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OutlookSPRING 2006 

A Magazine for Alumni and Friends of the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business 

Sheldon B. Lubar 

School of Business 

Sheldon Lubar Contributes $10 million to School of Business 

School Named in Lubar’s Honor

Our Vision 

Our vision is to become a leading urban 

business school recognized for high quality 

teaching and research that advances 

student learning, managerial careers, and 

the frontiers of management knowledge. 

We will build upon our internationally 

recognized research to contribute to the 

economic future of Milwaukee, the region 

and beyond. 

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Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business 

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 

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V. Kanti Prasad 

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In this issue: 

SPRING 2006 

Deanʼs Message ..............................................................................................................1 

“Transformational” — School Named for Sheldon B. Lubar ..............................................2 

UWM MIS Research Ranked Internationally .....................................................................6 

Alumni Profi le: Patrick Sinks ...........................................................................................7 

10th Anniversary of Deloitte Multistate Tax Center ..........................................................8 

The Rising Importance of Signaling to Consumers ....................................................... 10 

Research Seminar Series ............................................................................................. 12 

Manpower Receives Baird Management Excellence Award............................................ 13 

Faculty Kudos .............................................................................................................. 13 

Manpowerʼs Beck Addresses Students .......................................................................... 14 

MBA Student in International Business Plan Competition ........................................... 15 

2005-06 Scholarships .................................................................................................. 16 

New Business Scholars Program.................................................................................... 17 

Alumni News ............................................................................................................... 18 

Honor Roll of Donors................................................................................................... 20 

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Message from the Dean 

So far, the year 2006 has been 

an exceptional year for UWM’s 

business school, with growing 

recognition of the signifi cant role we 

have in developing outstanding 

executive leaders and management 

professionals in the region. 

Most notably, UWM announced a $10 

million gift to the school in February 

from distinguished business leader 

Sheldon B. Lubar — a landmark gift in 

the history of the university and the 

school that will be a tremendous 

resource as we work toward our mission 

to become an urban business school of 

national distinction. 

This generous gift was the result of 

Sheldon Lubar’s core belief that 

education is a liberating force in 

people’s lives — a belief we all share 

and have personally experienced. 

It also refl ects his confi dence in the 

increasingly important role of UWM’s 

business school in preparing young 

people for the competitive challenges 

of today’s — and tomorrow’s — 

business world. As Mr. Lubar noted, 

some of our region’s top business 

leaders — including those at M&I 

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Rockwell 

Automation, Harley-Davidson, MGIC, 

and scores of others — are graduates of 

this fi ne institution. 

In April, we celebrated a truly historical 

and proud moment as the University of 

Wisconsin System Board of Regents 

Dean V. Kanti Prasad 

approved the renaming of the School 

to the Sheldon B. Lubar School of 

Business. 

Generations of students of the Lubar 

School will benefi t from the transformational 

impact of Sheldon Lubar’s 

generous gift and the additional 

resources it will stimulate, which will 

further enhance the Lubar School’s 

national stature through continued 

emphasis on: 

Attracting high achieving students 

Outstanding faculty who excel in 

research and teaching 

Quality academic programs with 

strong theory-practice linkages 

Programmatic innovation in several 

dimensions, including global 

business, IT-enabled competitiveness, 

entrepreneurship, and business 

ethics, and 

Mutually benefi cial knowledge 

partnerships with major 

corporations in Southeastern 

Wisconsin 

Also in the early part of the year, our 

management information systems 

faculty were internationally ranked for 

their research productivity. This builds 

upon prior research recognition highlighting 

the accomplishments of our 

marketing, production, and management 

faculty. These professional 

acknowledgements further bolster our 

national reputation. 

The next academic year marks the 

business school’s 40th anniversary. 

We will celebrate 40 years on the 

leading edge of management education 

in Wisconsin. I hope you will join in 

the excitement by attending some of the 

major alumni events we are planning. 

I also urge our alumni to share their 

business school memories and success 

stories to help us celebrate this milestone 

year (see last page). Stay in 

touch! 

V. Kanti Prasad 

Dean 

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MESSAGE from the Dean

TRANSFORMATIONAL 

2 OUTLOOK Spring 2006 

Sheldon Lubar Contributes 

$10 million to School of Business 

School Named in Lubar’s Honor 

Sheldon and Marianne Lubar pose with some of this yearʼs Lubar Scholars. (Back row) Cory Bultnick, 

Levi Sosa, G Pao Thao, and Rachelle Guell. (Front row) Kawauna Holloway, Zachary Orr, Sheldon Lubar, 

Marianne Lubar, and Elicia Scaife.

On the morning of February 6, 2006, a standing room only crowd gathered in the UWM Business Schoolʼs 

third fl oor atrium for news of historic import — the announcement of a $10 million donation to the Business 

School by distinguished Milwaukee business leader and philanthropist Sheldon B. Lubar, Founder and 

Chairman of Lubar & Company, Inc. It is the largest single donation in the Universityʼs 49-year history. 

“This is a magnifi cent day for UW–Milwaukee and its Business School,” said UWM Chancellor Carlos E. Santiago, fl anked on the 

podium by Lubar and Dean V. Kanti Prasad. “Mr. Lubarʼs gift is an enormously important endorsement of UWMʼs contributions 

to the community. It will greatly expand our ability to educate the business leaders of tomorrow who will move our regional 

economy forward.” 

“TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPACT” 

ON THE SCHOOL 

Lubar’s gift will have a “transformational impact” on the School’s 

future, stated Dean Prasad, providing crucial resources as it 

works toward its vision to become a leading urban business 

school of national distinction. 

