General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> October 25, 1999
LEE C. HAMILTON is a Senior Managing Director with Alla Investment
Management, Inc. Mr. Hamilton, a native of the Twin Cities, has 30 years
of experience in the investment industry. He began his investment career
with Eastman Dillon & Company in the late 1960s. Before acquiring Alla
in 1993, he had various stock and bond investment management
responsibilities with affiliates of First Bank System, Marquette Bank,
and Richfield Bank & Trust. Mr. Hamilton is a member of the Association
for Investment Management & Research, and the Twin Cities Society of
Security Analysts and Rotary. He is married, has an extended family of
eight children, and includes golf among his personal interests. Profile
TWST: Has the environment for finding new large cap investmentopportunities at reasonable prices changed in the last year or so?
Mr. Hamilton: Valuations are higher. S&P 500 earnings have