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Dean’s Message Calendar of Events ou needn’t look far to see FEBRUARY that the future of the 5 The Challenges and Threats from China & Japan YCollege of Business and its Dr. David Reid, Professor, Benjamin Forman Chair of alumni community is brighter International Business explores this topic. than ever before. Today’s COB 18 COBRA Night at Rohrbach’s Brewing Company, Inc. students, tomorrow’s alumni, are Go McQuaid! Go Aquinas! Join COBRA as we taste different foods paired with differ- among the most involved at the ent beers of the world. Institute, proving themselves day in and day out to be valuable ttend a basketball or football resources to the entire RIT popula- game during sectionals tion. MARCH between McQuaid Jesuit and With eleven active COB student A 9Women’s Health Awareness Event organizations sponsoring dozens of Aquinas Institute, and you can see the Join the COB Women’s Alumnae Network as they sample events each quarter, our students legendary rivalry between these two foods and discuss women’s health issues. private Catholic high schools in provide unparalleled opportunities for learning outside of the classroom, enabling their classmates to be 17 Dean’s Reception in Kansas City, MO Rochester. Join Dean Hopkins for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. An Their competitiveness is built on active members of the local community and energetic members of our alumni family. Two groups in particular exemplify the spirit of lead- informative reception, you will have a chance to catch up their reputations: McQuaid is a 50 ership that runs throughout the College of Business: the Lowenthal with what’s current at the COB as well as RIT. year old, all-male prep-school founded Group and the Student Alumni Association. 18 COBRA Tours the Elizabeth Galleries by the Jesuits; Aquinas is a 100 year The Lowenthal Group, led by staff advisor Marty Burris, Director of Local artists will be there to talk about their work. old, former Basilian-run institution Marketing, Undergraduate Business Programs, and co-leaders Amy 25 Herbert W. VandenBrul Entrepreneurial which became co-ed in 1982. Kennicutt, Brian Patterson, Valerie Pope and Bethany White, partici- Award Luncheon Differences turn into similarities pate in all aspects of life at the College of Business. They take part in This award is presented annually to a local Rochester when you consider the presidents of activities that enhance student recruitment, student retention, and entrepreneur who has had a major impact on the Rochester each school: James Whelehan of sponsor several COB special events each quarter including the annual community. College of Business fall picnic. Contributions made by the Lowenthal McQuaid and Michael Daley of 26 RIT Alumni Entrepreneurial Conference Aquinas. group extend far beyond the walls of the College of Business. Members take part in activities benefiting, among others, the United Are you an entrepreneur, or considering starting your own Both are homegrown and raised in business? If so, don’t miss this exciting new conference on the Way, Junior Achievement and the American Cancer Society. RIT campus. the Catholic faith, worked in compet- The Student Alumni Association, one of the newest groups within itive public telecommunications the college, works to build awareness of COB alumni programming companies, have children who attend among the student population, helping to build lifelong, mutually parochial schools, “love to play golf,” James Whelehan ‘85 MBA and Michael Daley ‘90 MBA have followed remarkably sim- ilar career paths and now serve as presidents of McQuaid Jesuit and Aquinas Institute beneficial relationships between the two groups. With the help of staff APRIL were appointed to their new posts in advisors Donna Slavin, Coordinator of Special Events & Programs, respectively. 2003 within two months of each and Bryan Hensel, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations, the 8 Alumni Breakfast Briefing Student Alumni Association has begun work on an ambitious sched- Join other COB alumni for breakfast and a guest speaker at other, and both received MBAs from the Oak Hill Country Club. RIT’s College of Business. school. “I think the rivalry between for less,” quips Daley with a laugh. ule of future events and activities, and has been highly successful in “Ultimately, we were hired because the two schools is overplayed, and it’s “Maybe that’s why I decided to leave raising scholarship funds to benefit current and future generations of 23 2004 Class Toast Reception what our schools need most are leaders simply a matter of letting the best industry and give something back to COB students. Help us welcome the College of Business Class of 2004 to the alumni