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Class of 1984

Bruce Hansen is still in Madison, Wisconsin, where he is a Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin, and works on econometric methods. You can find his papers and coursework posted on his website. Every summer Bruce and his wife Korinna travel to her native Greece for vacation and to visit family. This summer they spent two weeks visiting Lesbos and Chios, two islands in the northest Aegean off the Turkish coast. Their children are Zoe (6) and Nicholas (5). (2003, http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~bhansen)

Asad Jumabhoy left Oxy in 1984 and went on to MIT where he did his Masters in Management at Sloan. Fast forward some 15 years and he lives in Singapore with his wife and 3 children. He was involved in an MBO of a European company which operates in some 30 countries and he is responsible for Asia Pacific operations. He is grateful for the liberal arts education he received at Oxy. (2000)

Glenn Mar worked in the IT department of Pacific Bell for 13 years, which included a consulting stint in Europe and an MBA from St. Mary's. Since then, he has re-met and married Julie Minoff ('86), done Y2K consulting, and joined an advertising technology firm (Mediaplex). He and Julie live in his hometown of Palo Alto. (2000)

Brent Reinke lives in Thousand Oaks with his wife Jean and their two daughters Kelly (age 6) and Kathryn (age 4). Brent is a corporate partner with the Los Angeles law firm of Clark & Trevithick where he heads up the firm's technology practice. He currently is the managing director of Clark & Trevithick's Westlake Village office. (2000)

Sue Schroeder is a partner and co-founder of Vivient Consulting LLC, a management consulting firm that was formed in October 2002. Vivient helps public and private companies design compensation programs that align the interests of shareholders with the interests of executives and employees. The firm, located in El Segundo, CA, was formed by Sue and two other former principals at SCA Consulting and Mercer HR Consulting. Sue continues to serve as an Alumni Trustee on the Occidental Board of Trustees as well as a member of the Board of the Occidental Business Associates (OBA). (2005)