Ed Keller ‘86
Hometown: Marblehead, MA
Profession: Managing Director at Morgan Stanley in Boston

Referred to St. Lawrence by another St. Lawrence student, Ed Keller instantly loved the open and friendly atmosphere, and knew it was the school best suited to his personality. He came to St. Lawrence without a clear vision of his future, so he experimented with science, economics and eventually, through the motivational influence of professor Tom Greene in psychology, he chose a psychology major.

“There is no direct relationship between my major and my career,” he says. “Psychology was an interesting major, but more than anything else, my liberal arts education taught me how to understand people and society through critical thinking.”

Ed joined the rugby team, was a Big Brother to a Canton child, and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. A primary formative experience in Ed’s time at St. Lawrence was his semester of study in Austria. “The long-lasting relationships and the powerful network that results are the greatest part of St. Lawrence, ” he says. He attributes much of his confidence and social awareness to his time at SLU.

Post-graduation, Ed spent a couple of years in New York City as a broker and then did commercial fishing in Alaska with a few other SLU graduates. In 1991, he graduated from the master’s program in business at Northwestern University, and then worked for Morgan Stanley in London for five years. He is currently the managing director in charge of its institutional business in Boston.