“It will allow us to continue building steeples of excellence 

among our faculty, providing top-notch management education 

to our students, and contributing to the economic vitality of 

Southeastern Wisconsin,” he added. “We are extremely grateful 

for Mr. Lubar’s generosity, vision, and commitment to future 

generations of business leaders and management professionals.” 

The endowment will be used to advance the school’s mission in 

a variety of ways, including funding for new professorships and 

student scholarships. Dean Prasad said that the gift and the 

additional resources it will stimulate will help the School build 

on the core strengths of the faculty and make breakthrough 

enhancements in four mutually reinforcing areas — faculty 

excellence, student excellence, programmatic innovation, and 

technology and infrastructure. 

“A common thread that runs through all these four elements is 

the emphasis on bringing our curricula, programs, and research 

into a closer alignment with the needs of business competitiveness 

and economic development of the region,” said Dean Prasad, 

“allowing us to forge strong corporate linkages through knowledge 

partnerships in education and research.” 

In addition to his personal gift of $10 million, Lubar intends to 

help the University raise an additional $20 million that will be 

directed to the business school. 

Sheldon and Marianne Lubar share a special, personal moment at the Lubar 

gift announcement. 

SCHOOL NAMED FOR “A WONDERFUL 

ROLE MODEL” 

In recognition of Lubar’s decades-long commitment to the 

University, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents 

named the School the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business at 

its April meeting. The business building at 3202 N. Maryland 

Ave. has also been named Lubar Hall. 

“Sheldon Lubar serves as a wonderful role model for our 

students and alumni,” said Dean Prasad. “The Lubar name is 

synonymous with the highest of achievements — as a universally 

admired and respected business leader, an individual with deep 

intellect and the highest standards of integrity, a leader who has 

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demonstrated a sincere dedication to the community, and an 

exceptional, caring human being.” 

“It is therefore a true honor for us to be named the Sheldon B. 

Lubar School of Business,” added Prasad. 

A DISTINGUISHED CAREER 

Born in Milwaukee, Sheldon B. Lubar grew up in the Sherman 

Park area and later in Whitefi sh Bay. He earned business and 

law degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, working 

his way through school with a number of different jobs. 

Following graduation in 1953, he joined the Marine National 

Exchange Bank and rose to the position of Vice President in 

charge of commercial loans. In 1960, he was given the opportunity 

to head the Bank’s newly formed Marine Capital Corporation, a 

small business investment company, where he developed many 

of his theories on management and ownership of companies. 

His entrepreneurial horizons began to expand in 1966, when he 

formed Lubar & Company, a private investment fi rm active in 

corporate acquisitions and venture capital investment, while also 

serving as Chairman and CEO of Mortgage Associates (1966-1973) 

and President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of 

Midland National Bank (1975-1977), both of Milwaukee. 


Lubar’s distinguished record of public service includes appointments 

under three United States Presidents. He served as 

Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and 

Urban Development and as Commissioner of the Federal 

Housing Administration under Presidents Richard Nixon and 

Gerald Ford, and was the Commissioner of the White House 

Conference on Small Business under President Jimmy Carter. 

He served the State of Wisconsin in numerous capacities, 

including the Commission on Education and the Commerce 

and Industry Task Force. Lubar is a Past President of the 

University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. He was also 

the president and co-founder of the Wisconsin Policy Research 

Institute. 

At the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Lubar has been a 

very active member of the School of Business Advisory Council 

for over 30 years, and served as Council President from 1985 to 

1991. He is a Distinguished Director of the UWM Foundation, of 

which he was President from 1988 to 1990. Along with his wife, 

Marianne, Lubar has long supported numerous business students 

through the Lubar Scholars Program and earlier funded the 

Sheldon Lubar Chair of Free Enterprise. In 1988, he was 

recognized by UWM with an honorary doctorate degree in 

Commercial Science. 

Upper left: Dean V. Kanti Prasad (left) and UWM Chancellor Carlos E. 

Santiago (center) lead the audience in a round of applause for Sheldon 

Lubar (at podium). 

Upper right: Sheldon Lubar waves to a guest at Februaryʼs announcement. 

Dan Bader, President of the Bader Foundation, looks on. 

Lower left: Madeleine and David Lubar, and Oyvind and Susan Solvang 

attended the February announcement. David and Susan are two of Sheldon 

and Marianne Lubarʼs four children.

A high point of Februaryʼs announcement program was the standing ovation recognizing Sheldon Lubar for his generosity and commitment to UWM and its 

business school. 

Lubar, whose most recent honor was being named the 2005 

Wisconsin Business Leader of the Year by the Harvard Business 

Club of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel at a 

May 3, 2006 ceremony, has been a leading philanthropist in 

Milwaukee for many years, primarily supporting education and 

the arts. The Milwaukee Art Museum’s Calatrava expansion, the 

Milwaukee Symphony, the Milwaukee Ballet, and the Milwaukee 

Jewish Federation are just some of the organizations that have 

benefi ted from his involvement. 

LUBAR ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC 

EDUCATION AND UWM’S IMPACT 

In his remarks at the February announcement, Sheldon Lubar 

stressed the importance of public education to the community’s 

future. 

“And to personalize this occasion just a bit,” he said, “I would 

like to tell you that I am a product of the Milwaukee Public 

School System, a suburban public school system, and the public 

University of Wisconsin.” 

“Without these institutions, I wouldn’t be where I am today 

and I certainly wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing today at 

UWM,” he noted. 

