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book, Havtachot Ktanot (Little
Promises), is published by
Mayapple Press. You can contact
David at dfc32@
columbia.edu.
1981
Andrew Jampoler, MIA
Andrew C. A. Jampoler’s third
book, The Last Lincoln Conspirator,
John Surratt’s Flight from the
Gallows, will be published in
October 2008. Surratt (whose
mother Mary was hanged in
1865 for her part in John Wilkes
Booth’s conspiracy) fl ed the
United States after Lincoln’s
assassination. He was caught in
1866 in Alexandria, Egypt, and
returned to the United States
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for trial. Andrew (CC ’62 and
SIPA ’81) has been writing nonfi
ction since retiring from the
aerospace industry. He and his
wife live in Leesburg, Virginia.
1984
Brent Feigenbaum, MIA
Brent was hired as director and
chief marketing offi cer for the
J. E. Robert Companies (JER).
In this role, he will be responsible
for public relations, advertising,
branding, and marketing
communications for the real
estate investment management
company, bringing greater
consistency and awareness to
its global operations.
1985
Walter Judge, MIA
Walter, a 1990 graduate of
Boston College Law School,
was recognized as a Leading
Business Lawyer in the
prestigious Chambers USA
2008 directory. Selections are
based on extensive research,
including peer and client evaluations.
Walter joined Downs
Rachlin Martin PLLC (DRM)
in 1992. He focuses his practice
in business and commercial
litigation; intellectual property,
Internet and technology law,
and related insurance coverage
disputes; and product liability
disputes. As an adjunct professor
at Vermont Law School,
Walter teaches the trade secrets
section in an introduction to
the intellectual property law
course. He also serves as an advisory
member of the Tri-State
Defense Lawyers Association,
an affi liate organization of the
Defense Research Institute.
Walter recently joined the
International Association of
Defense Counsel, whose membership
includes approximately
2,500 invitation-only, peer-reviewed
member attorneys with
advanced skills and practice
representing corporations and
insurers in defense law.
1986
Jay Fridkis, MIA
Jay lives in Columbia, Maryland,
and works as a business
technology consultant at CentreTEK
Solutions, a diversifi ed
IT company. His duties focus
on performing technology
analysis and “due diligence”
functions when a company
is being acquired. He has a
12-year-old daughter.
1987
Suleyman “Sam” Tombul,
MIA
In 1991, a few unremarkable
years after graduation, Sam left
the New Jersey–New York area
and moved to Istanbul, Turkey,
where he worked at various
investment banks and brokers.
He joined Citibank in 1999 and
was responsible for marketing
banking and investment products
at the Consumer Bank. In
2001, he moved again, this time
to Zurich, Switzerland, with his
wife (Yesim) and two boys (Ali,
9, and Emir, 8.) After transitioning
into private banking, he
remained at Citibank until moving
onto Clariden Leu in 2004,
where he is currently a senior
vice president covering Eastern
Europe. Sam looks back at his
days at SIPA as some of his best
ever. He would be thrilled to
reconnect and catch up with
old friends, classmates, and
other SIPA grads at stonbul@
hispeed.ch.
1988
Andrew Hofer, MIA
Andrew has recently been
named chairman of the
National Board of Directors
of Recording for the Blind &
Dyslexic (RFB&D). Andrew
states that RFB&D provides
an amazingly effective and
cost-effi cient service that
helps Americans with visual
impairments and learning disabilities
gain equal access and
opportunity for education
and lifelong learning. He was
elected to RFB&D’s National
Board in January 2004 and
became board chairman in July.
He is also a managing director
at Brown Brothers Harriman &
Co. Investment Management.
Dilip Samarasinghe, MIA
Dilip is director (Media & Publicity)
at the Board of Investment
of Sri Lanka, the department
of the Government of Sri
Lanka responsible for promoting
foreign direct investment. In this
capacity, Dilip has served as Sri
Lanka’s delegate at international
conferences such as the Sri Lanka
Economic Forum in 2006 and
2007, the SAARC Summit in
2008, the Partnership Summit
in India in 2007, and the
United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development’s expert
meeting on the Globalization of
R&D and Developing Countries
in 2005. He is also a visiting
lecturer in international affairs
at the Bandaranaike Center for
International Studies, the premier
think tank in Colombo, where
he teaches a course on current
affairs and modern confl icts.
Dilip has authored many articles
on international and strategic
issues, notably on foreign direct
investment. Among his recent