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News Briefs
The October 24 Wharton
"Connect" alumni reception
held in the San
Francisco area saw a
record attendance. More
than 300 alumni, faculty,
staff, and friends gathered
at the Menlo Circus Club
to network, catch up, and
hear speeches by Dean
Patrick Harker, Wharton
Board of Overseers Chair
Jon Huntsman, W'59,
and Wharton Overseer
Lew Platt, WG'66. Other
recent Wharton "Connect"
events have taken
place in Mumbai, India;
Miami, FL; Monterrey,
Mexico; and Hong Kong.
(To learn more, visit
www.wharton.upenn.edu/alumni and click on
"Wharton Connect.")
The same event coincided
with a milestone in
Wharton's expansion to
the West — the official ribbon
cutting for Wharton
West's new campus in
downtown San Francisco
at the historic Folger
Building. More than 130
alumni, students, and
friends were on hand for
the celebration.
In recognition of the
dramatic changes taking
place in the global business
community, the
School's European
Executive Board recently
expanded to include
Africa and the Middle
East. According to Board
Chairman Sir Paul Judge,
WG'73, the newly re-named
Executive Board
for Europe, Africa and the
Middle East "is now well-positioned
to both inform
us and serve the interests
of a more peaceful and
prosperous world."
Wharton recently welcomed
nine new faculty
members to its ranks:
Mary Benner and Gerald
McDermott, Management;
Tianwen Tony Cai,
Edward George, and
Jonathan Stoud, Statistics;
Nien-he Hsieh,
Legal Studies; Alexander
Mürmann, Insurance
and Risk Management;
Serguei Netessine,
Operations and
Information Management;
and Ayako Yasuda,
Finance. Senior-level
appointments include
Edward George,
Statistics, and Bernard
Anderson, who has been
appointed to the Whitney
Young Professorship in the
Management Department.
Greg Clinch returned to
Wharton's Accounting
Department as the holder
of the Harry W. Reynolds
Visiting Professorship.
Wharton's Alumni
Affairs and Annual Giving
Department has announced
a new service
to alumni: free, online
access to the MBA Student
Resume Books.
Once connected, alumni
will be able to browse resumes
to identify current
Wharton students who
meet their hiring needs,
or download the entire
book. The Resume Books
are located on WAVE http://wave.wharton.upenn.edu.
For more news and
updates, visit http://www.wharton.upenn.edu.
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