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Class of 1967

Jeff and Elaine Chapman moved in Summer, 1999 to the Phoenix, AZ area. Jeff is now the Director of the School of Public Affairs at ASU and having a wonderful time fighting the PoliSci Department. His research area is still state and local public finance, although he is trying to puzzle out the Arizona system, having given up on California. On a personal note, his prostate cancer surgery seems to have been very successful. (2000)

Would that all economies had enough economic activity for "economics" to be topical. Bad press and military actions aside, Afghanistan is seeing tremendous growth in many areas. Everything from central government revenues to agricultural exports are growing at rapid rates. Of course the baseline numbers were very low to begin with, but let's not take the silver linings from the clouds. What Jim Dunlap enjoys most are the infrastructure projects, given their direct link to "happy past lives" working in both the USAF and in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. But the grandchildren Sirens' song is calling. In a decision making no bottom-line economic sense, the Dunlaps may be returning to the USA sooner rather than later. (2007)