Recognizing the value of all of the schools, colleges, and 

universities in Southeastern Wisconsin, Lubar singled out 

UWM for its importance to the region. 

“No institution is more important or can match the impact that 

the public University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee has on Milwaukee,” 

he said. “And if you don’t believe that, look at UWM graduates 

and corporate CEOs Jim Ziemer of Harley-Davidson, Ed Zore of 

Northwestern Mutual, Dennis Kuester of M&I Bank, and Gale 

Klappa of Wisconsin Energy, as well as the many others who 

have less visibility but are equally important.” 

“That is just some indication of the signifi cance of this university 

and its business school to this community,” Lubar added. 

OUR FUTURE LIES IN EDUCATION 

“Sheldon Lubar’s commitment to education is based on his 

underlying belief that education is a liberating force in people’s 

lives,” said Dean Prasad. Lubar’s closing comments extend that 

belief beyond benefi ting the individual to the communities in 

which they live. 

“It has been proved that the wealth of nations is not measured 

by natural resources such as oil, timber, gold, or other things 

that are in the ground,” Lubar told the audience. “It is measured 

by the level of education achieved by each of its citizens.” 

“The future of our community, the future of our state will be 

determined by how well we have educated our children,” he 

concluded. “I hope this gift will materially support that effort.” 


UWM Among Top Universities for MIS Research 

International Recognition for School’s MIS Faculty 

William (Dave) Haseman Hemant K. Jain Keshavamurthy Ramamurthy Fatemeh (Mariam) Zahedi 

The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee ranks among the 

world’s top universities in terms of research productivity 

in management information systems (MIS), according 

to a new study. 

The study, recently published in Communications for the 

Association for Information Systems, looked at the publication 

productivity of information systems researchers and institutions in 

12 top academic journals from 1999 to 2003. 

UWM ranked 19th among U.S. universities and 24th in the 

worldwide ranking. Georgia State University ranked fi rst, 

followed by the University of Maryland and the University of 

Pennsylvania. 

“This is wonderful recognition for UWM’s Lubar School of 

Business on an international level and a feather in the cap of 

our MIS faculty,” said Dean V. Kanti Prasad. 

The Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business boasts a strong MIS 

faculty that includes four named professors and scholars. Three 

are Wisconsin Distinguished Professors, a prestigious honor 

among a select few University of Wisconsin System faculty: 

William (Dave) Haseman, Wisconsin Distinguished Professor 

Hemant K. Jain, Wisconsin Distinguished Professor and Tata 

Consulting Services Professor 

Keshavamurthy Ramamurthy, Professor of MIS, and Roger L. 

Fitzsimonds Distinguished Scholar (2004-06) 

Fatemeh (Mariam) Zahedi, Wisconsin Distinguished Professor 


A slate of highly regarded degree programs make up the School’s 

management information systems curriculum, from the undergraduate 

to the doctoral levels, including: 

BBA in Management Information Systems (MIS) 

MS in Management degree specializing in MIS 

a combined MBA/MS in MIS 

MBA elective tracks in eBusiness and Information 

Technology Management 

PhD 

Complementing the MIS degree programs is the School’s Center 

for Technology Innovation (CTI), headed by Wisconsin 

Distinguished Professor William (Dave) Haseman. 

CTI works to forge a strong, sustainable alliance between the 

School and the Wisconsin business community in the area of 

information technology, said Haseman. The Center partners 

with many of the area’s leading corporations, including a 

number of Fortune 500 fi rms. 

CTI offers workshops, executive roundtables, and focused 

workgroups to member fi rms and the general public. It also 

facilitates practicum opportunities for UWM MIS students with 

member companies.

Alumni Profi le 

Patrick Sinks 

Executive MBA ‘97 

President & Chief Operating Offi cer 

MGIC Investment Corporation 

MGIC Investment Corporation is a legendary Milwaukee 

company that began in the late 1950s with founder Max Karl’s 

simple vision to make the dream of home ownership a reality for 

more people. In the ensuing half century, the company has 

gone through some interesting times — including its sale to 

another company, extrication from that relationship, the 

recession of the mid-1980s, a public stock offering, and a 

booming housing market. 

It’s quite a story. 

Equally storied is the career of MGIC’s Patrick Sinks (EMBA ’97) 

— who counts himself among the many fortunate long-term 

members of the highly successful MGIC “family.” Sinks was 

recently promoted to President and Chief Operating Offi cer of 

the fi rm, a leadership position he has worked toward steadily 

during his 28-year career with the company. 

It all began in 1978, when Sinks returned to his hometown of 

Milwaukee fresh out of college in Bismarck, North Dakota, and 

answered a newspaper ad for a Staff Accountant at MGIC. Of 

course, he got the job. 

“Those early years were very exciting times,” Sinks said — not 

something you routinely hear from an accountant. But then you 

hear the history… 

In 1981 and 1982, Sinks worked on the team that arranged the 

sale of MGIC to Baldwin-United Corporation. A year later, 

Baldwin fi led for bankruptcy and Sinks — now a manager in the 

company — again was part of the fi nancial team that extricated 

MGIC from Baldwin. (Northwestern Mutual and MGIC 

management invested in the “new MGIC.”) 

Then came the challenges of the mid-1980s which Sinks refers 

to as the “oil patch dilemma” — when the economic recession in 

the oil states exposed the company to dramatic losses. But by 

the end of that decade, under the leadership of then-CEO Bill 

Lacy (a 1968 UWM marketing graduate), MGIC began to turn 

its fortunes around. In 1991, the company went public, and the 

next decade boomed. 

