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EXECUTIVE PROGRAM XP-24 SAMUEL B. GARBER, ’68, vice president and general counsel of Evans, Inc., was elected a director in January. He lives in Chicago. XP-31 LEN AFREMOW, ’72, writes: "After retiring from the Dexter Corporation as a VP of everything from research and development, purchasing, human resources, to legal and regulatory affairs, I volunteered for the International Services Corps. I spent six weeks in Romania assisting in the privatization of their largest paint company. I am now involved in the privatization of a company in Bulgaria." When he’s not traveling in Eastern Europe, Afremow is based in Wheeling, Illinois. XP-36 VERNON P. DORWEILER, ’76, associate professor management and law at Michigan Technological University, has published a two-part paper, "Global Warming: Science or Politics." The first part reviews the scientific results identifying the source of global warming as nature-induced rather than human-induced. It was published in the April issue of Hydrocarbon Processing, a worldwide journal of the petroleum industry. The second part, published in the May issue of the Journal, examines the politicization of scientific conclusions. XP-50 P. JAY DATT, ’83, purchased a business in Racine, Wisconsin, in March 1997. He writes: "As president and CEO of this organization, Electrical Systems, Inc., I am focused on trying to grow this company. It’s quite a change to leave the corporate world and run a small forty person operation." He lives in Libertyville, Illinois. XP-54 [photo] TOM BOTHEN, ’85, was promoted to from executive director to assistant vice president of the north central region at USAA Realty Company in Rosemont, Illinois. He is responsible for financial engineering and for providing a range of commercial real estate services. His region is responsible for leasing and managing more than three million square feet of office and industrial space in Chicago and the Midwest. He lives in Willowbrook, Illinois, with his wife, Connie, and their two daughters. XP-65 JAMES K. COGSWORTH IV, ’96, started Cogswell Asset Management, Inc. (www.cogswellassetmanager.com) in February. "It was been a tremendously long start-up phase, but efforts are beginning to pay off. Recently we issued our first equity research report which received a major article in the Wall Street Journal (in the southeastern edition)." XP-66 MANUEL M. CANTORIA, ’97, recently took on additional responsibilities at KPMG Peat Marwick L.L.P. He leads the electronic commerce/systems integration consulting practice for the U.S. central region, with major markets in the midwest and southwest regions. Cantoria lives in Chicago. XP-67 JOSE MANUEL PARIENTE, ’98, reports that he has moved from Mexico City to Columbus, Ohio, with his wife, Patricia, and their two dogs, Barza and Milo. His new position is vice president of Latin American operations for Exel Logistics Americas. INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE PROGRAM IXP-2 DEBRA ANSEN, ’97, writes: "The Malaysian economy has really made things difficult in the work place. We need to make a lot of difficult decisions. I am in the last six months of my contract. As for the future, job possibilities are in Switzerland, Sweden, Brazil, or the U.S. All are currently under negotiation." ERIC DURIEUX, ’97, reports: "I am just back from Puerto Rico. This is my second trip to the States since January 19 when I took a position as world director for health, safety, and environment of the Merial Group. Merial was born in August 1997 from a merger of the pharmaceutical veterinary activities of Merck and Rhône Poulenc and has since become the first group in this market segment. My job consists mainly in developing the group strategy with respect to these matters together with recommending action plans for the different sites worldwide. I am located in Lyon, France, whereas Sophie, Alice, Gaspard, and Elsa, (respectively my spouse and children) have remained in Geneva where Sophie wants to keep her position as senior medical doctor at the Geneva University Hospital." KATHERINA ESTERHAZY, ’97, writes: "After escaping meningitis and related infections in Bavaria, I hopped off to the far east Bahamian isle San Salvador where I got my body in shape with the help of Club Med’s excellent fitness program. It was tremendous to meet so many happy faces from Club Med management who informed me that the club just switched to Compaq HW globally and that they were excited to meet a Compaq rep!" MAURO FAVERO, ’97, writes: "Shortly after graduation I was offered a new position at Compaq’s worldwide headquarters in Houston. After a couple of interviewing and house hunting trips, my wife and I decided to accept the position and move to Houston. Moving overseas is quite an experience, but I’ll share that with you all over a glass of wine or beer next time we meet. I am now working in our worldwide sales and marketing organization and am responsible for several global accounts activities. Houston is certainly not the place I ever imagined to get stranded, but so far, so good. I like my job and my wife and I both thing the Texans are very friendly and open people." ALLAN GOLD, ’97, writes: "Not long after graduation, I started working for McKinsey, the consulting firm, and am still based in Paris. You might say I have become an editorial consultant: I help consultants develop and write articles that appear in our magazine, McKinsey Quarterly, or in other