Alvin looked forward to both hunting and fishing seasons. He also enjoyed mushroom hunting, planting a garden, canning and butchering.

He joined Franklin in 1992 and began covering utilities for this strategy in 1998. He became comanager of this fund in early 1999 and lead manager in mid-2000 when former lead Sally Haff left.

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