Sinks was named Vice President and Controller in 1993. He also 

worked increasingly closely with the corporate strategy team, and 

developed a growing interest in the broader picture. “The more I 

worked on strategic issues, the more I liked it,” he said. 

Patrick Sinks 

Around the same time, Sinks decided that he wanted to more 

formally develop his management expertise, so he asked MGIC 

to sponsor him in UWM’s Executive MBA program. “It was time 

to step up to another level in my thinking and in the organization,” 

he recalled. “The program got me thinking bigger picture — 

more organizationally and more strategically.” 

More senior roles followed for Sinks, including Senior Vice 

President, and most recently Executive Vice President of Field 

Operations. 

A few years ago, Sinks was given the opportunity to lead a 

renewed corporate focus on strategic planning to address the 

issues of the changing competitive environment — an initiative 

that continues today. This effort is particularly important in 

light of changes within the mortgage industry over the last fi ve 

or six years, he notes. 

“This is very much a relationship business — building credibility 

with the customer,” he shared. “In recent years, though, the 

mortgage industry has gotten more sophisticated. Today, there 

is a much greater fi nancial orientation.” 

Still, MGIC’s core product — mortgage guaranty insurance — 

remains the same. 

As does the mission of the company — making home ownership 

possible. 

“Home ownership is important to people,” said Sinks. “This is a 

great business to be in.” 


Deloitte Multistate Tax CENTER 

Deloitte Multistate Tax Center 

Celebrates 10th Anniversary 

Expertise Reaches Across Nation 

This year, the Deloitte Multistate Tax Center — the 

nation’s fi rst multistate tax research center — celebrates a 

decade of excellence in contributions to the multistate 

tax fi eld. 

“The Deloitte Multistate Tax Center is a model for excellence 

within the School, having attained national stature and a 

reputation for excellence in education and applied research 

on state and local tax issues,” stated Sheldon B. Lubar School 

of Business Dean V. Kanti Prasad. “It truly demonstrates the 

impact of our high quality faculty, not only in Wisconsin, but 

nationwide.” 

Among its accomplishments over the last decade, the Center 

has established an online certifi cate in state and local taxation, 

a highly sought after series of tax research publications, and 

an annual multistate tax conference. 

Marilyn Wethekam of Horwood Marcus & Beck Chartered 


“We are incredibly proud of what we have achieved in the last 

10 years and the extent of our reach across the nation,” said 

Executive Director James T. Collins. 

ANNUAL MULTISTATE TAX INSTITUTE 

The 10-year anniversary will be celebrated at the Center’s 10th 

Annual Multistate Tax Institute, to be held on June 22, 2006 in 

Milwaukee. The day-long conference draws a national audience 

to hear the country’s foremost experts in multistate taxation. 

“UWM’s annual multistate tax institute is one of the important 

CPE programs attended by many state tax professionals,” said 

Paul Frankel, a partner with Morrison & Foerster LLP in New 

York, a member of the Center’s Advisory Board, and a frequent 

speaker at the conference. “It is always a great program, 

focusing on new and hot issues in the legislative, judicial, and 

administrative areas.” 

This year’s institute features Frankel, along with other national 

tax authorities including Richard Pomp of the University of 

Connecticut Law School, Maryann Gall of Jones Day, Ken 

Reichel of Deloitte Tax, Mark Nachbar of RSM McGladrey, Inc., 

and Marilyn Wethekam of Horwood Marcus & Berk Chartered, 

among others. Topics will include regional tax updates, nexus, 

the streamlined sales tax project, and “pay to play” states. 

ONLINE CERTIFICATE 

In addition to being the fi rst center of its kind, UWM’s 

Deloitte Multistate Tax Center also boasts the nation’s fi rst 

online certifi cate program in multistate taxation. 

Established in 1999, the Graduate Certifi cate in State and 

Local Taxation (SALT) program provides students with the 

knowledge they need to successfully pursue or advance careers 

within corporate tax departments, CPA fi rms, law fi rms, or 

state revenue departments. The 12-credit program includes 

courses in multistate income taxation, sales and use taxation, 

property taxation, and managing state and local tax audits. 

The unique curriculum fi lls a professional niche for tax 

specialists in the program. “The certifi cate program was 

timely and immediately useful in my work with the State of 

Alaska,” stated Robynn Wilson, Director of the Tax Division in 

Alaska’s Department of Revenue. Wilson earned her Graduate 

Certifi cate in State and Local Taxation from UWM in 2001.

The program currently enrolls over 60 students from around the 

country. Graduates have come from over 20 states — stretching 

from Maine to Florida to California to Wilson’s home state of 

Alaska. 

“The online nature of the program was a God-send for me,” said 

Stephen Moore, a Research Analyst with the Legislative Research 

Division for the State of Nebraska and a 2005 program graduate. 

“The nearest graduate tax program is located in Kansas City. 

With a full-time job here, I couldn’t reasonably commute for the 

purposes of furthering my education.” (Two research papers 

that Moore authored during the program were published in the 

Journal of State Taxation.) 

In the online program, students work in modules that include 

assigned readings, online lectures, discussion topics, and case 

studies. Interaction with the professor and between students is 

accomplished through email, threaded discussions, and virtual 

offi ce hours. 

Although students do not interact face-to-face, they do build 

valuable networking relationships with their tax counterparts 

across the nation, according to John C. Healy, a lecturer in the 

program and the Managing Director of the Center. 