publications. I am also working with a team on a book on growth, which should appear early next year (Harvard Business Press). I also am a contact point for the English-language press in Europe, and counsel the consultants on how to deal with the beasts of the media. I have been traveling extensively for work, including trips to Hawaii and Australia. I’m stateside once every three months as well. And no, I don’t miss daily journalism in the least. I can’t imagine being in a greater city, and have no desire to move anywhere. On the other hand, I have been thinking about making my own business out of editorial consulting (in discussion phase with a friend in New York). There appears to be a market for high-quality writing and editing for companies (annual reports, speeches, magazines), particularly consulting firms. If anyone has any thoughts on this, I’d appreciate hearing from you." Gold can be reached at 331 40 69 42 59 or allan_gold@mckinsey.com. MANUEL GONZALEZ, ’97, reports that he is working for Argentaria as a director of strategic planning. He is also responsible for international development. He is based in Madrid. DAVID HART, ’97, writes that he is still working at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH Information Service, where he is responsible for magazines. "My main project in MainCity, an English-language city magazine for Frankfurt. The magazine is doing very well and we are expanding the range of products to include books and a web site (www.maincity.de)," he writes. "Most recently, I also helped the University of Chicago organize an event in Frankfurt with Merton Miller. On the personal side, our two daughters are growing and growing. The oldest will be starting school in the fall. My wife is now hoping to get back to work as a social worker, but it’s tough at the moment (what with 15 percent unemployment rate in Germany)." Hart can be reached at hart@mail.faz.de. PAUL HRABAL, ’97, reports that he transferred to Dell Asia Pacific just before he finished up class in late 1996. He is located in Penang, Malaysia, and spent the first four months evaluating a joint venture between Dell and an Indian PC company based in Delhi. "Staying in Delhi was not much fun," he writes. "I got out fast when the joint venture fell through!" Since March 1997, he has been planning for Dell’s direct sales entry into mainland China, negotiating favorable terms with the Chinese government. "We are now in the set-up mode and I am leading that effort for the next six months in Xiamen. I expect to continue working in Asia through 1999 and then possibly to another post in Dell or on to my political career back home." JOHN MUTCH, ’97, reports that he joined HNC Software, a provider of predictive software solutions for services industries. Mutch is senior vice president of corporate marketing and business development, and he runs marketing, M & A, and business strategy. "I’m having lots of fun applying B-school lessons," he writes, "and I’m loving married life with my beautiful wife [but] missing all my friends from Barcelona." WINNIE NG, ’97, reports that she is still working for the bus company (KMB) and started a KMB Creation Company doing noncore business for KMB. "I joined the U of C Club in Hong Kong and recently met with the university president and Merton Miller," she writes. KIMBERLEY PFEIFFER, ’97, writes: "This year has been truly amazing. I started the new year by helicopter skiing in British Columbia and my life has been going uphill ever since! Coldwell Banker paid $90 million to Jon Douglas for our company last fall, and I was promoted to estates director early this year. The California real estate market has been incredible and the limited inventory of properties available (coupled with very low interest rates, the new capital gains tax law, and option exercising in the stock market) has produced an unprecedented year for Realtors. Most of the properties in Malibu and on Los Angeles’s desirable Westside are trading at 115 percent of listed prices with multiple bidders. I’ve also been keeping busy doing consulting work (business plans) for some startup companies that were referred to me by clients and friends. I’ve been spending my spare time (what little there is of it) kayaking, rollerblading, and attempting snowboarding. I miss Barcelona and the exchange of new ideas very much." JOE REY, ’97, writes: "Dina and I got married on September 1 in Düesseldorf. We had a small wedding with a wonderful reception held at a local castle. Our parents were there and the day was sunny (which is unusual for Duesseldorf.) We honeymooned in Venice for a week and put on a few pasta kilos." Rey reports that the couple has also been to the Amazon in Venezuela, where they traveled 12 hours by canoe with Indian guides; and Cairo and the Red Sea, where they met Dina’s parents and caught "some Red Sea sun rays." Rey is controller for global consumer finance at GE in Germany, but reports that he GE is transferring him out of Germany to a location yet to be determined to continue in the M & A sector for GE Capital. HIRO SAGO, ’97, writes: "I have moved from our capital marketing group to the corporate finance department last April as the head to strengthen our corporate finance and M & A activities. I am in the process of recruiting people and it has taken much of my time lately. I hope the process will be complete within the next two to three months." Sago lives in London.

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