Irving H. Sherman Name: Irving H. Sherman Born: July 21, 1900 Joined AGB: 1926 Primary Dept/Div: Corporate finance, Executive Primary Office: New York Irving Sherman was born in 1900. He graduated from Cornell in 1922 after which he worked for a subsidiary of the DuPont Company (where he learned German) joining Becker’s New York office…

David Simpson Name: David Simpson Born: N/A Joined AGB: In the early 1970s Primary Dept/Div: Credit Primary Office: New York David (“Dave”) Simpson joined the Credit Department of Becker in the 1970s coming from the National Credit Office. He worked with Brad Neubaur as an associate, and Lou Moss as Department Manager until 1980, when…

Malcolm Skall Name: Malcolm Skall Born: October 19, 1925 Joined AGB: 1952 Primary Dept/Div: Credit Securities, Dealer Services Primary Office: San Francisco As of 7/16/1977. Malcolm (Mac) Skall, San Francisco, is a senior vice president of The Becker Warburg Paribas Group with special assignment responsibilities, and a vice president of A.G. Becker. He was born…

David Skall Name: David Skall Born: N/A Joined AGB: 1950 Primary Dept/Div: Specialist Primary Office: Chicago David (Dave) Skall joined Becker in 1950 when the Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis and Minneapolis-St.Paul stock exchanges combined to form the Midwest Stock Exchange, in Chicago. Dave had been President of the Cleveland Exchange and relocated to Chicago to…

William M. Smith Name: William M. Smith Born: November 30, 1943 Joined AGB: 1972 Primary Dept/Div: Options Exchange Primary Office: Chicago As of 7/16/1976. William M. Smith, Chicago, is vice president and national manager of Options services, Becker Securities Corporation. He joined the firm in 1972. Bill is a graduate of Michigan State University where…

Howard Sodakoff Name: Howard Sodakoff Born: July 20, 1935 Joined AGB: 1969 Primary Dept/Div: Corporate Finance Primary Office: New York As of 7/16/1977. Howard Sodokoff, New York, is a managing director in the Corporate Finance Department, Eastern region, of Warburg Paribas Becker. Howard was born in Brooklyn and raised in Greenwich. He is a graduate…

Carl B. Stern Name: Carl B. Stern Born: 1916 Joined AGB: 1946 Primary Dept/Div: Legal/Corporate Finance Primary Office: San Francisco Carl Stern was born in 1916. He was the son of David Stern, later to be President and Chairman of A.G. Becker & Co.. A.G. Becker, founder of the firm, was Carl’s great uncle. Carl…

David B. Stern Name: David B. Stern Born: 1880 Joined AGB: 1900 Primary Dept/Div: Corporate Finance, Executive Primary Office: Chicago David Stern, nephew of A.G. Becker, joined the firm directly after graduating from the Unversity of Chicago. The repartee between David and his uncle, Abraham, which took place in connection with David’s hiring in 1902,…

John W. Stodder Name: John W. Stodder Born: N/A Joined AGB: 1950 Primary Dept/Div: Corporate finance Primary Office: Chicago John Stodder joined the Chicago corporate finance department in 1950 immediately after graduating with an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Prior thereto, he had received an AB from Holy Cross in 1944, and then became…

A. Kent Sykes Name: A. Kent Sykes Born: 1891 Joined AGB: 1929 Primary Dept/Div: Advertising. Registration Statement Compliance. Primary Office: Chicago Kent Sykes joined Becker in 1929 in parallel with Harold Wood. Their work was joined in many ways as a result of the national securities legislation of the early 1930s. Kent was responsible for…