General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> February 12, 2001
THOMAS W. LAMING is a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager with
Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc. His current management
responsibilities include Lead Manager of Buffalo Equity and Buffalo USA
Global Funds; Lead Manager of the AFBA Five Star Equity and AFBA Five
Star USA Global Funds; co-Manager of the Buffalo Small Cap Fund; and
Manager of the Great Plains Trust Company Science Technology Fund.
Previously, Mr. Laming was a Senior Engineer at Martin Marietta, a Staff
Engineer with TRW at the Johnson Space Center in Houston and at TRW's
Space Park Facility in Redondo Beach. While an engineer, his work dealt
primarily with spacecraft design. Prior to joining KCM, Mr. Laming was a
Technology Analyst with Waddell & Reed. He holds an MBA from Indiana
University, an MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and a BS in Physics from the University of
Kansas. Profile
KENT W. GASAWAY is a Partner, Senior Vice President and Portfolio
Manager with Kornitzer Capital Management, Inc. His current management
responsibilities include: Lead Manager of Buffalo Small Cap, Buffalo
High Yield and Buffalo Balanced funds; Lead Manager of AFBA Five Star
Balanced and AFBA Five Star High Yield Funds; co-Manager of Buffalo
Equity and USA Global Funds, and co-Manager of the AFBA Five Star Equity
and AFBA Five Star USA Global Funds. Previously, he was a Portfolio
Manager and research analyst at Waddell & Reed Asset Management Co. Mr.
Gasaway's nearly 20-year career includes managing government and
corporate bonds, high yield bonds, convertible bonds, mortgage
securities, money market securities, municipal bonds, and common stocks.
Mr. Gasaway is a Chartered Financial Analyst and received a BS degree in
Business from Kansas State University. Profile
Fund's shareholders. The Fund grew 21.5%, while the S&P 500 lost 9%.
Tom, how did you do it?
Mr. Laming: Really, it
