Lawrence Dunbar Cavanagh Jr. was born in Norwalk in 1942. He graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School and then attended the Georgetown School of Foreign Service (when Bill Clinton was there). After serving in the merchant marine and the U.S. Navy, Lawrence earned a BS and MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business. From 1973 to 1976, he was with the New York Fed (in economic research). After that, he was a writer and editor at Business International (in a job later held by Barack Obama). Lawrence’s next employment was at European American Bank, where he created and ran their currency forecasting service. Later, he worked for the Chicago Board Options Exchange in a truly transformative position as liaison between the Exchange and major trading desks. From 1991 until retirement in 2011, Lawrence worked for Value Line Inc., where he re-modeled, redesigned, and ran Value Line Options, an online subscription service (available at the Darien Library). He met his wife, Eleanor Reimer, in 1972, when she was working on her PhD in Medieval History. They live in Rowayton. Lawrence is a member of the Saugatuck Shore Club, a board member of the Norwalk Symphony, and president of a 97-yer-old charity foundation.

Sponsored by Jim Frayer.

Born 1940 in Fenton MI.  Awarded BS in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University 1962.  Started career in General Electric’s Manufacturing Management Training Program 1965.  Went on to International Sales &  Marketing at Shipley Co in Newton, MA.

Elected to American Society of Electroplated Plastics trade association President & Hall of Fame. Published multiple technical articles including: Society Automotive Engineers, Interference Control, Products Finishing, Society of Plastics Engineering.

Edwin J. Sweeney was born in Weymouth, Mass., in 1949 and grew up in Hingham, Mass. He graduated from Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree, Mass., in 1967 and was active on the hockey team for four years. He graduated from St. Anselms College in Manchester, N.H., with a B.A. and the University of Notre Dame with a B.S. in civil engineering in 1972. At Notre Dame, he participated in varsity sailing. He received an M.S. in civil engineering in 1974 from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is a registered professional engineer in Connecticut and California. His working career started as a consulting engineer for Carollo Engineers in Walnut Creek, Calif., in 1974. He joined Dorr Oliver in 1977 as a sales engineer for industrial filtration products and in 1989 became vice president of sales for water and wastewater filtration systems for Dorr Oliver Environmental Systems. In 1989, he joined Krauss Maffei Corp (Munich & Rowayton) as sales manager of industrial filtration and in 2007 was with Flottweg Separation Technology (Munich & Rowayton) as industry manager of filtration systems for petro chemical and mineral processing. Ed and his wife Vivian of 39 years live in New Canaan and have two sons, one living in Darien and the other in London. Ed is a past commodore of Noroton Yacht Club, past president of the Darien Winter Club, member of Silvermine Golf Club, New Canaan Men’s Club and former member of the Darien Environmental Protection Commission. For hobbies, Ed is an active competitive sailor, likes golfing and is an avid Red Sox, Bruins, Patriots and Notre Dame fan.

Little Rock Ed Barksdale was born in Little Rock, Ark., in 1945 and grew up in Atlanta, Ga. He graduated from W.F. Dykes High School in 1963, where he was active in student government. Ed graduated from Duke University in 1966 with a B.A. in economics and from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with an M.B.A. in finance. Upon graduation, Ed joined General Dynamics in New York as a pension officer; in 1969, he joined Mitchum, Jones and Templeton, which later became Callan Associates, in San Francisco, as performance measurement and investment manager, tracking staff and systems. He returned to New York as a pension and investment consultant to institutional investors with Dreher Rogers. In 1976, Ed joined Rogers, Casey and Barksdale in Stamford, working with institutional clients and managing technical staff and systems. His division was purchased by Northern Trust of Chicago in 1995, and Ed became president and CEO of Northern Trust Global Advisors and Northern Trust of Connecticut. In 2000, Ed was co-founder of Federal Street Partners in Stamford, where he created pooled vehicles focused on alternatives, primarily hedge funds. In 2018, the firm downsized, focusing on partner capital and advice to a few long-time clients. Ed and his wife Joan have three children (living in Tokyo; Freeport, Maine; and Missoula, Mo.). He belongs to the Tokeneke Club, Wee Burn Country Club, Noroton Yacht Club, Campfire Club and Lost Tree Club. He enjoys boating in the summer and skiing in the winter. Sponsored by Gene Markowski.

Don Loomis was born in Miami, Fla., in 1946. He grew up at the Wentworth Club in Surrey, United Kingdom. He graduated from Fairfield Prep in 1964, where he was active on the cross-country team. He graduated from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1968, where he rowed lightweight crew. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1968 to 1974 aboard a destroyer escort based in Naples, Italy (where he met his wife). In 1971, he became sports editor of the English language daily paper The Rome Daily American. Upon returning to the States, he worked at Fisher International, located in Norwalk, Conn., in consulting and market research on the paper industry. He assisted in constructing the company’s worldwide database covering 3,560 mills on all five continents. Ron and his wife Daniela live in Darien and have one daughter (Navy JAG officer stationed in Washington, D.C.) and three grandchildren. He belongs to the Norwalk River Rowing Association and St. John’s Choir. For leisure, he enjoys rowing, skiing, travel and languages. Sponsored by Dieter Bruhn.

George Gilliam was born on August 14, 1944 in Brooklyn, NY, though his time as a Brooklynite was short-lived: his family moved to New Hyde Park, NY, when his father returned from WWII in 1946.

George graduated from the University of Dayton (Go Flyers!) with a bachelor’s degree in business in 1966, and began his sales career with U.S. Plywood in Albany, NY.  In the mid 80’s, George established his own sales agency, representing numerous building material manufacturers in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. He retired from a long and satisfying career in December 2014.

George met Diane Tapley, the love of his life, while working at the New York World’s Fair during the summer of 1964. She was – and still is – the prettiest woman he’d ever seen, and he was somehow able to sweep her off her feet and convince her to marry him.

Fifty-two years later, George and Diane have two children: Drew, who works for Ring’s End in Darien, and Katy, who is a New York Times bestselling author. Katy is also the mother of Henry and Callie, George’s two terrific grandchildren, whom Katy and her husband are raising in nearby Ridgefield.

After spending 35 years in Darien, George moved to Norwalk, where he enjoys spending time with his grandchildren, in addition to playing golf, bridge, bowling and taking long walks with Diane.

George became a proud member of the DMA in 2014, and is currently the chairman of DMA Cares, which makes the weekly announcements regarding the well-being of our members.