community. with real-world perspective, business team win,” says Whelehan, who lives the community.” Today’s student leaders, with the help of our many talented facul- in Perinton. Whelehan agrees: “In business, I was ty and staff members, and through the support of generous alumni TBD William D. Gasser lectureship in Business people who can raise money and sup- donors, have helped elevate the RIT College of Business to among port for our Christian values and edu- Daley and Whelehan even the score working 100 miles an hour and travel- Join College of Business faculty, staff, students and alumni when it comes to their regard for ing all the time. I have seven children the best business schools in the world. I am proud of all that we have for this annual lecture. cational mission,” says Daley, who accomplished and am looking to the future with great anticipation. RIT’s graduate business program. and it was hard to be there for them; I lives in Greece with his wife and three I encourage each of you to read through these pages of Dividends, children. Both agreed it was rigorous but very was missing out on their lives. share in the success stories of our alumni, and learn how you can applicable to real life. “Although my kids still don’t let me To RSVP or to learn more about any of the above events visit Daley is currently involved in two become a member of our ever growing and ever more esteemed our web page at www.cob.rit.edu/alumni or contact Donna separate $5 million revitalization proj- “I can still remember Dr. Jeffrey help them with their homework, I alumni community. Slavin at [email protected]. ects for Aquinas, including a Fine Arts Lessard and what we called his know what it takes to be president of Center and new athletic complex to Lessardian Theory of Economics: that McQuaid. It’s something I learned at engage in some “healthy rivalry.” people tend to do the least amount of RIT-how to be good at making more Growing up in the 10th Ward in the work to get the job done, are often sub out of less.” shadow of Aquinas, Whelehan is well optimally informed, and want more Thomas D. Hopkins aware of the rah-rah team spirit of the Alumna Patte Comstock ‘68 Named Houston Grand Opera Spiliotis Leads Digital Imaging Startup Guild’s Volunteer of the Year ith mainstays of the Rochester technology was great - it was what I went economy including Kodak, to school for. I knew the digital imaging industry was where I wanted to be, but I t takes a savvy individual to bridge Grand Opera as a volunteer for the of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, coor- WXerox and Global Crossing fac- the demands of the business world Opera’s annual fund drive. In 1986, dinating church and government assis- ing troubled times, the future of the really wanted to try my hand at the busi- with the elegance of an opera house. after serving in several leadership positions, tance for immigrants from Southeast Rochester economy may very well rest in ness end of things.” I the area’s many high-tech, startup firms and The RIT MBA program provided the This is exactly what College of Business Patte began what is considered her “sig- Asian refugee camps in Thailand. Patte alumna Patte Comstock ‘68 has accom- nature role” with the Guild, the Opera also serves on the Houston Regional the technologies they develop. Leading this perfect opportunity to make this happen. plished, and for which she was celebrat- Boutique. She prepared its first business Public Affairs Board for the church. shift in the Rochester economy is one of the With concentrations in Technology ed as the 2003 Houston Grand Opera plan and financial projections for the College of Business’s own. Pano Spiliotis, a Management & Finance, Spiliotis complet- Guild’s volunteer of the year. Boutique’s debut when the Opera 1999 graduate of the Imaging Science pro- ed the MBA program in August 2001 and “Everyone who knows Patte, knows her moved from Jones Hall, to its current gram and 2001 MBA graduate, is the found himself in an ideal position to affect Pano Spiliotis ‘99, ‘01 MBA, General for her dedication and drive: Patte flat home, the Worthman. General Manager of Pixel Physics, an Pixel Physic’s business strategy. Manager, Pixel Physics, Inc. gets things done,” said Ward Pennebaker, In the years since, Patte has put her anchor tenant in RIT’s High Technology “In early 2002 we were purely R&D, the Guild’s president, at an awards cere- retailing background to good use, open- Incubator located in Henrietta, NY. With providing contract services for Fortune 500 mony honoring Patte this past October. ing the Boutique to new and innovative 2003 revenues twice those of the year companies including Kodak, Xerox and Pixel Physics was successful in develop- Patte’s drive developed early in her life.