Jerry DeVito: 'You Could Count on
Him'
Among
the potential dangers of hanging out with Jerry DeVito
were that you would laugh a lot and find yourself blown
away by his mastery of sports trivia. And one other
thing: you might have gotten fat.
Mr. DeVito, 66, loved to take care of people around
him, especially when it came to making sure that they
were fed. He was the personal driver for David Alger, the
chief executive of Fred Alger Management. When not behind
the wheel, Mr. DeVito spent his days at the firm,
spending time with traders and looking out for the
welfare of interns, particularly making sure they knew
there was leftover food from a conference or
luncheon.
"He even used the interoffice mail system to send
doughnuts to our New Jersey site," said Christopher W.
Cheever, a former summer intern.
A native of the Bronx and a great baseball player in
his younger days, Mr. DeVito was a die-hard Yankees fan,
who used to joke with the Alger brothers that they should
buy the Bronx Bombers and make him the team's general
manager. A father of two, he planned to retire this year,
though he would have missed being in the mix. "He just
liked being around people," said his daughter, Robyn
Goldstein. "No matter what age you were, young or old,
you could count on him."
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