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1994
BOB RUSSELL writes that he is working for Aerial Communications
as head of customer products. Aerial is a new start-up venture
providing wireless personal communications services. The Chicago-based
company recently launched its products and services in six metro
areas in the U.S. Before joining Aerial, Russell spent eleven
years at Motorola in various finance, operations, and marketing
positions.
PATRICK D. SPANGLER was named vice president and chief financial
officer of EMPI Inc., a maker of medical devices. Previously Spangler
was director of treasury operations at Medtronic Inc.
DOUGLAS B. SPINK reports that he is recovering from knee surgery
following a snowboarding accident and preparing for his first
50 mile trail run this fall. He has started a seb commerce database
marketing company with sevearl colleagues in Portland. His step
daughter, Becky, starts college this year. Spink writes that he
is “sinking deeper roots in Oregon. Every year, life is good.”
GSB’ers can contact him be e-mail at doug@mercu.com.
1995
BEN DESOLLAR writes: “U of C was successful in its first time
fielding a dragon boating team in Hong Kong. Both undergrad and
business school alumni participated. Prospective team members
for 1998 should contact me.” He can be reached at 011-852-2858-5305.
THOMAS JARDINE recently returned from two years in Japan. He will
now work for Merrill Lynch portfolio trading in New York. He and
his wife are expecting their third child.
LANE R. MOYER was elected partner of Vedder, Price, Kaufman &
Kammholz in June. Moyer joined the Chicago office of Vedder Price
in 1994 as an associate in the corporate practice area.
HOWARD UNDERWOOD was awarded a fellowship from the National Library
of Medicine to study medical information at Duke University Medical
Center. Medical information is the application of information
technology to medicine and health care.
ALBERT KUNIO YOSHIMURA was recently promoted to vice president
at Bank America Corporation in Chicago. He has assumed responsibility
for origination and marketing in the asset securitization group.
1996
THOMAS J. BROWN writes that he recently started a new supply chain
consulting practice in Chicago. The new practice serves as the
center of operations for Orion Consulting’s service offerings
in the area of supply chain management. Orion is based in St.
Paul, Minnesota.
ANNE FARNHAM married Chase Brundige on May 3, 1997 in Kansas City.
Farnham writes: “A big group of GSB classmates chose to make it
a good excuse for a reunion.” The couple is now living in Kansas
City.
KATHERINE HALL accepted a new position as senior treasury analyst
at Eastman Chemical Company.
BRAD M. KANTER reports that the Chicago crew in Minneapolis had
its third “Guys Night Out” on Friday, May 2. Over 30 people ate
steaks, smoked cigars, and drank single-malt scotches at Ruth’s
Chris. Attendees included Patrick Lynch, Heidi Lee, Rob Strosberg,
Nick Swenson, Nate Enzminger, Jesse Singh, ’95, Dennis Conlow,
’93, Dave Callaway, ’90, Maggie Linville, ’91, and James Lim,
’94.
JAMES THOMAS MALLOY JR. was promoted to quality program manager
for Global Six Sigma Methodology Group of GE Medical Systems.
Molloy will be responsible for training and managing quality project
managers using six sigma quality methods. He will also be responsible
for developing quality methods for commercial applications, service,
and finance. Molloy writes: “Ananth Iyer’s logistics class is
really paying off for me!”
SUBHRANSU (BRIAN) MUKHERJEE and Milani Mukhopadhyay were married
in Calcutta, India on January 25, 1997. After a three-month leave
of absence for the wedding and some quality time with Brian, Milani
returned to work at Prudential Securities in New York. Rumor has
it that Brian, a manager at Ernst & Young L.L.P.’s Seattle office,
may soon be moving to the Big Apple too!
RUDI W. SCHADT, Ph.D. ’96, joined State Street Global Advisors
in research and fund managment, tactical asset allocation. Previously
Schadt was teaching at the Edwin L. Cox School of Business, SMU,
in Texas.
1997
ERIK CHERNIK and his wife, Beth, just returned from touring Europe
where they bumped into quite a few GSB’ers. They dined with John
Lockhart and Chris Baker near the Vatican in Rome. With Tom Keck
and Stacey True, they jostled with locals in a standing-room-only
crowd at the Palio, a horse race in Sienna that dates back seven
centuries. They bought leather jackets from Italian linguist Jason
Battaglia in Florence and shared Italian pastries and gelato with
Matt Ankrum, Tracie Eng, and Nicole Caty. In Venice, they gondolaed
with David Kinnear and ate pizza with Christy Alkidas and Carrie
Goles, who were on their way to the beaches of Greece. In Vienna,
they played euchre in the cafes with Mike Elwood and Joe Reifel.
They bumped into Mike and Maureen Axon in Salzburg. And finally
in Prague, they caught Stephen Jansen using his Russian to communicate
his desire for a cold beer. Now it's back to reality as Eric starts
at WW Grainger in Chicago.
LORI SLACK writes that she has traveled through Italy on her way
to Southeast Asia. She has just met up with Anita Bathija in Bali
where they plan to climb volcanoes together and find those pristine
beaches. When she was in Italy she saw Jason Battaglia, Tom Keck,
Mike and Maureen Axon and Michael Lueck.
SCOT SWENBERG was named associate at CID Equity Partners, a venture
firm based in Indianapolis.
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