General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> February 1, 1999

William K. Morrill Jr. – Abkb / Lasalle Securities

WILLIAM K. MORRILL, JR., is a Managing Director and CEO of LaSalle Investment Management (Securities) with 16 years of real estate experience. Mr. Morrill is Chairman of the Securities Investment Committee and is responsible for the Real Estate Securities Group. From 1987 to 1993, Mr. Morrill was in charge of the direct real estate asset management division of LaSalle and from 1993 to 1994 was the head of LaSalle's direct real estate Investment Committee, in addition to managing the real estate securities program. Prior to joining LaSalle Investment Management (Securities) in 1985, Mr. Morrill served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Domestic Operations for a Baltimore firm with interests in construction and real estate development. Mr. Morrill has authored articles on real estate investment trusts in Investment Decisions, Real Estate Finance, Pension World, and Real Estate Accounting and Taxation. He is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) and is on the Editorial Board for the REIT Report published by NAREIT. Mr. Morrill holds a BA degree from The Johns Hopkins University and an MBA with Distinction from the Harvard Business School. Profile
KEITH R. PAULEY is an International Managing Director and CIO of LaSalle Investment Management (Securities) with 15 years of real estate experience. His responsibilities include portfolio management of the real estate securities separate accounts and research coverage and security analysis of the publicly traded real estate companies. Mr. Pauley has authored articles on real estate securities in Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Research and Pension World. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the Baltimore Security Analysts Society. Mr. Pauley is an associate member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) and a past member of its Board of Governors and co-Chairman of its Research Committee. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a BA degree in Economics and an MBA degree in Finance. Mr. Pauley joined the firm in 1986. Profile
TWST: What do you do in general to manage money at ABKB/LaSalle?

Mr. Morrill: We have always considered ourselves to be real estate

investment managers. We happen to invest in real estate by