorabilia, best hires, ways you spent the pandemic, book recommendations, to name a few – and then hope that alumni from all the JPMC heritage organizations will chime in. We're also always looking for contributions to Moments in Bank History (all the banks!) and Life After Chase (or Chem, MHT, First Chicago, etc.). So please, scour your memories and contact us! As always, you can write up a story yourself or just ask to be interviewed. Contact Andrea at news@chasealum.org.
MOMENTS IN BANK HISTORY
(And remember...you have friends at Chase Alumni who want to see photos of your Bank memorabilia! Please send to news@chasealum.org.)
# Object of the Week: This possibly brass (and very heavy) paperweight was given to a Chemical Bank employee after the bank merged with Manufacturers Hanover Trust in the 1980s. Thank you, eBay!
We would love to hear from other alumni who lived in Chase-owned buildings – including bankers from heritage banks who lived in their equivalent on overseas duty. Please contact Andrea Axelrod at news@chasealum.org. Speaking of housing: If you have a great story about finding non-bank-owned housing overseas, let us know as well!
 From a moment in very distant bank history: Two Chase alumni in Antwerp, Marc Smits and Josse Borremans, continue their remarkably researched saga into the DNA of U.S. credit standing. This lengthy installment focuses on the late 18th century negotiations between Charles De Wolf (whose Belgian bank was the forerunner Banque de Commerce) and John Quincy Adams (in photo), then the U.S. Envoy to the Netherlands, later the sixth president of the United States. (Happy Presidents' Day in the USA!) With talk of default in the air now, it's interesting reading. Smits and Borremans even found a "Bourne Ultimatum" at work! Pull up a chair and learn some fascinating history.
 BANKERS IN DANGER: The three-part (so far) series features our intrepid alumni in hair-raising situations in the Middle East, Asia and South America. Were you ever asked to continue working–or struggling to get out of town–in a war zone or amidst other types of violence? Let us know. Here are links to the stories so far: Part 1 (stories by Bob Aberlin, Ed von Leffern, George Lacen, Alan Delsman, Mariana Abrantes de Sousa) | Part 2 (stories by Geoff Scott, Chris Matlon and Jim Haynes) | Part 3 (story by Thomas Lane and about Frank Ciulla).
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In Memoriam
 # We were only just alerted to the February 7, 2022 death of Flavio V. Dobrich, 72, in a sailing accident. Dobrich worked for the International Division of Manufacturers Hanover Trust for 16 years in the 1970s and 1980s.
 # William (Bill) Betz, Jr., 56, died on January 24, 2023, in New Jersey. Betz was a mortgage banker at JPMC banks for many years – having worked at Margaretten Financial Corporation, Chemical Bank (which acquired Margaretten in 1994) and Chase. For the past five years, he was Senior VP, Investor Support Services, at JPMorgan Chase.
 John Hugh Smith, 67, a former senior financial analyst at Chase Manhattan, died March 17, 2023 in Bronxville, NY, after a long illness prompted by COVID.
 Surinder Singh, Head of Country Operations for Chase Manhattan in Spain and Hong Kong in the 1970s and 1980s, died on March 14, 2023. He was 77 and a longtime member of Chase Alumni.
 Martha Reilly Hinchman, who began a long career in banking as a lending officer at Chase Manhattan, died of cancer in the Chicago area on March 10, 2023. She was 71. She met her late husband, Bill Hinchman, while working at Chase, and he later worked for First Chicago.
 Michilene Samuel, who worked on Chase's early ATMs and the development of chase.com for online banking, died on February 27, 2023 of multiple myeloma. She was 74 and had been living most recently in Washington, DC.
 The CAA mourns the passing of longtime member Margaret (Peggi) Einhorn, who died on February 9, 2023 at the age of 69. A former SVP at Chase, she followed her 24-year career at the bank with a 16-year tenure as CFO and Treasurer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
How Best to Use the CAA Membership Directory
 If you have not done so recently, please update the information in your profile, so that the CAA and other members would be better able to contact you. Using the Membership Directory is a privilege of dues-paying CAA members.
Now get a refresher on how to best use the membership directory to find an individual or
groups of individuals you would like to contact. (Note that only dues-paying members have
access to the directory.).
To get to the directory, log in at www.chasealum.org. On the home page menu, click on Membership and then Member Directory.
When searching by name, or in any of the other search areas, we advise starting by putting in less information in the search field. For example, if you want to find William Smith, type only Smith in the Search by Name box; if you put in “William Smith” and he is calling himself Bill Smith in his profile, you will not find him.
If you want to find members who live near you, enter the city, state or country (or any combination) under Location. The Years at Chase search is very valuable. Type in 1996-2005, for instance, and you will find everyone who worked for the bank (including heritage banks) during those years. You can narrow your search by also typing in a location or job title.
Once you have entered the search words, click on Search at the bottom of the page. When members’ names appear, click on their names to obtain more detailed information about them.
If you have any problem with any of this, contact Ken Jablon at jablonkt@aol.com.
As always: If the links do not work for you, you can always access the latest stories by logging on to CAA's web site.
If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to Ken Jablon or call Ken (during normal working hours) at 212-799-9525.
By the by: Don't forget to explore the rest of the CAA Web site. (www.chasealum.org) Just click on the home page menu buttons to find the news archive, photo album, membership directory, past In Memoriams and benefit information.
The Board of the Chase Alumni Association
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