“Because the program attracts students from around the 

country, it provides a unique forum for those individuals to 

exchange information on state and local taxation with people 

they otherwise probably wouldn’t meet,” said Healy. “That’s a 

great ‘side benefi t’ for students earning the certifi cate.” 

PUBLICATIONS 

The Center is also home to two highly regarded publications 

aimed at disseminating critical and educational tax information to 

lawmakers and tax professionals around the country — the 

Lawmaker’s Guide series and the Multistate Corporate Tax Guide. 

The annual Lawmaker’s Guide has been a key source of 

information on topical issues in state and local taxation. Past 

publications have examined the streamlined sales tax project, 

Nexus, electronic commerce, and income tax shelters. 

This year’s edition looks at “pay to play” states. Pay-to-play refers 

to those states where taxpayers must pay their tax liability prior 

to bringing an appeal of the decision. Some commentators have 

suggested that pay-to-play is a restriction upon taxpayer’s rights 

and there is a movement nationally to eliminate this practice 

among the states. 

The Lawmaker’s Guide is distributed to offi cials who enact laws 

in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and is quite popular 

with gover nors, key legislative committees, and individuals in 

state departments of revenue. 

Equally respected by 

tax professionals is the 

Center’s Multistate 

Corporate Tax Guide — 

a compilation of each 

state’s position on 

multistate income and 

sales and use tax issues 

— published by CCH. 

“It’s a valuable resource 

for taxpayers, CPAs, 

lawyers, corporations, 

state departments of 

revenue or anyone else 

involved in multi state 

taxation,” said Healy, 

who co-authors the James T. Collins, Executive Director 

publication with 

Associate Professor 

Michael Shadewald. 

“As tax issues arise, they can easily look up the state’s position in 

one of the charts. It is a very useful reference guide.” Healy and 

Schadewald obtain the information for the Guide from the top state 

tax offi cials who interpret and apply the rules, and credit those 

individuals for making the publication useful for practitioners. 

For more information on the Center, its publications, or the 10th 

Annual Multistate Tax Institute, please contact John Healy at (414) 

229-2262 or jhealy@uwm.edu, or visit the Center’s website at http:// 

www.uwm.edu/Dept/Business/research/salt/index.html 

Paul Frankel of Morrison & Foerster 


Faculty RESEARCH 

A Signal is Worth a Thousand Words: 

The Rising Importance of Signaling to Consumers 

Purush Papatla 

Even before the rapid rise of the Internet, consumers 

were barraged by commercial messages. TV and radio 

commercials, newspaper and magazine ads, junk mail, 

billboards, ads on the neighborhood gas pumps, sale signs in 

our grocery stores, dinnertime phone calls from telemarketers 

— you can’t even escape advertising in public restrooms. 

The arrival of the Internet only made the situation worse for 

most of us. We are constantly bombarded by spam, pop-up 

ads, and banner ads, not to mention virtual sale notices and 

discount coupons — many from retailers with whom we’ve 

never even done business. 

By some accounts, each of us is currently exposed to more 

than 3,500 commercial messages in one form or another each 

and every day of our lives! 

With so much activity around us, it is virtually impossible for any 

of us to pay any attention to even a fraction of the commercial 

messages that we are exposed to every day. This is one of the 

reasons why digital video recorders and TiVo’s have gained so 

much popularity — we just want to get away from all of these 

commercial messages that intrude into our lives! 

A GROWING PROBLEM FOR BUSINESS 

Not surprisingly, this aversion to messages has become a big 

problem for companies. As Business Week commented, by 

2004, the mass market that could be spoken to via any of the 

three television networks had almost totally disappeared. The 

masses of consumers who, in the past, could be targeted via a 


few media channels have been replaced by highly reluctant 

consumers and a highly fragmented media mix. 

Businesses are therefore scrambling to fi nd ways to stop 

consumers from tuning their messages out. This is where the 

whole idea of signaling comes in. 

SIGNALING: A MORE SUBTLE 

APPROACH TO COMMUNICATING 

WITH THE CUSTOMER 

Signaling relies on the very simple idea that, rather than 

“shouting” at consumers through one of the traditional media 

— or even the new digital channels like the Internet — it’s 

better for businesses to take a more subtle approach wherein 

they communicate with the customers indirectly. 

So a car manufacturer might signal its quality by posting a 

comment from a customer on how wonderful its products are 

and how terrifi c its customer service is. Better yet, it may 

signal its reliability even more strongly by having that satisfi ed 

customer tell another customer about how terrifi c its cars are. 

Similarly, a bank may collect and post metrics on how satisfi ed 

its customers are so that any visitor to the brick-and-mortar or 

virtual branches of the bank cannot miss the clear signal that 

it delivers great service. 

A newspaper could signal its reach and popularity with its 

customers by posting a constantly increasing clock of the 

number of visitors that its site had over the past few days. 

Signals, therefore, are essentially indirect methods that businesses 

can use to communicate with and promote to consumers. 

Marketing professor Purush Papatla and his doctoral students 

are currently investigating the role of signaling in multiple 

areas, including online auctions, online distribution of content, 

word of mouth in the health care context, and the role of 

online endorsements and product reviews on purchases from 

online retailers. 

SIGNALING AND ONLINE AUCTIONS 

In a research project focusing on online auctions, Dr. Papatla 

and PhD student Guiyou Qiu are examining the role of eBay’s 

seller performance ratings, and how some of its newer auction 

mechanisms are serving as signals that affect those ratings.

