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16 Things You Need to Know This Morning

16 Things You Need to Know This Morning
What You Don't Know About Tony Marquez
Title: EVP, Chief Real Estate Lender, EagleBank.
Idea of perfect happiness: A clean real estate loan portfolio.
Picture above: Holding son of an employee at his "night job," the Latin American Youth Center at Columbia Road and 14th.
Grew up: Havana until 3; Barranquilla (Colombia) until 3rd grade; Philly; high school in Puerto Rico.
Currently lives: "SoRo" (we think that stands for South Rockville).
School: BA and MA, int'l affairs, GW; MBA, Adelphi on Long Island.
First job: Spanish teacher at Maret.
Got into real estate: Corporate lender at the "once venerable" Riggs in early 90s, assigned to real estate workouts.
Job desired in next life: College basketball coach (was jv basketball and baseball coach at Maret).
Favorite historical figure: Ghandi, because he stands for non-violent action toward goal (or does he mean goooooaaaaaalllll?).
Favorite vacay: Buenos Aires, "65% of what Madrid is at one-third the cost, and I like a low basis," going for fourth time in Feb.
Favorite musical group: None.
Favorite book: 100 Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez ("no relation"--so he says).
Favorite movie: Butch Cassidy; Glenngarry Glen Ross.
Hobbies: Golf, squash.
Restaurant: Rasika West "and every other one EagleBank banks."
Fam: Wonderful wife Pam, son Alex (21), daughter Nicole (18).
Startling fact: Actual first name is Antonio; middle is Fidel.

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