Dividend University of Michigan Business School Spring 1999 REUNION,REUNION, TogetherTogether Again!Again! PLUS: Gene Imhoff on Foreign Investing in U.S. Markets University of Michigan Business School Reunion99 October 21 –24, 1999 We’re holding a spot for you Celebrating all alumni, and especially the Classes of ’59, ’74, ’79, ’89, ’94, and ’98. For further information, call Alumni Relations: 734-763-5775 E-mail:
[email protected] Details and registration on web site: www.bus.umich.edu/ reunion99 It’s time to come back to Ann Arbor! Volume 30, No. 1 Dividend Spring 1999 2 Across the Board News of the University of Michigan Business School—Asian Business Conference… C. K. Prahalad and Kenneth Lieberthal win McKinsey Award… Wolverine Venture Fund…Global Learning Center— from Ann Arbor and around the world. 7 Faculty Opinion Barbara Everitt Bryant, former director of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, explains why there is no consensus on the census. 9 Quote Unquote Who is saying what…and where. Page 10 10 Reunion ’98 For three days, 900 B-School graduates gathered for a weekend like no other. 20 Putting the MBA to Work Alumni panel shares experience and advice during Reunion ’98. 22 Compromising Standards Threatens Capitalism Gene Imhoff, chair of the Department of Accounting, discusses foreign investing in the U.S. capital markets. 27 Ovation Financial support boosts professorships, endowment and recruiting. Page 20 31 Club News Boston, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, Seattle, South Florida, Washington, D.C. 33 Alumni Club Calendar of Events Page 22 34 Class Notes The goings-on of friends and colleagues, plus profiles of Aparna Agrawal, MBA 82; John W.