As most readers would know, eBay was a pioneer in moving 

traditional format auctions to the Internet. In addition to the 

traditional “English auction” format where the product on sale 

goes to the highest bidder, eBay has introduced a variety of 

innovative auction mechanisms. 

For instance, its Buy It Now mechanism allows the seller to stop 

the auction and give the product to the buyer who is willing to 

pay the Buy It Now price regardless of what the highest bid in 

the auction is so far. 

The seller can also set a so-called Reservation Price — the price 

that the seller decides is the minimum value of the product (but, 

the bidders only know that the seller set a reservation price and 

don’t know what that price is). 

Such innovative mechanisms have vastly increased participation 

on eBay. But while these innovations were obviously good for 

business, the massive increase in popularity has been a major 

challenge for eBay because — with millions of people transacting 

directly with each other — the company has little control over 

the quality of the transactions. 

In response to this dilemma, eBay came up with the Feedback 

Score, where the performance of sellers is measured in terms of 

how long it takes the seller to complete the auction. 

Not surprisingly, Dr. Papatla and his student have found that sellers 

with better reputations are able to complete their auctions faster. 

Interestingly, however, they have found that the pricing decisions 

of the sellers also act as signals of the seller’s quality. For example, 

their research has found that setting a higher Buy It Now price 

apparently signals higher quality and speeds up the close of the 

auction. 

Similarly, their research indicates that choosing to set a Reservation 

Price increases the seller’s credibility and encourages bidders to 

place bids, thus shortening the auction time and increasing the 

seller’s Feedback Score. 

SIGNALING AND WORD OF MOUTH 

Another powerful form of signaling is consumer word of mouth. 

It appears that there can be no better signal of the value or quality 

of a product or service than an established customer saying good 

things about it to potential customers. 

Businesses are just waking up to the potential power of this 

signaling mechanism. 

For example, General Electric recently instituted a net promoter 

score system to measure how well its products and business units 

are doing in generating such signals. GE defi nes net promoters 

as customers who answer with a nine or 10 to the question “On a 

scale of zero to 10, how likely is it that you would recommend us 

to your friends or colleagues?” 

GE is so committed to implementing and using these scores that 

its executives have compared its potential impact on the 

company to their Six Sigma efforts. (Six Sigma is the widely 

implemented and imitated system that GE developed to improve 

product and service quality.) 

Dr. Papatla and doctoral student Nadya Toskova are currently 

investigating the factors that increase the chances that a business 

can create net promoters from its customer base and, therefore, 

generate positive word of mouth in the health care context. 

This is a perfect context in which to study this issue, according 

to Dr. Papatla, because there is probably no greater infl uence on 

health care choices than word of mouth. Research indicates that 

patients often talk to friends and acquaintances before choosing 

a health care facility. 

The study’s initial fi ndings suggest that different types of factors 

contribute differently in generating positive word of mouth 

across the range of health care services. For example, it could 

be the friendliness and perceived expertise of technicians in the 

case of oncology services but the ambiance and cleanliness of 

the facilities for cardiac care and angiograms. The next phase 

of the research is investigating these factors across a range of 24 

different health care specialties to better understand this issue. 

SIGNALING AND “ONLINE RETAIL 

AMBIANCE” 

While consumer word of mouth can be very powerful, how a 

business presents itself to customers can also be a strong signal 

of its quality and reliability to customers. 

Studies have demonstrated, for example, that, despite the fact 

that Target Stores’ prices may not always be lower than those of 

Wal Mart, consumers like to shop at Target because of how it 

presents itself — with clean and well-lit interiors, no clutter, and 

displays showing that it is a good citizen by giving back a percent 

of its earnings to each community in which it operates. 

These fi ndings, while useful, will obviously not be very easy to 

implement for online retailers. How can an online retailer present 

an attractive face as a signal of its quality and reliability when it 

doesn’t have aisles that its customers can actually walk through? 

Dr. Papatla and PhD student Oliver (Feng) Liu are studying the 

issue of online retail ambiance as part of a broader research 

agenda that investigates why online consumers choose some 

online retailers over others and why some consumers buy from 

some online retailers without having planned ahead to do so. 



Research Seminar Series 

The fall semester Research Seminar 

Series — which provides a campus 

forum for stimulating research 

scholarship through the sharing of 

cutting-edge research — featured the 

following presentations: 

“Information Measures for Database 

Application” was presented by Huimin 

Zhao, Assistant Professor of Management 

Information Systems. Dr. Zhao’s research 

interests are in the areas of data integration, 

data mining, and Web services. His 

current research focuses on identifi cation 

of semantic correspondences across 

heterogeneous databases, cascade 

generalization of classifi cation methods, 

fusion of data mining and domain knowledge, 

Web service design, and Web 

service pricing. 

“Strategic Investments in Japanese 

Corporations: Do Foreign Portfolio 

Owners Foster Underinvestment or 

Appropriate Investment” featured Abdul 

Rasheed, Professor of Strategic Management 

and International Business at the 

University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. 

Rasheed’s research on strategic decision 

processes, foreign market entry, and 

international comparisons of strategy and 

Signaling 

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One of their fi ndings is that a simple act such as presenting 

prices clearly and making them easy to fi nd substantially 

increases the likelihood that customers keep coming back. 

Somehow, the fact that the retailer posts its prices “loud and 

clear” seems to signal the retailer’s reliability thereby bringing 

customers back over and over again. 

Their broader research agenda in this area looks at the types of 

online consumers who respond to signals. They are drawing on 

theories of human capital and household production from 

economics for this research. 


governance has been widely published in 

top management journals. 

