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Alumni in the News
May 2004
Warren Lieberfarb, W'65, was featured in an article about his marketing and consulting strategies for using broadband. (Business 2.0, 5/1/04)
Gary Foster, WG'84, has been named president and CEO of Wolters Kluwer Health.
(Information Today, 5/1/04)
Michael Moritz, WG'78, was featured in an article about his career in venture capital and investment in Google. (Fortune, 5/3/04)
Yogen Patel, WG'98, has been appointed to the executive management team of Sand Hill Systems, a developer of software solutions. (Business Wire, 5/4/04)
Barry Deutsch, W'60, has been elected to the board of directors of Bally Total Fitness.
(Business Wire, 5/5/04)
Donald Trump, W'68, was featured in an article about his development of the condo market. (The Globe & Mail, 5/06/04)
Alex Gorsky, WG'96, has been appointed CEO at Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. (PR Newswire, 5/6/04)
Henry E. Lentz, WG'73, has been appointed to the board of directors of Peabody Energy. (PR Newswire, 5/6/04)
Duncan H. Campbell, WG'80, has been named vice president of marketing for First
Virtual Communications. (Business Wire, 5/6/06)
Winthrop H. Smith, WG'74, has been appointed to the board of directors of Eaton Vance Corporation, a Boston-based investment management firm. (PR Newswire, 5/7/04)
Ari Meisel, W'03, was featured in an article about his real-estate development in Binghamton, NY. (New York Times, 5/10/04)
Kongkiat Opaswongkarn, WG'80, has been named executive chairman of the Export-Import Bank of Thailand. (Bangkok Post, 5/11/04)
David Carey, WG'63, has been appointed president and CEO of Entrust, a provider of identity and access management solutions. (Canada NewsWire, 5/11/04)
William Chisholm, WG'87, has been appointed to the board of directors of Intentia International, a supplier of enterprise applications. (PR Newswire, 5/11/04)
Bruce Henderson, WG'77, has been elected to the board of directors of Imation Corporation, a developer of magnetic and optical removable data storage media.
(PR Newswire, 5/13/04)
Aditya Mittal, W'96, was featured in an article about his career as vice chairman of LNM Holdings, a steel producer in India. (Economic Times, 5/13/04)
Gary Black, W'82, has been named to the board of directors of Janus Capital Group, Inc. (Business Wire, 5/13/04)
William West, WG'89, has been appointed to the board of directors of The Utah Capital Investment Corporation. (PR Newswire, 5/13/04)
Jay Snider, W'79, managing partner of Snider Capital, a business specializing in investments in technology for sports and recreation, gave the commencement address at Thomas College this May. (Bangor Daily News, 5/13/04)
Sachin Pilot, WG'01, was mentioned in an article about his candidacy from Dausa, Rajasthan for the Indian Congress. (The Economic Times, 5/14/04)
Douglas L. Peterson, WG'85, has been named CEO of Citigroup in Japan.
(Business Wire, 5/14/04)
Peter Smedvig, WG'72, chairman of Smedvig Oil, was featured in an article about his property development in Norway. (Property Week, 5/14/04)
David Keil, WG'89, was featured in an article about his career as chief strategy officer at Choice Point, a data aggregating company. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 5/16/04)
Jim Hytner, WAM'04, was interviewed about his positive experience in Wharton's Advanced Management Program. (Financial Times, 5/17/04)
Joe Saumarez Smith, WG'04, authored an article about his experience at Wharton as an international student, his future career, and graduating with an MBA. He published a regular diary about studying at Wharton. (Financial Times, 5/17/04)
Christine Chen, WG'97, has been appointed associate consumer analyst at Pacific Growth Equities in San Francisco. (Business Wire, 5/17/04)
David Schwartz, W'81, has been named chief financial officer of Maximum Performance Group, a provider of web-based, energy asset management solutions.
(PR Newswire, 5/17/04)
Wendy Thompson, WG'98, has been appointed project executive for Centex Construction Company. (Business Wire, 5/18/04)
Jonathan R. Wheeler, WG'88, has been named senior vice president for Centex Construction Company. (PR Newswire, 5/18/04)
Edward Hubbard, WG'86, has been appointed president and chief operation officer of
XL Capital Assurance Inc. (The Bond Buyer, 5/19/04)
K.C. Brown, WG'04, has been named senior vice president of Delahaye Medialink Worldwide. (Business Wire, 5/19/04)
William Wiener, WG'77, has been appointed to the board of directors of Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. (PR Newswire, 5/19/04)
Albert Hansen, WG'83, has been elected to the board of directors of Questcor Pharmaceuticals. (Business Wire, 5/19/04)
Sandeep Thakrar, WG'95, has been appointed vice president of hospitality and sales for Telkonet, Inc., a provider of networking and internetworking products. (Business Wire, 5/20/04)
Jeffrey Hatfield, WG'85, has been named CEO of Concurrent Pharmaceuticals.
(PR Newswire, 5/20/04)
John Garth, WG'85, has been appointed COO and senior vice president of American Mortgage Acceptance Company. (Business Wire, 5/20/04)
Thomas A. Berglund, WG'87, has been named managing director of First Atlantic Capital. (Business Wire, 5/20/04)
Chip Goodyear, WG'83, was featured in an article about his mining company in Melbourne, Australia. (The London Times, 5/24/04)
Bruce Rector, WG'89, was featured in an article about his development of small business in South Florida. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 5/24/04)
Steve McLaughlin, WG'95, was featured in an article about his investment firm, Financial Technology Partners. (Investment Dealers Digest, 5/24/04)
Tim Taylor, WG'79, has been appointed executive director of Duke Farms Charitable Foundation. (The Star-Ledger, 5/26/04)
Anne Klein, W'64, founder of Anne Klein & Associates, a national public relations firm, has been inducted to the Philadelphia Public Relations Association Hall of Fame. (PR Newswire, 5/26/04)
Helen Frame Peters, PhD'74, has been appointed to the board of directors of BJ's Wholesale Club. (Business Wire, 5/26/04)
Stormy Byorum, WG'71, has been elected to the board of directors of Northwest Natural Gas Company. (Business Wire, 5/27/04)
John F. Levy, W'77, has been appointed acting chairman of the board of directors for Media Bay, Inc. (PR Newswire, 5/28/04)
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