PAUL LENKEIT ’81

PAUL LENKEIT, a managing director with Babson Capital, died Mar. 25, 2015. He was 55. An economics and mathematics major, he joined the Travelers Insurance Company in their accounting and actuarial department before joining the marketing department at MassMutual. In 1992 he was invited to join Babson Capital, where he was the lead portfolio manager for mortgage-backed hedge funds and oversaw trading in mortgage securities, before his most recent role as a managing director in charge of derivatives trading and insurance asset management. He also had a passion for jazz music. Survivors include his wife, Lori Cullis Lenkeit, three children, his brother, and two sisters.