“Towards an Organization Science: A 

Morphogenetic and Epigenetic Approach 

to Modeling Business Organizations” was 

presented by Kesav V. Nori, Executive 

Vice President and Executive Director of 

the Business Systems and Cybernetics 

Centre in Hyderabad, India. Dr. Nori’s 

research interests include compiler 

correct ness, repositories and meta 

modeling, modeling business enterprises, 

and value chain modeling. 

“Google or BizRate? Relative Importance 

of Search Engines and Infomediaries in 

Unplanned Store Choices Online” was 

presented by Feng Liu, a doctoral candidate 

in Marketing. 

“Disclosure Disconnects: Antecedents and 

Consequences of Disclosing Invisible 

Stigmas Across Life Domains” was 

discussed by Belle Rose Ragins, Professor 

of Organizations and Strategic Management. 

Dr. Ragins conducts research on 

diversity, mentoring, and gender issues in 

organizations. Her current research 

examines the development of mentoring 

relation ships and explores how gender 

and diversity affect mentoring. 

“The Dynamics of Geographic Versus 

Sectoral Diversifi cation: Is There a Link to 

the Real Economy?” featured Francesca 

Carrieri, Associate Professor of Finance 

at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. 

Dr. McGill is noted for her research on 

international asset pricing and investment. 

“Race, Place, and Work Attitudes: The 

Interactive Effects of Race and Perceived 

Quality of Community Amenities on 

Workplace Satisfaction” was presented by 

Patrick McKay, Assistant Professor of 

Human Resources Management. Dr. 

McKay’s areas of expertise include employment 

test development and validation, 

examination of adverse impact of selection 

procedures against protected groups, 

minority recruitment and retention in 

organizations, study of location effects on 

employee attitudes and behavior, and 

psychometrics and methodological issues. 

“Is Post-Earnings Announcement Drift Due 

to Under-Reaction?” featured Qi Sun, a 

doctoral candidate in Finance. 

Professor Ehsan Soofi , of the Production 

and Operations Management faculty, 

serves as the Series Coordinator. 

According to these theories, one would expect certain types of 

consumers — those who are new to online shopping and, hence, 

low on human capital, or those who are busy and looking for 

effi ciency in their personal and household activities — to 

respond more to signals. 

If their research fi nds that this is, indeed, the case, it will provide 

useful insights into how online retailers should perhaps design 

their sites to have distinct “looks” for different types of customers. 

Customers who are more likely to respond to signals would get a 

signal-rich interface and those who are more apt to research and 

make their own decisions would get a more informative one.

Manpower Receives 2005 Baird 

Management Excellence Award 

Jeff Joerres, Chairman, President & CEO of Manpower 

Inc., accepted the 2005 Baird Management Excellence 

Award at a luncheon program in October. The award is 

presented annually to a company that has demonstrated superior 

per formance on behalf of its customers, employees, shareholders, 

and the communities in which it operates. The annual event is 

co-sponsored by Robert W. Baird & Co. and UWM’s Executive 

MBA Alumni Association. 

Baird’s President & CEO Paul Purcell noted that under Joerres’ 

leadership, Manpower — the world leader in the employment 

Faculty Kudos 

Wisconsin Distinguished Professor and Tata Consultancy 

Services Professor Hemant K. Jain has been 

reappointed to the board of Information Systems 

Research as an Associate Editor. Information Systems Research is a 

leading international journal of theory, research, and 

intellectual development, focused on information systems in 

organizations, institutions, the economy, and society. It is 

published by INFORMS, the Institute for Operations Research 

and the Management Sciences. 

Hans G. Storr Professor of International Finance Lilian Ng’s 

article in The Journal of Finance, “What Determines the Domestic 

Bias and Foreign Bias? Evidence from Mutual Fund Equity 

Allocations Worldwide,” (with Kalok Chan and Vicentiu Covrig) 

was nominated for a 2005 Smith Breeden Prize. Smith Breeden 

Prizes recognize the Journal’s top papers in a given year in any 

area other than corporate fi nance. The list of nominated papers 

will appear in the annual Editor’s report, to be published in the 

August 2006 issue of the Journal. 

services industry — has expanded its geographical reach from 

60 to 72 countries, grown its revenues by more than $5 billion, 

doubled its stock price, and climbed the ranks of the Fortune 500 

— moving from 183 to 140. 

Manpower’s global network of 4,300 offi ces in 72 countries and 

territories meets the needs of 400,000 customers per year. 

Founded in 1948, the company employs approximately 25,000 

full-time staff and two million temporary and contract employees 

worldwide. Forbes magazine named Manpower one of the “Best 

Managed Companies in America” for the third time in 2005. 

Hemant K. Jain Lilian Ng 

(Left to right) V. Kanti Prasad, 

Dean of the Sheldon B. Lubar 

School of Business; Paul Purcell, 

President & CEO of Robert W. 

Baird & Co., Inc.; Jeff Joerres, 

Chairman, President & CEO of 

Manpower Inc.; Carlos Santiago, 

Chancellor of the University 

of Wisconsin–Milwaukee; and 

Margaret Hines, Past President 

of the Executive MBA Alumni 

Association. 


Beta Gamma SIGMA 

Manpower’s Beck Addresses 

Business Honors Students 

Barbara J. Beck 

Barbara J. Beck was recognized as the UWM Chapter 

Honoree at the November induction ceremony of 

Beta Gamma Sigma, the national business honor 

society. More than 120 people attended the event including 

inductees, their family members and friends, and Sheldon B. 

