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FOR MORE THAN EIGHT DECADES, Ed Polokoff has lived life to the fullest, trying and succeeding at a dizzying array of endeavors. His multidimensional dossier includes a fifty-year career at Merrill Lynch that was labeled legendary. He fought the Japanese in the Good War while an officer aboard an LST. He made the varsity baseball team and Phi Beta Kappa while at Duke. He taught Economics at the University of Buffalo. He chaired the UJA, the Buffalo Philharmonic,and the Buffalo Foundation during his days in western New York. To this day, Ed is still deeply involved in running all the family accounts. And then there are his hobbies, which include golf, jazz piano, bridge, travel-and, of course, writing. Oh yes, and biking. (Is that a hobby-or a necessity?) Ed's eventful life serves as a backdrop for this warmly engaging yet coolly honest collection of essays encompassing the years from the Great Depression into the twenty-first century. Beginning with his rural boyhood and moving through his college and war experiences, stellar career in finance, and inspiringly eventful retirement, the book is a fresh look at the American dream. It is laced with vignettes about fascinating people, bo

Author

Ed Polokoff

Publisher

Edwin Polokoff

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780533165506

Rating

2.9 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14