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Alumni in the News
April 2006
Robert Castellini, WG'67, was interviewed about his career in baseball management and his current role as owner of the Cincinnati Reds. (The Cincinnati Post, 4/1/06)
James Martin, W'82, was featured in an article about his book, My Life With The Saints.
(U.S. Catholic, 4/1/06)
Laura Bennett, WG'03, who founded Embrace Pet Insurance, was featured in an article about issues facing the pet health insurance industry in America. (SmartMoney, 4/1/06)
Anthony Perkins, WG'86, was mentioned in an article about the 176th Annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Perkins serves as an Elder of the First Quorum of the church. (Deseret Morning News, 4/2/06)
George E. Hall, WG'86, was featured in an article about investing in commercial transportation and the short sea shipping industry. Hall is president of the Clinton Group, a financial investment firm. (Shipping Digest, 4/3/06)
Andy Liu WG'02, and David Niu, WG'02, were featured in an article about their company, BuddyTV, which is a new Internet service offering online commentary of popular television programs. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4/7/06)
Roberto Civita, W'57, was featured in an article about Abril SA, a family-owned media company in Latin America, of which he is CEO. (The Wall Street Journal, 4/17/06)
Connie Duckworth, WG'79, was featured in an article about fund-raising initiatives to aid women in Afghanistan. Duckworth is former managing director of Goldman Sachs. (Forbes, 4/17/06)
Donald Felix, WG'06, served as the student host for a special school report, which was part of the CEO Exchange episode that was taped on campus in November, 2005. (PBS, 4/23/06)
Brian Roberts, W'81, and Terry McGraw, WG'76, were interviewed on an episode of the PBS Series "CEO Exchange," which was taped at Wharton. Roberts is CEO of Comcast Corporation. McGraw is CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies. (PBS, 4/23/06)
Mallika Srinivasan, WG'85, was featured in an article about her position as general manager of Amalgamations Group, where she manages the tractors and farm equipment division. (India Today, 4/24/06)
Manuel V. Pangillinan, WG'68, was featured in an article about the Philippine Long Distance Company. Pangillinan serves as president and CEO. (BusinessWorld, 4/24/06)
Donald Trump, Sr., W'68, Donald Trump, Jr., W'00, and Ivanka Trump, W'04 were interviewed about the dynamics involved in working in a family business. (Associated Press, 4/24/06)
Kirbyjon Caldwell, WG'77, was mentioned in an article about the business ventures of the United Methodist Church in Atlanta where Caldwell serves as pastor. (Houston Chronicle, 4/25/06)
Victor Gruet, WG'79, was featured in an article about microchip design strategies. Gruet runs a small chip design firm called Symphony Consulting in the Philippines.
(BusinessWorld, 4/25/06)
Takeshi Natsuno, WG'95, was featured in an article about his business plans at NTT DoCoMo regarding new functions for cell phones. Natsuno serves as senior vice president of multimedia services. (Knight Ridder Washington Bureau, 4/26/06)
Samuel Reeves, W'05, was featured in an article about his company, Humanistic Robots Inc. Reeves won the Wharton Business Plan Competition in 2005 for his prototype of a remote-controlled device for detonating land mines. (Philadelphia Business Journal, 4/30/06)
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