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School Dedicates Van Munching Hall Courtyard to Robert L. ('39) and
Gertrude M. Edwards
Alumni, faculty, administrators, and friends joined today in the
Van Munching Hall courtyard to dedicate the area as the Robert L.
('39) and Gertrude M. Edwards Courtyard. The Edwards Courtyard,
located outside Rudy’s Café and beneath the Smith School’s iconic
clock tower, is a favorite spot for student activities, particularly
during nice weather. The celebration included a luncheon with
remarks from Dean Howard Frank and University President Dan Mote.
Bob Edwards said that he wanted to leave something that future
generations can enjoy. |
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Puttin’ on the Ritz, April 18, 2006 At this networking
event at The Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner, Ken Rehmann ’84, Vice
President of Finance and Business Development for The Ritz-Carlton,
shared details of the company’s branding strategy and philosophy for
achieving excellence in customer service. Dean Howard Frank along
with students and Smith alumni were in attendance.
The Power of a Culture, April 11, 2006 Dave Goldfarb
’79, Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President with
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., spoke to alumni about the culture of
Lehman Brothers and how it is a contributing factor to their
organization’s success. The event was attended by finance and
accounting alumni and students. |
Maryland Day, April 29
More than 75,000 people visited campus, ate strawberry shortcake
and enjoyed beautiful weather on Maryland Day. The Smith School
welcomed visitors on McKeldin Mall with the day’s most popular
giveaway—a Smith School/Testudo beach ball. Kids (and kids-at-heart)
got to play “Smitho,” a game based on The Price is Right’s popular
Plinko pricing game. In Van Munching Hall, visitors were able to
tour the state-of-the-art building and attend an undergraduate
program information session. |
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Alumni News & Notes |
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Mark D. Acton, MBA ’06, was nominated by the President of the United States
to be a commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission for a term expiring October 14,
2010.
Aditya Bhatnagar, MBA’01, is director of engineering and standards at
the Consumer Electronics Association.
Diane G. Dempsey, MBA’04, is the director for small business relations
for BAE Systems’ Customer Solutions business. She will be responsible for providing
guidance and leadership in small business relations for the organization and for
developing its small business programs.
John Hogarth ’02 married Cheryl Ann Kubicki on October 22, 2006 in
Marlton, NJ. He works as an inventory analyst for Sunoco Logistics in
Philadelphia, PA.
Lt. (jg) Erik Kenny, MS ’02, married Maria O’Connell on December 30,
2005. Kenny is a Naval aviator who flies the F/A-18C Hornet at the Naval Air
Station in Lemoore, CA.
Michael Robbins, MBA ’02, is the director of new schools development for
the SEED Foundation in Washington, D.C. The SEED Foundation operates the nation’s
only public urban boarding school.
James Sheehan ’01 married Andrea Leigh O’Dwyer. Sheehan is a sales representative
for Eli Lilly and Company.
Jennifer Trent ’05 married Jason Lewis Batty. Trent is employed at Beers
& Cutler LLC.
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90s
Thomas Brooks, MBA’92, is the author of A Wealth of Family: An Adopted
Son’s International Quest for Heritage, Reunion and Enrichment. Brooks grew
up as the only child of a struggling single mother in inner-city Pittsburgh. At
age 11 he was told he was adopted; his biological parents were a white woman who
descended from Lithuanian Jews and a black Kenyan foreign student father. Years
after that stunning revelation, Brooks found his biological mother in London with
his previously unknown British siblings, and located his biological father and extended
family in Nairobi.
Augustine Duru ’97 received the Kogod Faculty Award for Outstanding Research
from American University’s Kogold School of Business.
Commander Bill Guarini, MBA ’97, is the Commanding Officer of the Navy’s
Riverine Squadron One, based in Norfolk, VA. His command is preparing for overseas
deployment in support of the global war on terrorism.
Jon R. Hansen, MBA ’99, is a research consultant for the Hedge Fund Group
of Cambridge Associates.
John Huettel, MBA ’90, is senior vice president of sales and marketing
at SignalDemand, a leading provider of pricing and promotion optimization solutions
for food and consumer goods manufacturers.<
Paul Mason, MBA ’95, has joined VF Corporation in Greensboro, N.C. as
director of corporate communications. VF Corporation is a leader in branded apparel
with brands such as Wrangler, Lee, JanSport, Eastpak, The North Face, Vans and Reef.
Erik D. Rosenstrauch, MBA ’98, has joined Ubiquity Brands as the director
of salty snack marketing in Chicago. Ubiquity Brands is a private equity-backed
firm specializing in consumer snack foods.
Ted Sherry, MBA ’94, is the new federal manager of the Y-12 National Security
Complex in Oak Ridge, TN. Sherry previously headed the nuclear explosive safety
program at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Albuquerque, NM.
Jason J. Warnke ’99 is co-founder and owner of
www.hometownartgallery.com,
an online art gallery with 750 self-representing artists displaying over 8,000 original
artworks.
Nicole Zussman, MBA ’94, has been named the vice president of human resources
at the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network. |
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Thomas A. Bradley ’80 has been named President & CEO of Universal Underwriters
Group in Overland Park, KS. Universal is a subsidiary of Zürich Financial Services;
he was previously the chief financial officer for Zürich in North America.
Ronald W. Ellis, MBA ’81, was appointed senior vice president, research
and development, at AVANT Immunotherapeutics. Ellis is also editor-in-chief of the
peer-reviewed journal Human Vaccines.
Ira Malis, MBA ’83, is co-director of research at Legg Mason Capital Management.
Previously he served as a senior vice president and director of research for Legg
Mason Wood Walker, Inc.
Stephen H. Neff ’82 was appointed president and CEO of New Island
Hospital in Bethpage, NY.
James Reilly ’87 joined TIAA-CREF as senior vice president and chief compliance
officer. Prior to joining TIAA-CREF, Reilly had been a managing director and head
of global equities compliance at Goldman Sachs. |
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70s
Allan Griebenow ’74 is president and chief executive officer of AXCESS
International. He has over 20 years of experience in telecommunications and
advanced applications, starting his career in 1979 as a presidential management
intern with NASA.
Anthony J. Montcalmo, MBA ’71, recently took an early retirement after
35 years in the human resources field, most recently as director, Worldwide Compensation
and International HR Programs, for McCormick & Co., Inc., in MD, to join the full-time
faculty in the Graduate Human Resource Development Program at Towson University.
Preston Romm ’75 is vice president and chief financial officer of Iomega
Corporation, a leader in data storage.
Edward A. Wasil, Jr., MBA ’78, PhD ’84, was named the Kogod Scholar and
Teacher of the Year by American University’s Kogod School of Business. |
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60s
Robert Pincus ’68 received the 2006 Restaurant Association of Metropolitan
Washington, D.C.’s, Duke Ziebert Lifetime Achievement Award. |
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