I am pleased to invite you to join me in attending the Wharton Global Alumni Forums in 2004, in Moscow, Shanghai and Mexico City.

The Forums, which were previously known as the Regional Alumni Meetings, have been renamed better to reflect the true nature of the global Wharton audience. Our alumni no longer do business simply on a regional basis. They go where the opportunities are most rewarding, and constantly expand the geographical dimensions of their businesses.

We want to make graduates from every country in the world feel welcome at all the Wharton Global Alumni Forums. We plan to facilitate the professional and personal interaction of our alumni world-wide in every way possible. In an effort to accomplish this goal, Peter Degnan, Wharton's Director of Career Management, plans to hold open forums in each city to which all alumni are invited to learn about new and improved career services for Wharton graduates.

At each location, local organizing committees under the leadership of senior alumni have planned professionally stimulating and personally rewarding activities, including distinguished keynote speakers, lively panel discussions, intriguing cultural excursions, and relaxed social activities.

I will attend each of the Wharton Global Alumni Forums in 2004, and I anticipate that the knowledge I gain will be both cumulative and unique. I hope that many of you will join me in attending two or even all three Forums. A variety of Wharton professors will join us in each location, giving you additional opportunities to meet with your former teachers and to hear about the latest thinking at Wharton on important global issues.

I look forward to working with you to make the global network of Wharton alumni even more valuable.

Sincerely,
Patrick T. Harker
CE’81, GCE’81, GR’83, HOM’87
Dean
The Wharton School