Roy,
Thank you...Maybe your onto something with Victor Singh...The period is correct...The social circles that Rocketman cited seem correct...and, I didn't mention it before, but the previous owner was one of India's ambassadors to the UN...that's why he lived in Geneva...
Is that the photo where Victor is seated far left and a woman is seated far right, like the photo at this link?

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...%3Doff%26sa%3DN