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Alumni in the News
Roger H. Ballou, WG'73,
president and CEO of CDI
Corp, was awarded the
prestigious Ellis Island
Medal of Honor on May
17th, which was created
in 1986 to honor ancestral
g roups who through sacrifice
and success helped build
our nation. (PR Newswire,
5/19/03)
Gwendolyn Pointer,
W'94, was mentioned in an
article about her goal to one
day own a sports franchise.
She is currently working
with the minor league team,
the Brockton Rox, where
she is doing everything
from ushering fans to seats
to making deals with sponsors.
(The Boston Globe,
5/15/03)
Tarun Tahiliani, W'84,
a fashion designer, was
mentioned in a New York
Times article about emerging
fashion trends from
India. (5/13/03)
Susan Firestone,
WG'81, former vice president
of financial products at
ACE Limited, was mentioned
in Forbes Magazine
regarding starting up her
own silk importing business.
(5/12/03)
Bob Ziegelbauer,
WG'75, Wisconsin state
representative, was mentioned
in an article concerning Wisconsin's pension plan
for its retired population.
(The Milwaukee Journal
Sentinal, 5/4/03)
Eric Adler, WG'96,
executive director of the
SEED (Schools for
Educational Evolution and
Development) foundation,
was mentioned in Fast
Company regarding the
SEED Public Charter
School of Washington, DC,
that he co-founded and his
plans to start another SEED
school. (5/1/03)
Umber Ahmad, WG'02,
was featured in the film
"Risk/Reward." The film is
a documentary of four
women on Wall Street,
one of which is Ahmad.
(Toronto Star, 4/29/03)
Jacob Wallenberg,
W'80, WG'81, was featured
in an article about running
the Wallenberg family
empire with his cousin,
Marcus. (The Wall Street
Journal Europe, 4/22/03)
Isabelle Benton,
WG'83, was featured in a
Philadelphia Inquirer article
about her role at the
Philadelphia Stock
Exchange. Benton has been
elected to the exchange's
board of governors.
(4/21/03)
Marco DeBenedetti,
WG'88, was featured in an
article about the European
cell phone market. De
Benedetti is CEO at
Telecom Italia Mobile, a
mobile telephone company.
(The New York Times,
4/8/03)
Donald Trump, W'68,
was interviewed on the
"Today" show about his new
reality TV series, "The
Apprentice." The show will
have contestants trying to
survive New York's corporate
jungle, with the ultimate
prize being a year-long job
with Trump. (NBC News:
Today, 4/8/03; BusinessWeek
Online, 4/23/03)
Badal Pandhi, W'02,
was quoted in a Wall Street
Journal article about business
school case competitions.
Pandhi commented
that participating in a case
competition helped him
land his investment-banking
analyst job at Legg Mason,
Inc., a Baltimore financial
services company. (4/8/03)
M. Rashed Hasan,
WG'87, was featured in an
article about preventing teen
drug abuse among Muslims.
Hasan is the education
director for the Muslim
Community Center of
Greater Pittsburgh, where a
pilot workshop on prevention
was held. (Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, 4/2/03)
Anil Ambani, WG'83,
was featured in an article
about his father, Dhirubhai
Ambani, the former chairman
of Reliance Industries
in India. The younger
Ambani now oversees the
company's finances. (World
Trade, 4/1/03)
Phil Smith, WG'97, was
profiled in "Today's
Spotlight" as vice president
of corporate development at
Vital Images, Inc., a company
that develops, markets,
and supports three-dimensional
medical imaging software.
(Star Tribune,
Minneapolis-St. Paul,
3/23/03)
Jeff Zaun, WG'00, was
featured in an article about
his experience as a prisoner
of war during the Gulf War.
He and 16 other former
POWs have filed a lawsuit
against Iraq seeking damages
for their imprisonment
while held captive.
(Associated Press Newswires,
3/21/03; The New York
Times, 3/26/03)
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey,
WG'86, was mentioned in a
CNN broadcast about uninsured
Americans. According
to Lavizzo-Mourey, one out
of two personal bankruptcy
filings are related to medical
bills. (CNNfn: Markets
Impact, 3/12/03)
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