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NEWS & EVENTS (PAST AND FUTURE)
NYC EVENTS
 # The Birds Chirp a Little Longer: Our birding event had to be rescheduled due to inclement weather. It will now be held 9-11 am on Thursday, October 16, 2025, in Central Park's Ramble. So you have another chance to sign up! Beginning birders are welcome, and binoculars will be supplied if you don't have a pair. We'll meet up with our new guide, Kellye Rosenheim, at the northeast corner of 77th Street and Central Park West, by the statue and benches. Then it's a short walk into the Ramble, where we'll look for warblers, thrushes, sparrows and other songbirds; and raptors. Kellye Rosenheim is co-author of Birdwatching in New York City and on Long Island (Second Edition) (Brandeis University Press, 2025). You must be a dues-paying CAA member to register, and can bring one guest. The fee is $15 per person. Please click here to register. (Sorry if our non-birding membrs are tired of reading about this.)
 # Bull Market: We are offering Chase alumni a special opportunity to attend a talk by the restorers of Paulus Potter's The Bull (1647), a major holding in The Hague's Mauritshuis (a small, world-class museum), to be held 6-8:30 pm on Thursday, October 24, 2025 at The Explorers Club in New York. (A chance to see the Explorers Club is reason enough to attend!) "At about life-size, this is an unusually monumental animal painting that challenges the hierarchy of genres by its almost heroic treatment of an animal. The large size allows space for very detailed realism, including a number of flies, that was both admired and criticised, especially in the 19th century." (Wikipedia)
 As the new fall season begins, we remind our New York-tri-state alumni that we will not be holding our usual fall gathering this year. Rather, we are waiting for JPMC to assign us a date when they will host us for a reception at the new headquarters at 270 Park Avenue (along with – fingers crossed – a tour of the building), hopefully in May of 2026. Because we expect alumni from outside the NYC area will want to attend this reception, we are planning to program two or three days of activities in conjunction with the reception. Credit classes, geography-specific groups (e.g. LATAM) or business area groups (e.g., Treasury) that want to hold lunches or dinners around the date of the reception can work with us on programming of interest. (Thanks to Joe Murphy, who has offered to organize something for Credit Classes of the 1970s.) Our reservation/payment platform can support your event. While we await the actual date of the reception, we suggest that you begin gathering names and contact information for your potential attendees.
So far, we are offering the two activities described above in NYC this fall -- the birding event and, thanks to CAA co-founder Hans van den Houten, access to an art lecture on October 23rd at NY's extraordinary Explorers Club, about the restoration of a major painting at the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague. If another few people are interested in a Zoom-based book club, we will launch that program.
In spring 2026, we expect to offer three activities outside the reception/reunion. You can save the date for two of them.
- We've reserved 20 tickets to the March 5th Carnegie Hall concert by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, led by Joshua Bell, with a meet-and-greet arranged by our British Chase alumnus who chairs the orchestra's board;
- a theater party for the Broadway version of Dog Day Afternoon – about the robbery of a Chase bank, and starring two actors from the hit series The Bear); and
- Subway Series tickets at CitiField, most likely on May 15th.
If you think you will be interested in these spring activities, please let Andrea know at news@chasealum.org so we have an idea of how many tickets we should order.
If you have ideas for other activities -- in person or virtual – that you would like to share with other Chase alumni, please let us know.
 # A Flock of Floridians: Register now for a CAA cocktail reception on Friday, November 14, 2025, from 5 pm to 7 pm in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Thanks to Chase alumnus Bruno Mejean who has offered use of his condo there. The event is free to dues-paying CAA members, who may also bring a spouse or partner. The condo is in the Central Beach area of Fort Lauderdale; the exact address will be given when you register. The event is limited to 50 people. (If we get a good weather forecast in advance of the evening, we can use the apartment's terrace and increase the number of guests.) Valet parking is available for $20.
Click here to register. (Remember to log in to the website first, so you are recognized as a dues-paying member.) Please list the name of your spouse or partner if you are bringing one.
Please feel free to share this invitation with Chase alumni in Florida (or visiting Florida) who may not be aware of the CAA's activities.
And if you want to host an event in your neck of the woods, let us know!
