Laurence F. Whittemore

LAURENCE F. WHITTEMORE

a partner with the private banking firm of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., died December 24, 2007 from complications resulting from a fall on the ice. He was 78 years old and passed away peacefully while surrounded by his entire family. He lived in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Mr. Whittemore had a 51-year career with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. After holding various investment offices, he became a General Partner in 1974. He was a Member of the Steering Committee and a Supervisor of the firm's offices in Chicago, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Naples, Florida, as well as the Institutional Investment and Equity Trading Departments.

Born on March 7, 1929 in Bangor, Maine, Mr. Whittemore was the son of John Cambridge Whittemore and Elizabeth Payson Prentiss Whittemore. He received his early education in Portland, Maine and graduated with a B.A. from Yale University in 1951, remaining an active fundraiser for his class and his college, Timothy Dwight. He also received a M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School in 1953.

Mr. Whittemore served as a U.S. Naval Intelligence Officer, U.S. Seventh Fleet and U.S. Taiwan Defense Command in the Western Pacific (1953-1956), and as a Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve. A military history buff, he was Director of the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, CT; involved in the preservation of the Intrepid Aircraft Carrier; and contributed to the Robert A. Lovett Professorship of Military History at Yale University.

A world traveler, Mr. Whittemore had an avid interest in Asian culture and art. He was a Life Member of the Art Institute of Chicago and a former Member of its Committee on Oriental Art; a Member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations; and a Member of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. He was also Chairman of the Trustees Emeriti of the Asia Society of New York City.

Mr. Whittemore served on a variety of boards including Manhattan Life Insurance, Albany Insurance Company, and the Investment Committee of Union Investment GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany. He was also a Governor of Opportunity International, a global micro- credit organization, and a longtime Trustee of Sarah Lawrence

College in Bronxville, NY, as well as a former Trustee of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies.

Mr. Whittemore is survived by his wife of 49 years, Sarah Arnold Whittemore; four daughters, Arianna Miceli (husband Frank), Gioia Frelinghuysen (husband John), Lia Prentiss Whittemore (partner Manoj Garg), Nike Roberts (husband Wayne); 4 grandchildren; 3 step-grandchildren; and sisters Arianna Lynch and Charlotte Swaffield (husband Hart). As the patriarch of a large close- knit extended family, he will be deeply missed.

A memorial service will be held at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, Madison Avenue and East 73rd Street, New York City, on Monday, January 7, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Asia Society, Opportunity International, and The New England Air Museum.