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OCTOBER 2, 2017 • HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL | 67 PHOENIX CONSTITUTION LIFE CORAMERICA NASSAU CORPORATE CREDIT NASSAU ASSET MANAGEMENT NASSAU RE CAYMAN BUILDING A FRANCHISE ACROSS THE INSURANCE VALUE CHAIN SAYBRUS PARTNERS A proud member of the Hartford business community www.nsre.com Over the course of his career, Konover's companies owned and operated 15 million square feet of retail, 20,000 apartment units, 2 million square feet of office space, 4,000 hotel rooms, and more. Konover was also known as an active philanthropist. He was heavily involved in both the national and Hartford Jewish communities, and was a Connecticut civic leader as well. He donated construction management services to Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for seriously ill children in Ashford and also initiated the creation of an affiliated camp in Israel. Konover was also a major supporter of both the University of Hartford and the University of Connecticut. David A. Lentini It was not hyperbole to call Lentini a pillar of the community banking industry. Lentini had a major impact on banking in Greater Hartford and beyond throughout his career. At the time of his death at the age of 66 in April 2013, he was leading the Connecticut advisory board of Berkshire Bank. During his career, he was at the helm of The Connecticut Bank and Trust Company (CBT), The Bank of South Windsor and New England Bank. He was the former chairman and CEO of CBT, which he helped re-launch in 2001. Lentini served as CBT's chairman, president, and chief executive officer, leading the bank through an aggressive growth period. According to his death notice, it became the fastest-growing bank in Connecticut's history, with almost $300 million in assets and eight locations by 2011. In 2007, Lentini was named a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and served for five years there, three of those as audit committee chairman. He was also chairman of the board of Renbrook School and was a director of St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. He held the post of lead director of The Connecticut Water Company and was a director of the Cooper Atkins Corp. Paul R. Kuhn Kuhn transitioned Kaman Corp. in Bloomfield from its namesake when he took over for founder Charlie Kaman in 2000. Kuhn, a veteran corporate leader, died in Sept. 2016 at the age of 74. Kuhn joined Kaman as president and CEO in 1999. Prior to joining Kaman he was senior vice president, operations, aerospace engine businesses, for Coltec Industries Inc. In 2001, Kaman's board named him chairman when People In Memoriam

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