 What are you reading? We've gotten terrific suggestions. Send us your fall reading lists, recommendations, challenges (i.e., finally conquering Ulysses) and other thoughts on books your fellow alumni have mentioned. Let us know if you'll be reading books on paper or screens and why you have a preference. Also tell us whether you would be interested in our setting up a periodic CAA Book Club gathering via Zoom, to discuss fiction, non-fiction or specific genres with other alumni. Let Andrea know at news@chasealum.org. Thanks!
THE NEW JPMC TOWER AND OTHER JPMC NEWS
 Monica Langley – former reporter at The Wall Street Journal, business school professor and executive vice president at Salesforce, sat down recently for a rare unfiltered one-on-one conversation with Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorganChase. As the leader of the world’s largest bank, Dimon opens up about managing in the midst of geopolitical and economic challenges, getting fired at Citigroup and being jobless for a year and facing death two times. Click here to access the free "Office Hours" podcast.
 More than 8,000 people worked on the new JPMC Tower at 270 Park Avenue over a six-year period, and more than 1,500 workers and their family members were treated to a thank you BBQ by Jamie Dimon on September 10, 2025 on Park Avenue. Click here for an account of the party.
 CAA member Stan Germond's son, Matt, sent in links to three Instagram sites with multiple marvelous photos and videos of the new JPMC HQ at 270 Park Avenue. To see them, click here and here and here. Matt (a non-Chase banker) is himself a fine hobbyist photographer, whose work can be seen by clicking here.
 In the shadow of the 24th anniversary of 9/11, we remember 9/11's impact on alumni, downtown and elsewhere, on that day and since. If you have a story to add to this collection, please send it to Andrea at news@chasealum.org.
9/11 CLAIMS
Can you help these Chase colleague and/or their survivors with these 9/11 claims?
 Irwin Miller died in March 25 at the age of 73 after an unsuccessful lung transplant. He was a Business Objects/Data Warehouse Consultant for Chase at 55 Water Street from May 2001 to June 2003, after which he began having numerous lung ailments. His son, Michael, called him an esteemed member of the SAP BusinessObjects and BONYMAUG community, known for his business objects prowess, math genius and calming demeanor. He spent the majority of his career as a consultant (IDM Systems) after his time at Mocatta Metals, with stops at Moviefone, AOL, Public Internet Exchange, Chase and Volvo. If you recall seeing him in or around 55 Water Street after September 11, 2001, please contact MillerMen31@gmail.com.
 Attorneys for David Pridgen are searching for anyone who remembers seeing him at 1 CMP on or after 9/11/2001. Pridgeon was a Vice President for Market Data, and he worked near the Data Center and the Trading Floor. If you remember working with David and would be willing to sign a statement to support his 9/11 claim, please contact: Gaby Ferrell, Senior Claim Administrator, 646-813-6714 (call/text), gferrell@baraschmcgarry.com
 Attorneys for Monica Popescu are searching for anyone who remembers seeing her at 60 Wall Street on or after 9/11/2001. Popescu, who died of a brain tumor in February 2015 at the age of 52, was a Senior Product Manager/Vice President on the Lab Morgan team. If you remember being in the office with her and would be willing to sign a statement to support her family's 9/11 claim, please contact her husband, Nic Popescu, at pope5380@hotmail.com and/or her attorneys, Barasch & McGarry, at Jashawn@baraschmcgarry.com.
LIFE AFTER CHASE
 Michael Prasad has published a new and free e-book on leadership lessons learned and applied through his work as a Certified Emergency Manager. Read more about him and the book by clicking here.
CAA TECH CORNER WITH DAN ALVAREZ
In his 10th feature dedicated to defining emerging trends in technology (in plain English), CAA board member Dan Alvarez shares reasons for making mobile payments and using a digital wallet. (Spoiler alert: It's easy and actually safer.)
Dan's columns look at tech trends at a "100-level" for Luddites, brilliant (of course) but non-technologically inclined bankers and anyone else in the financial world embarrassed to ask basic questions while looking at the "big picture".
EVENT PHOTOS
# Remember: Dues-paying Chase Alumni Association members can explore the numerous photo albums on the website.
 Christine Dornaus (photo) spoke at CAA Vienna's fall luncheon on September 11, 2025. To see other photos, please click here.
And a wonderful time was had by all! The first Pan-European Chase Alumni Lunch (for alumni who worked in the UK or on the Continent) took place on May 10, 2025, at the RAF Club in London. Nearly 80 people attended–and many stayed on after the official event ended. Said one alumnus: "The overriding reaction of the attendees as we said our farewells was 'When can we do this again?'" Dues-paying CAA members can click here to see photos from the event. Be sure to log in first.
