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First Name	John
Last Name At Graduation	Surgant
Current Last Name (if different)
E-mail address	Surgantj@stifel.com
Website(s)
Telephone Number (s) h – w - c	314 993 1783, 314 726 8212, 800 827 9660
Street Address	9840 Warington Square
	St. Louis, MO 63141
Country	USA

Family

Married Carol Ann Kamphoefner, Jan. 16, 1982; urban homesteader; computer systems analyst;

Choir director and music choreographer for our parish and the Midwest Diocese, Russian Orthodox

Church Abroad; best Mom in the world for our two kids, Stephanie (17) and J.T. (12). Both

Parents reasonably well at 75. Some may remember that my Dad was scoutmaster of

BSA Troops 400 and 494. Dad and Stephanie work part time for my office and myself at

Stifel, Nicolaus in Clayton. We now have three generations in one shop.

CHS Memories (Friends, Funniest story, Teachers, Events, Activities, Sports, Songs, Would like to forget…, etc.)

Not many. Did track briefly but dropped it in favor of work for pay. I don’t recall my

SAT score but I know it was not much higher than my Selective Service (draft) lottery

Number 77. I vividly remember how much my world changed in January, 1974 when

I left CHS and went to UMSL three days later. I came back to do the cap and gown

Routine, then partied with a bunch of Maplewood grads.

After High School (Career, Accomplishments, Favorite Activities, Message to classmates…, etc.)

B.A. Econ. and Pol. Sci., UMSL, 1977. M.I.M., American Graduate School of

International Management (aka Thunderbird School), Glendale, AZ, 1979.

Lived and worked in Southeast Asia, 1976.

Traveled around S.E. Europe, 1978, and South America, 1979.

Picked up a couple of foreign languages along the way.

Rebuilt more than one house and learned the value of “sweat equity” and “new construction”.

In my 25^th year in the securities industry as financial advisor and planner,

Stock and bond analyst and broker. I have built and currently operate

The largest franchise by business volume at Stifel, Nicolaus in the

St. Louis Metro Area and the second largest in our national network of

84 offices in 15 states.

Carol and I are founding members of and very actively involved in St. John Chrysostom

Russian Orthodox Church, a growing congregation of 150 that is a spiritual and cultural

Center for the Russian and ex soviet Orthodox Christian community in the St. Louis area.

Assistant Scoutmaster, Boy Scout Troop 493 and Assistant Advisor, Venturing Crew 2181.

South St. Louis Memorial Post 37, American Legion, (S.A.L. member) and

Bevo Chapter 611, Vietnam Veterans of America, (Associate member).