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# Remember: Past CAA newsletters are archived on the CAA website under News.
 # Do you have a memorable story about Christmas or New Year's working at the bank? It could involve a work deadline, a party (make sure its printable!), celebrating during an overseas assignment or a rush to get home from overseas. If so, please send it ASAP to news@chasealum.org. (Photos welcome.)
 # HEADS UP: As is our custom, we will publish a list of all In Memoriams we have run during the 2025 calendar year on the last Sunday of December. Please: If you know of someone who has died and not been given an In Memoriam, let us know by Christmas, so we have time to gather the information we need to write a tribute to the deceased. Thank you.
Attenzione!
The trip, which will take us from Palermo to Catania, will feature a memorable mix of art, great architecture, history, culture, natural wonders, private visits to palazzos, great food and wine, 4- and 5-star hotels and, of course, the comraderie of Chase alumni. By going in October, we'll avoid the crowds and heat: It's truly an ideal time of year to visit Sicily!
NEWS & EVENTS (PAST AND FUTURE)
 # Tickets are sold out for the March 5, 2026 Carnegie Hall concert by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF), featuring Joshua Bell as both leader and violin soloist. The concert will be followed by a reception in Carnegie's Rohatyn Room. Tickets, in the front right Parterre, plus admission to the reception will cost $95. If you would like to join the waiting list in case of cancellations, please contact Andrea at news@chasealum.org. # Click here for more details about the concert in New York, as well as others coming up in London, Vienna, Frankfurt and Asia.
NYC EVENTS
We are still 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, and Manuel Peña-Morros who will organize a dinner for
LATAM alumni.) 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.
JPMC NEWS
 JPMorgan to build multi-billion pound tower in London's Canary Wharf: Reuters' Iain Withers writes that the decision to build one of Europe's largest towers there is a big win for the Canary Wharf district. Foster + Partners will design the new building, which will be larger than the new JPMC headquarters it designed in NYC. Withers writes that it will be more than double the floorspace of Britain's current tallest building, The Shard, in London. JPMC's own announcement on November 27, 2025 does not indicate the number of floors or height of the proposed tower, as "the plans are subject to a continuing positive business environment in the UK and the receipt of the necessary approvals and agreements at a national and local level." Image: Artist's impression: The uninterrupted views across the River Thames to central London from JPMorganChase's proposed Riverside office, via BusinessWire.
 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."
JPMC Chair and CEO Jamie Dimon also 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.
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.
 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.
LIFE AFTER CHASE
 # Martin Fraenkel may still be working in the financial field, but he is very active in the not-for-profit sphere, especially in his role as Chair of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. And he even got to play violin in a rehearsal with them!
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: Photo from CAA Vienna's Thanksgiving Day luncheon at St Johanns Club: L-R, bottom row: Maria Steiner, Edith Fischer, Armin Dallmann,Wolfgang Fenkart-Fröschl,] Rudolf von Geymüller: L-R, top row: Christian Tury, Philip Reading, Clemens Falkhausen, Gerd Eisenburger, Helmut Breit. A few had to leave early: Andreas Heger, Günter Korp, Michael Kraus, Gustav Dressler, Jens Weidenbruch.
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:
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: In 1983, Manufacturers Hanover ran this ad to promote its role in helping to bring a loan exhibition from the Vatican Museums to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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
 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.
IN MEMORIAM
 # We were just informed of the death of Herbert Cohen, 78, on August 10, 2025. The Glen Rock, NJ resident was a VP/ Financial ManagerWestern Hemisphere and the Controllers Department, among other roles over a 33-year career at Chase.
 Malcolm Davies, 88, died on November 1, 2025, 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.
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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