The Truth About Ben Graham’s Powerful Rivals for Hazel (#16)

The Truth About Ben Graham’s Powerful Rivals for Hazel (#16)

Benjamin Graham met my grandmother Hazel Mazur when they were both driven teenagers. Ben attended Columbia College on scholarship, excelling at his rigorous course load while working more than full-time, on track to graduate second in his class. Hazel, still in high...
Ben Graham, Columbia Man, Risked Everything and Lost (#15)

Ben Graham, Columbia Man, Risked Everything and Lost (#15)

Long before protests erupted on the Columbia College campus, pictured above in 1910, the teenaged Benjamin Graham attended Columbia on scholarship and took his first investment risk. Most college students don’t think about investing—they have no cash to spare. That...
Benjamin Graham, Teenaged Farmhand (#12)

Benjamin Graham, Teenaged Farmhand (#12)

If you just read Ben Graham’s Blunder (#11), you might wonder as I do how Ben explained his late arrival in New Milford to Mr. Barman—the farmer who sent him a ticket and instructed him to catch the 4:30 p.m. train. Ben missed that train and battled to stay awake all...