PhD Alumni

1971
Thomas G. Gutteridge has been appointed as dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Toledo. He was formerly dean emeritus and distinguished professor of management with the University of Connecticut, where he worked for 19 years.

1981
John S. Howe has been appointed as Missouri Bankers Chair at the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Business. In 2002, Howe received the prestigious Kemper Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching. His articles have been published in several academic journals. He is a member of the Financial Manage-ment Association, the American Finance Association, and the National Association of Corporate Directors. He earned the Chartered Financial Analysis (CFA) certification in 1993. The Missouri Bankers Chair was created to serve the educational needs of the Missouri banking community by encouraging students to pursue banking careers and by teaching and conducting research related to banking. The College of Business at the University of Missouri-Columbia enrolls 3,200 undergraduate students and 300 graduate students.

1989
Robert Clark has been named the new dean of the School of Business Administration at the University of Evansville. He was formerly associate dean for the College of Business Administration and the director of the International Business Institute at Butler University. During his time at Purdue, he was selected as the Outstanding Business Instructor in 1986. He is the author of Africa's Emerging Securities Markets, Developments in Financial Infra-structure and numerous journal articles.

1992
Dianne Roden received the Trustee's Teaching Award for excellent teaching at Indiana University - Kokomo, where she has been an instructor since 1992.

Master's Alumni

1966
Thomas Gutteridge, MSIA. See PhD Alumni 1971.

1972
Dennis Cirbes, MSM, has been appointed as vice president of labor affairs at Ford Motor Com-pany. Cirbes, who was previously the executive director of corporate labor affairs, has been with Ford since 1972 and has held human resources positions in manufacturing, finance, personnel planning, marketing, sales and service, and corporate labor affairs.

Karl Krapek, MSIA, has been elected to Visteon's Board of Directors, after retiring in January 2002 from United Technologies Corporation.

1974
Marge Magner, MSIA, has been named chairman and chief executive office of Citigroup's Global Consumer Group. She was previously chief operating officer for Global Consumer Group. In her new responsibilities, she will lead Citigroup's efforts to serve consumers through retail banking, cards, and consumer finance. In addition, she will take on responsibility for finance, credit, and the overseeing of all other staff functions. She has been with Citigroup Inc. for 17 years. For the last three years, Fortune magazine has named her one of the 50 most powerful women in American business, ranking her #5 in the 2003 results.

1976
Scott Schubert, MSIA, has been appointed as chief financial officer at NTL Incorporated. Schubert, a member of the Krannert Dean's Advisory Council, will be headquartered in the United Kingdom. He previously had been the executive vice president and chief financial officer of WilTel Communications Group since 1999. NTL Incorporated offers communications services to residential and business customers throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland.

1978
John S. Howe. See PhD 1981 Alumni.

1984
James Weinberg, MSIA, and his wife, Mindy, have a new addition to their family, a baby boy named Jake Ryan, born October 14, 2002. Weinberg is the director of customer service and order entry at Columbian Chemicals Co. in Marietta, GA.

1985
Kaia Phillis, MSM, is now working in Indianapolis as a product manager for Suros Surgical Systems, Inc., which makes a minimally invasive breast biopsy device.

1986
John Larson, MSM, has married Mary Wernette, and writes that he now has two great boys: Nicholas, 11, and Nathaniel, 10.

1987
Paul Varga, MSM, has been named chief executive at Brown-Forman Corp. effective August 1, 2003. Varga, who has been with Brown-Forman since 1986, was previously global chief marketing officer.

1989
Randall Lewis, MSM, has been named senior vice president of audit and process improvement, and chief compliance officer, for Anthem Inc. In this role, he will be Anthem's senior audit officer and will lead not only the company's internal audit staff, but also its compliance, privacy, and security areas. Lewis previously had been executive vice president and managing director of corporate development at Wells Fargo & Co. Lewis is a member of the advisory board of the Dr. Cornell A. Bell Endowment Fund at Purdue. Anthem, through its subsidiaries, provides health-care benefits to more than 11.5 million people and is the fifth-largest publicly traded health-benefits company in the United States.

1990
Jorge A. Romero Day, MSIA, is now general manager of Consorcio Mathiesen in Buenos Aires after leaving Prosegur. He married Patricia Lopez last year, and the couple is expecting their third child in May 2003. Day also recently bought an export winery as a hobby and an investment.

1991
Caroline Cook, MSM, writes, "I recently left the corporate world to begin my largest project yet, a new baby! Mark Harrison Cook Ippolito joined us on November 17, 2002. While the salary is not deep into the six figures, he is able to pay me in smiles, which are priceless."

1996
Ted Doheny, MSM, has been elected vice president of Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited, and named president of Ingersoll-Rand Business Services, a new position. In the new position, Doheny will have leadership responsibility for the following units: Ingersoll-Rand's Global Business Services, Ingersoll-Rand International, IR Global Consulting, Design and Innovation Services, and Strategic Sourcing, including corporate real estate. Previously Doheny served as president of Ingersoll-Rand's Air Solutions unit.

Undergraduate Alumni

1967
John Thompson, BSIM, has been appointed chief financial officer of Veraz Networks, a leading global provider of carrier-grade next-generation telephony solutions. Thompson was previously vice president of finance and CFO for Interwise. In
his new role, he will guide Veraz's financial operations as it continues
its worldwide expansion.

1968
Dennis Cirbes, MSM. See Master's Alumni 1972.

1972
Jay Ricker, BSIM, was elected to
the NACS (National Association of Convenience Stores) Executive Committee, and will serve as NACS Vice Chairman of Industry Relations. He previously was president of Anderson, IN-based Ricker Oil Co. Ricker is also past president of the Indiana Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association, and is a member of the board of trustees of Anderson Community Hospital. He lives with his wife, Nancy, and their two children in Pendleton, IN.

1975
Scott Schubert, BSIM. See Master's Alumni 1976.

1978
Thomas Kincannon, BSIM, has a new business venture, C3 Logistics, a technology integrator focused upon the business application of converging data, voice, and wireless technologies, which enable enterprises to provide more profitable service solutions to their customers. Kincannon was previously vice president and executive management team member of Dugdale Communications, a leading regional voice and data integrator.

1982
Gregory Hayes, BSM, has been named vice president and controller for United Technologies Corporation. Hayes was previously vice president, financial planning and analysis and treasury, for Hamilton Sundstrand.

1984
Randall Lewis, BSM. See Master's Alumni 1989.

1997
Amy Gustitus, BSIM, has recently married and is now Amy Mahoney. She has also relocated to Indianapolis.

Geoffrey A. McCuen, BS (ACCT), writes, "I have recently joined Master Metal Engineering in South Bend, IN, as their human resource & safety manager. Master Metal is a precision machine shop that specializes in medical instruments. I have also been accepted into the Indiana CPA Society. In the spring, I was invited to join the Financial Advisory Committee for the State YMCA of Michigan."

In Memoriam

Gary L. Treesh, a student in Krannert Executive Education's 2001 Weekend EMB Program, died June 21 of cancer at the age of 39. Gary initially applied to and was accepted into the Weekend '98 program, but was unable to attend due to his illness. However, he never lost the desire and tenacity to improve himself and, in spite of his illness, joined the '01 program and completed a year and a half of the three-year program before his death.

1968
Ezra U. Byler, BSIM, died in January 2003. He is survived by his wife, Sue Ann.

1998
Jon R. McGee, a graduate of Purdue's IMaC MBA program, died unexpectedly on August 9. Recently Jon celebrated 30 years of employment at United Technologies Corp-oration. His most recent position was vice president of general procurement.

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