Financial Services >> Money Manager Interviews >> February 2, 2004
WLLIAM K. MORRILL JR. is a partner at Brown Investment Advisory, head of
the REIT investment program at the firm and portfolio manager for the
Brown Advisory Real Estate Fund. He has over 25 years of real estate
experience and 19 years of REIT investment experience. Prior to joining
Brown Advisory, Mr. Morrill was Managing Director and CEO of LaSalle
Investment Management's real estate securities division, where he headed
a REIT investment operation with approximately $3.5 billion under
management and was responsible for 20 employees. He began his career
with LaSalle and its predecessor companies (Alex. Brown Realty Advisors
et al) in 1985 and was involved in one of the first companies to
specialize in REIT investments for institutional investors. Mr. Morrill
has authored articles on real estate investments in a number of
publications. He is a member of the National Association of Real Estate
Investment Trusts and is on the Board of the Johns Hopkins Graduate
Program in Real Estate. Mr. Morrill earned a BA degree from the Johns
Hopkins University and an MBA degree with distinction from the Harvard
Business School. Profile
DARRYL R. OLIVER is a Vice President at Brown Investment Advisory. He is
a Research Analyst with the REIT Team, researching investment
opportunities for the firm's real estate portfolios. Mr. Oliver is also
the junior portfolio manager for the Brown Advisory Real Estate Fund.
Previously, he worked with the Large Cap Growth Team at Brown Advisory
as a junior portfolio manager. He is a member of the National
Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. Mr. Oliver earned a BA
degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 1995 and his
MBA degree from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2002, with a
concentration in Finance. Profile
Company and your respective responsibilities there?
Mr. Morrill: Brown Investment Advisory was formed 10 years ago as
