Alumni Profiles

Curriculum Update: Making the Case for Spanish Banking
Thanks to the initiative of two management professors and a grant from Citibank, students this year are using a case study on international banking entitled, “The New Conquistadors: Spanish Banks and the Liberalization of Latin American Financial Markets.”

Gerrity to Step Down as Dean this Summer
Thomas P. Gerrity will step down as dean of Wharton in July after serving in that position for nine years. He plans to pursue scholarly interests and teach at the School as well as spend more time with his wife and four children.

New Business School to Launch in India
A group of business leaders, in affiliation with Wharton and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, is scheduled to open a new business school in Hyderabad, India, in the year 2000.

Market Forces
The Wharton-Jiangsu Province Executive Development Program, offered through Wharton’s Executive Education division, brought 40 government officials and managers of stated-owned enterprises to Philadelphia last fall for an eight-week course on the mar-ket economy.

Four Receive School's Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award was established in 1988 to recognize alumni who demonstrate outstanding leadership in their professional activities and extraordinary, ongoing volunteer service to Wharton.

New Initiatives, New Management Mark Wharton Entrepreneurial Center Anniversary
The Wharton Entrepreneurial Center began its 25th anniversary celebration in November with a kickoff dinner honoring its founder and major donors.

School Appoints Vice Dean for International Academic Affairs
In his new position as Vice Dean for International Academic Affairs, Jitendra Singh has been thinking globally. He envisions, for example, a network of research relationships around the world, based in business schools or other leading institutions and involving faculty in research exchanges.

Two Professors Leave Their Mark on Wharton
Management professor Edward H. Bowman, a well-known expert in managerial decision making and corporate strategy, died last fall of complications from heart surgery. He was 73.

A Business-like Approach to Summer School
Leadership in the Business World (LBW), a new program for high school students interested in learning more about business, will kick off this summer under Wharton’s sponsorship.