I worked with Ned whilst at Prudential-Bache in Los Angeles. He would fly down from San Francisco and blast through the doors of our offices like a long legged, wayward scirocco, a confident yankee in the jungle of southern California. He did not walk, he flew, angled forward like a human Concorde. Barbers didn’t seem to be of interest to him; it appeared as if he clipped his own hair with his fingernail clippers. Time was of the essence, barbers’ chairs impeded progress. Ned exuded energy, he had a wry sense of humor, I loved his story of his “illegal” motorbike as a freshman and the stick he found traversing the lateral cartilage of his nose when he woke up in the bushes. Laurence of Arabia “does” New Jersey, a boisterous savant, Ned was fresh air in the often stilted atmosphere of investment banking. He was the Errol Flynn. He was the Edward M. Elliott who could turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse (I won’t mention the name of the corporation!). I regret his untimely departure. This planet needs the kind of spirit Ned shared.
I worked with Ned whilst at Prudential-Bache in Los Angeles. He would fly down from San Francisco and blast through the doors of our offices like a long legged, wayward scirocco, a confident yankee in the jungle of southern California. He did not walk, he flew, angled forward like a human Concorde. Barbers didn’t seem to be of interest to him; it appeared as if he clipped his own hair with his fingernail clippers. Time was of the essence, barbers’ chairs impeded progress. Ned exuded energy, he had a wry sense of humor, I loved his story of his “illegal” motorbike as a freshman and the stick he found traversing the lateral cartilage of his nose when he woke up in the bushes. Laurence of Arabia “does” New Jersey, a boisterous savant, Ned was fresh air in the often stilted atmosphere of investment banking. He was the Errol Flynn. He was the Edward M. Elliott who could turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse (I won’t mention the name of the corporation!). I regret his untimely departure. This planet needs the kind of spirit Ned shared.