James F. Ackerman Name: James F. Ackerman Born: March 12, 1924 Joined AGB: 1973 Primary Dept/Div: Private Investment Primary Office: Chicago, Indianapolis As of 7/15/1977: James (Jim) Ackerman is a Partner of Becker Communications Associates and a vice president of Warburg Paribas Becker. He joined the firm in 1973 after two years as president of…

Harold Ahlberg Name: Harold Ahlberg Born: Joined AGB: 1921 Primary Dept/Div: Administration Primary Office: Chicago Harold (Hal) Ahlberg joined Becker in 1921. He was thus at the firm shortly before A.G. Becker’s death and attended his funeral. He was active at the firm in the 1930s and remembered Irv Sherman’s role in keeping the firm’s…

Sangwoo Ahn Name: Sangwoo Ahn Born: August 22, 1938 Joined AGB: 1978 Primary Dept/Div: Corporate Finance Primary Office: New York As of 7/15/1977: Sangwoo Ahn, New York, is a managing director in the Corporate Finance Department, Southwestern region, of Warburg Paribas Becker, a position he has held since joining the firm in 1976. For the…

Phillip Alexander Name: Phillip Alexander Born: September 15, 1929 Joined AGB: 1969 Primary Dept/Div: Accounting Primary Office: Chicago As of 7/16/1977: Phillip (Phil) Alexander was born in Cleveland in 1929. He graduated from Amherst in 1951 and later graduated from the Harvard Business School in 1957, having spent time in the interim in the Navy…

Kenneth Alm Name: Kenneth Alm Born: January 1, 1931 Joined AGB: 1955 Primary Dept/Div: Individual Clients Primary Office: Chicago Ken Alm was one of those high talent, attractive, enthusiastic young men that Roger Brown hired in the early 1950s as part of a program to build the Chicago roster of sales representatives through good recruitment…

Robert S. Anderson, Jr. Name: Robert S. Anderson, Jr. Born:  Joined AGB: mid-60s Primary Dept/Div: Fixed Income Primary Office: Chicago Bob Anderson joined the Chicago commercial paper department in the early to mid 1960s. He showed quick success as a salesman with leadership qualities. In a few years, Bob became a Vice President and National…

Robert M. Arias Name: Robert Miquel Arias Born: February 11, 1938 Joined AGB: 1966 Primary Dept/Div: Stock Exchange Primary Office: New York Robert M. (Bob) Arias was born in New York City in 1938, raised in Scarsdale where he graduated from high school, graduated from Yale University in 1959, and received an MBA from New…

Salvo R. Arias Name: Salvo R. Arias Born: July 4, 1900 Joined AGB: 1966 Primary Dept/Div: Individual Clients Primary Office: New York Salvo Robert Arias was born in Smyrna, Turkey on July 4, 1900. He attended school in Smyrna. Salvo worked for a NYC trading and a freight forwarding company until 1926, and then as…

Andrew M. Baird Name: Andrew M. Baird Born: January 1, 1897 Joined AGB: 1919 Primary Dept/Div: Sales Management, Corporate Finance, Executive Primary Office: Chicago Andrew (Andy) Baird was born in 1897. He joined A.G. Becker immediately following graduation from the University of Chicago in 1921. His college career was interrupted by military service, being discharged…

George J. Baxter Name: George J. Baxter Born: April 23, 1936 Joined AGB: 1968 Primary Dept/Div: Funds Evaluation Primary Office: New York As of 7/15/1977: George J. Baxter, New York, is vice president and manager of Non-disclosed Dealer Account activities for Becker Securities. George joined the company in 1968 as a Funds Evaluation sales representative…