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: Show your grandkids (or kids or yourself) how banking used to be done!
 Buried Red Ferraris: We'll be running stories from the commemorative brochure that was created for the May 2025 luncheon held in London for alumni who had worked for Chase in the UK and on the Continent. We're beginning with a story by the luncheon's organizer, Richard Ingham, about a 1994 celebration for Chase Manhattan's European Outstanding Employees Awards – with a celebrated speaker who turned out to be an outstanding fraudster!
 The Dime Savings Bank of New York, originally the
Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, was a bank headquartered at 9 DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn. It operated from 1859 to 2002, when it was acquired by Washington Mutual, which was subsequently acquired in 2008 by JPMorganChase, which currently owns all former Dime assets. Designed by Mowbray and Uffinger, the original Dime building dates to the early 1900s and was expanded in 1931-32 by Halsey, McCormack
& Helmer, who added a rotunda. The old bank is currently preserved at the base of a
74-story residential skyscraper, The Brooklyn Tower. The postcard show above is from 1910. To learn more about the building and see photos of its spectacular interior, click here.
LOOKING FOR INPUT...
 We've gotten our first contribution (that we can publish) to this question: Did you ever have a client who let you know that the bank had made a mistake in his or her favor? Click here to read Barry Fellner's story...about himself. The question was prompted by two stories. First, The New York Times Ethicist columnist ran a story about a grandfather who removes the "Bank Error in Your Favor -- Collect $200" card from his grandchild's Monopoly game, because he thinks it teaches the wrong lesson. (Mind you, when Monopoly was introduced in 1935, that $200 was the equivalent of about $4,600 in today's dollars.)
(As an aside: Fred Belmont wrote to us that John Garnett, who was part of Chemical Bank's Edge Act office in Chicago, was the banker in the 1979 Monopoly Championship in New York. You may need to be a New York Times subscriber to access the article.)
JPMorganChase is teaching a different kind of lesson by going after customers it has accused of stealing funds in last year’s so-called "infinite money glitch", whereby customers were able withdraw the entire value of a fraudulent check before it bounced.
If you have a story to share about either a scrupulously honest client (at his own expense) or a client who got caught (with either minor or a bit more major theft -- please no names or details by which they could be identified), please contact Andrea at news@chasealum.org.
HAPPY MILESTONE BIRTHDAY!
We often hear from alumni, "So many In Memoriams!" We can't stop the inevitable, but one alumnus came up with a nice idea: Why not spread a little happiness by celebrating milestone birthdays?
So we're inviting alumni to share their upcoming (or very recent) milestone birthdays, ending in "0" or "5". (Please notify Andrea at news@chasealum.org close to your birthday, and if you're having a party, send a picture.)
🎈Happy Birthday to Louise Cordeiro, who turned 95 on September 14th! She worked at Manufacturers Hanover Trust from 1976 to 1991 in consumer/retail products. 🎈
IN MEMORIAM
 # John Proctor, who began as a cashier in Chase Manhattan's Berkeley Square, London, office in 1956 and rose through various managerial positions until his retirement in 1997, died on September 29, 2025 in England. He was 89.
 An alumnus brought to our attention that Godfried van der Lugt, who was CEO of Nederlandse Credietbank when Chase acquired full control of it in 1984, died on November 3, 2023, at the age of 83. Van der Lugt went on to co-found ING Bank.
 Robert Geary, 82, who held senior roles at Chemical and Chase over a 34-year career with the banks in the United States, Australia, Hong Kong and elsewhere, died on August 24, 2025 of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was a resident of Old Greenwich, CT.
 Michael Neilson, 79, who was an Executive Director for Manufacturers Hanover Ltd in London, died of prostate cancer on August 22, 2025. He was a resident of New Canaan, CT.
 Michael (Mike) Askew, a former Managing Director at Chase Manhattan who served in the Nordic Division and in Såo Paulo, died on August 10, 2025 in Uzès, France, where he lived in retirement. We were not able to confirm his age. We have added even more remembrances.
 Frank Volpicelli, a 32-year veteran of Chase, died in Westerly, RI, on July 28, 2025. He was 75.
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.
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.
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