“我想到了雷奧納德•阿貝斯(Leonard Abess)，這位邁阿密的銀行總裁賣出了公司的股票，向為他工作的所有399人和以前曾為他工作的72人發放了6,000萬美元的獎金。他沒有告訴任何人，但在當地報紙發現後，他只是說，我從7歲時就認識其中的一些人了。我覺得自己得到這些錢是不對的。”
2009年2月25日，美利堅合眾國總統奧巴馬週二晚間在參眾兩院聯席會議上說。
2009年2月25日，美利堅合眾國總統奧巴馬週二晚間在參眾兩院聯席會議上說。
簡歷
Leonard Abess is CEO of City National Bank of Florida, a subsidiary of Caja Madrid. He is currently serving a three-year term as Miami Branch Director of the Federal Reserve.
Mr. Abess is Vice Chairman of the University of Miami Board of Trustees, chairman of the Academic Affairs committee, chairman elect of the Executive Committee, Former Chairman of the University's Finance and Investments committees where he remains a member, and a member of the Trustee Service committee and the Visiting Committee for the University's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
He is a Trustee of Fairchild Tropical Garden and The Nature Conservancy/Florida Chapter; and a former Trustee of the Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Mass.
He is the former Chairman of the Board of Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he remains a Founder and Trustee; former Chairman of the Mount Sinai Finance Committee, Audit Committee and Nominating Committee; and former Treasurer of the Medical Center's Board of Trustees. He is a Board member of The Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
Mr. Abess is a member of the Orange Bowl Committee; the World Presidents Organization; the Chief Executives Organization; the Cabinet and National Commission of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith; the Miami Business Forum.
A devoted environmentalist, he is a member of the World Wildlife Fund's National Advisory Council, a Fellow of the Palm Society and the Audubon Society. To foster interdisciplinary approaches to environmental management and decision-making on a global level, his family endowed the Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy (CESP) at the University of Miami; founded the Abess Center for Environmental Studies at Miami Country Day School and the Abess Floating Research Station in the Brazilian Amazon.
Mr. Abess is the recipient of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce 2006 Doc Baker Lifetime Achievement Award and co-recipient with his wife, Jayne, of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce 2007 "Sand in My Shoes" award. He received the Florida Anti-Defamation League's 2002 Distinguished Public and Community Service Award and the 2002 Silver Medallion for Service to Humanity from the National Conference for Community and Justice. A graduate of Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Abess was inducted into the South Florida Business Hall of Fame in 2002.
Mr. Abess is Vice Chairman of the University of Miami Board of Trustees, chairman of the Academic Affairs committee, chairman elect of the Executive Committee, Former Chairman of the University's Finance and Investments committees where he remains a member, and a member of the Trustee Service committee and the Visiting Committee for the University's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
He is a Trustee of Fairchild Tropical Garden and The Nature Conservancy/Florida Chapter; and a former Trustee of the Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, Mass.
He is the former Chairman of the Board of Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he remains a Founder and Trustee; former Chairman of the Mount Sinai Finance Committee, Audit Committee and Nominating Committee; and former Treasurer of the Medical Center's Board of Trustees. He is a Board member of The Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
Mr. Abess is a member of the Orange Bowl Committee; the World Presidents Organization; the Chief Executives Organization; the Cabinet and National Commission of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith; the Miami Business Forum.
A devoted environmentalist, he is a member of the World Wildlife Fund's National Advisory Council, a Fellow of the Palm Society and the Audubon Society. To foster interdisciplinary approaches to environmental management and decision-making on a global level, his family endowed the Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy (CESP) at the University of Miami; founded the Abess Center for Environmental Studies at Miami Country Day School and the Abess Floating Research Station in the Brazilian Amazon.
Mr. Abess is the recipient of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce 2006 Doc Baker Lifetime Achievement Award and co-recipient with his wife, Jayne, of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce 2007 "Sand in My Shoes" award. He received the Florida Anti-Defamation League's 2002 Distinguished Public and Community Service Award and the 2002 Silver Medallion for Service to Humanity from the National Conference for Community and Justice. A graduate of Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Abess was inducted into the South Florida Business Hall of Fame in 2002.
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