Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 1, 1998
JESSICA M. BIBLIOWICZ is President & Chief Operating Officer of John A.
Levin & Co. John A. Levin & Co. is a registered investment advisor with
$8 billion in assets under management. Clients include U.S. and foreign
individuals and their related trusts; non-profit organizations, limited
partnerships, registered investment funds, university and college
endowments; and pension and profit-sharing funds. John A. Levin & Co. is
a subsidiary of Baker Fentress. Prior to joining John A. Levin & Co.,
Mrs. Bibliowicz was Executive Vice President and Head of Smith Barney
Mutual Funds. The Smith Barney Mutual Fund family is comprised of more
than 60 open-ended mutual funds with assets of over $76 billion under
management. The Smith Barney Mutual Fund group is the ninth largest fund
complex in the United States. Mrs. Bibliowicz spent eight years in the
Asset Management Division of Shearson Lehman Brothers. She then spent
two years as Director of Sales and Marketing for Prudential Mutual
Funds. Mrs. Bibliowicz is a member of the Board of Trustees for Cornell
University and also resides on the Cornell Investment Committee. Mrs.
Bibliowicz is also on the Board of Trustees of the Governor's Committee
On Scholastic Achievement. Mrs. Bibliowicz resides as a council member
of New York Hospital Medical Center, is a member of the President's
Council Of Cornell Women and on the board for the Cornell Advisory
Council. Jessica has also been appointed to the Board of Trustees of
Trudeau Institute, a leading research institute for Cancer. Mrs.
Bibliowicz graduated from Cornell University and lives with her husband
and children in New York. Profile
JAMES P. GORTER is Chairman of Baker, Fentress & Co. He was born
December 10, 1929. A.B. (Economics), Princeton University - 1951 Summa
Cum Laude; Woodrow Wilson Fellow London School of Economics - 1951-52.
United States Naval Officer 1952-1955. Joined Goldman, Sachs & Co. 1956;
became a General Partner in 1965. Served as a member of Goldman Sachs
Management Committee from 1976 to 1988. Also served as Co-Head of the
Investment Banking Division and Managing Partner of the Chicago office.
Became a Limited Partner in 1988. Currently Chairman of the Board of
Baker, Fentress & Company; Director of Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co.;
Director of Caterpillar Inc. Residence: Lake Forest, Illinois. Profile
your company?
Mr. Gorter: We have been a closed-end since the early '70s. However, the
history of the firm goes back to
