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Dear [first_name]:
Happy Thanksgiving to all our alumni celebrating the holiday!
If there's something you're particularly thankful for this Thanksgiving, please let us know
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NEWS & EVENTS (PAST AND FUTURE)
Attenzione, per favore! CAA's next guided tour will be to Sicily, some time in October 2026. Wolfgang Friedl, who led our memorable trips to Puglia and the South of France, will once again be the tour organizer.
As soon as we have exact dates and itinerary, we'll let you know. We realize that many alumni are already making travel plans for next year, but we have nothing more specific to tell you right now about the trip to Sicily (other than that it was be favoloso!).
NYC EVENTS
 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 a date when they will host us for a reception at the new headquarters at 270 Park Avenue (plus – fingers crossed – a tour of the building), hopefully in May 2026. Because we expect alumni worldwide 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 reception date can work with us. (Thanks to Joe Murphy, who has offered to organize a luncheon 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.
In spring 2026, we expect to offer at least three activities outside the reception/ reunion. You can save the dates for two of them.
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We've reserved 20 tickets to the March 5th concert by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, led by Joshua Bell, at Carnegie Hall, with a meet-and-greet arranged by the British Chase alumnus who chairs the orchestra's board;
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We're waiting for group sales to release tickets for a theater party for the Broadway version of Dog Day Afternoon, about the 1972 robbery of a Chase bank in Brooklyn (and starring two actors from the hit series The Bear), probably in April or June; and
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Subway Series tickets at CitiField, most likely on May 15th.
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Spring Migration Birding, if there's enough interest.
Let Andrea know if you think you will be interested in these spring activities, to help us get an idea of how many tickets we should order. Also contact her if you have ideas for other activities.
JPMC NEWS
 Women make up half of JPMorganChase’s board, and hold seven of its 13 seats on its operating committee. ► Bet on Winners: "Dimon helps people who've earned his respect and trust...says he's guided by performance, not gender or loyalty. To do otherwise...is a disservice to the team."
► Share Your Network: A mentee observed that after Dimon had been fired from Citi and she had just arrived there, he still helped her. "Every time Jamie would call, he would give me the names of three people to talk to inside the company, and he would also ask me what I'd learned so far."
► Go Beyond Borders: "Anyone who launches a $1.5 trillion initiative is seeking a purpose beyond their own company," Brady wrote. "...Dimon expects ambitious people may leave. Part of his job is to help good people become better leaders wherever they go. The world needs more of them."
Designed by Foster + Partners, the bank’s $3 billion new building at 270 Park Ave. is a thrilling addition to the New York skyline, sensitive to people’s needs and the neighborhood despite its massive scale.
Click to read an article by Reed Alexander of Business Insider:
 JPMC Chair and CEO Jamie Dimon cut the ribbon to mark the grand opening iof the new JPMC headquarters at 270 Park Avenue on October 21, 2025. Click here to read more and see the historic moment. We've also gathered a few other videos about the building.
 JPMC Chair and CEO Jamie Dimon has been making the rounds! Now he's sat down with the editor-in-chief of Fortune, Alyson Shontell. During a 45-minute conversation, they touched on such issues as: the price of gold and bitcoin; new technologies, like AI; the AI bubble and circular AI investing; whether the U.S. has overplayed its hand on China; the Trump Administration; NYC and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani; Europe; and management and leadership.
Fasten Your Seatbelts: JPMC Chair and CEO Jamie Dimon said he's far more worried than others that there could be a crash in the U.S. stock market in the next six months to two years, according to a sobering October 8, 2025 interview with the BBC. What do you think? Let us know. (Dimon was in Bournemouth to announce an investment of about £350m in JPMC's campus there, as well as a £3.5m philanthropic investment in local non-profits.)
 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.
LIFE AFTER CHASE
His interview also includes various lessons he learned over the last 18 months (and eight surgeries).
If there's something you're particularly thankful for this Thanksgiving, please let us know.
CAA TECH CORNER WITH DAN ALVAREZ
In his 11th feature dedicated to defining emerging trends in technology (in plain English), CAA board member Dan Alvarez explains how AI agents are used, what jobs they might threaten and what positions may be in even greater demand. The article is long (but easy to read and engaging), so it's in two parts.
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. Be sure to log in first.
Below: Photos from CAA Frankfurt's outing on October 24, 2025, to the Museum of Applied Art for an exhibition of Asian art, followed by dinner at Villa Metzler:
Above: All but a few of the CAA birders -- several first-timers – who viewed the fall migration in The Ramble in NY's Central Park on Thursday, October 16, with the help of guide Kellye Rosenheim.
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: Vintage Printing Letterpress Printers Block Plate, Chase Bank Logo
LOOKING FOR INPUT...
 We're always looking for ideas for:and new contributions to such existing series of articles as:
We also invite 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.)
Please send your story or story ideas to news@chasealum.org. As always, you can write something up, or Andrea can interview you and write it up for you.
MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS
 Bill Atkinson let us know that he turned 75 on September 30, 2025 -- and even the State of Indiana celebrated! He's a Chase alumnus via Bank One in Chicago and Indianapolis.
 Are you approaching a milestone birthday – a number ending in a zero or a five? We want to help you celebrate! Please let Andrea know at news@chasealum.org. Celebration photos are welcomed.
A STORY TOO GOOD NOT TO SHARE,
THOUGH IT'S NOT REALLY ON POINT
 A Good Story: We received the following email, and while it's quite tangential to what we run in the newsletter, it's a fun read (with Sidney Greenstreet playing a featured role!). "John Albert here, 30-year vet from MHT through JPMorgan Chase (retired in 2006). My grandfather-in-law, Lt. Col. E. Harold Igoe, was quite a character, and the local newspaper ran a series of articles about him. He passed away like 42 years ago. Anyway, I was reading the article again and focused on something he said regarding J.P Morgan. I thought you might find it interesting. Article attached."
IN MEMORIAM
 Malcolm Davies, 88, died on November 1, 2026, in Bridgeport, CT. Born in a small village in Wales, he became President of Manufacturer Hanover Trust's World Trade Corporation.
 We just learned of the death on July 3, 2025 of Timothy (Tim) Denis Sullivan, 71, of Cortlandt Manor, NY. Sullivan began at Lincoln First Bank, a Chase heritage bank, in 1978 and left Chase in 1992 as a Vice President, having served many roles. He eventually became President and CEO of Sunnyside Federal Savings and Loan.
 William Fredrick (Rick) Pank, 88, died in Norwalk, CT, on September 27, 2025. He spent his entire professional career at Chase Manhattan, retiring as a VP for Aerospace in 1995.
 Enda Carey, 58, passed away on October 7, 2025 in Newcastle Co. Wicklow Ireland. Enda started at Chemical Bank in London in the early 1990s as a contractor and left more than 15 years later as Vice President in Global Bank Finance Management Accounting, taking on various roles in between including supporting the launch of Chase Business Services (CBS) in the early 2000s
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.
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.
Here's a refresher on how to best use the 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. Narrow your search by 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.
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 and newsletter archives, photo albums, membership directory, past In Memoriams and benefit information.
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