Lubar School of Business faculty and staff. 

Beck is the newly appointed Executive Vice President of 

Manpower Inc.’s EMEA business unit, which includes Europe 

(excluding France), the Middle East, and Africa. She leads 

the $5 billion unit from the company’s London offi ces. 

“Success is an interesting concept,” Beck told the honor 

society inductees. “I spent a lot of time early in my career 

observing people and how they achieved their success, and 

I’d like to share with you the common traits I’ve found.” 


Bring energy and enthusiasm to 

everything you do. “The most 

successful people I have worked for and 

with have always brought a high level of 

passion to what they do,” said Beck. “It 

is a critical aspect of success.” 

Become a good public speaker. “In 

every aspect of your career, you will have 

many opportunities to motivate and 

infl uence people through your spoken 

word,” she shared. “Force yourself to get 

out there and practice this skill.” 

Make every single decision based 

on the best interests of your 

company. “Had this very simple 

philosophy been followed, we wouldn’t 

have had Enron, WorldCom, or Tyco,” 

Beck noted. “If you consistently stop and 

ask yourself whether your decision is best 

for the company, you will be making wise 

decisions.” 

Be an advocate for your 

organization. “Demonstrating that you 

believe in your company and ‘selling’ 

your organization at every opportunity 

will help get you where you want to go,” 

she pointed out. 

Say “yes” more often than you say “no.” “You’ll have 

so many opportunities in your careers to take on challenging, 

exciting, and intimidating tasks,” Beck stated. “When you say 

‘yes,’ your life begins to open up and become incredibly 

interesting and rewarding.” 

Barbara Beck joined Manpower in January 2002 as the 

Executive Vice President of U.S. and Canadian operations. 

The $3 billion North American business unit includes over 

1,100 fi eld offi ces that employ over half a million temporary 

employees each year. Prior to joining Manpower, she was an 

area Vice President and General Manager of United States- 

West for Sprint, a $23 billion global communications company. 

Beck is a member of the UWM’s Sheldon B. Lubar School of 

Business Advisory Council. She was recently recognized as a 

Woman of Infl uence by the Milwaukee Business Journal for 

her outstanding corporate executive leadership. 

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Thirty-fi ve students, one 

faculty member, and one staff 

member were inducted into 

Beta Gamma Sigma at the 

May ceremony: 

FACULTY AND STAFF 

Atish Sinha 

Sarine Schmidt 

PHD 

Cheng-Heui Michael Chiao 

MASTERS CLASS 

Mark Anderson 

Melissa Bandell 

Daniel Buckman 

Matthew Freeman 

David R. Hagemeier 

Jacqueline Hyde 

Barbara Jaeger 

Andrew Jesse 

Zheng Li 

Patrick Mancoske 

Josephine Stahl 

Suzanne Trott 

SENIOR CLASS 

Michael Fohr 

Tyler R. Guell 

Amelia Klebenow 

Benjamin Klink 

Bethany Larson 

Travis Lohse 

Kevin Mohoney 

Michael Monfeli 

Patricia Plutschack 

Amy Roecker 

Stephanie Schams 

MBA Student Advances to International 

Business Plan Competition Semi-Finals 

student Jamin Miles competed as a semi- fi nalist in the 

MBA University of San Francisco’s 2006 International Business 

Plan Competition. He traveled to San Francisco in March to present his 

plan before a group of judges from venture capital fi rms and Silicon Valley 

companies. Miles was honored with the competition’s Microsoft Technology 

Pioneer Award for the business proposal that “best demonstrated development 

in new information technology arenas that connect individuals and enhance 

their ability to succeed.” 

Miles proposed a company that would provide affordable and reliable 

business software applications to small and medium sized organizations via 

the Internet. “Clients would need only a PC, an internet connection, and a 

web browser,” said Miles. 

Currently working as an Inside Partner Account Manager with Software 

ONE, Miles looks forward to the opportunities and challenges of owning his 

own IT business one day. 

“I think starting your own business is a great opportunity to make your mark 

on the business world,” said Miles. “There’s a level of excitement that you 

don’t get with a regular job — you’re really putting yourself out there to be 

judged as a business leader.” 

A Milwaukee native, Miles is set to graduate from the MBA program in 

August with a concentration in information technology management. 

This is Miles’ second consecutive year with success in national business 

student competitions. Last year, Miles and a team of three other MBA 

students placed ninth in the Thunderbird Social Responsibility and Ethics 

Challenge. 

Jamin Miles 

JUNIOR CLASS 

Stephanie Alexander 

Samantha Anderegg 

Jenny L. Burke 

Ryan Fischer 

Collette Ladell 

Michael Nakielski 

Laura Ring 

Jenna Schneider 

Richard Verthein 

Christian Wilhelm 

Karl Winderl 


SCHOLARSHIPS 

Scholarships for 2005-06 

The following business students were awarded scholarships for the 2005-06 academic year. The Sheldon B. Lubar 

School of Business congratulates these individuals for their talent and hard work! 

BDO SEIDMAN ACCOUNTING 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Eric Mangold, $2,000 

Daniel Neumann, $2000 

BRUNSWICK/REICHERT 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Amy Roecker, Semester Tuition 

ALOIS BULAWA SCHOLARSHIP 

Luiggi Perez-Soto, $5,000 

CHANCELLOR’S FELLOWSHIPS 

Scott Brantner, $4,000 

Nicholas Buzzell, $4,000 

Rachel Davis, $4,000 

Karen Fruit, $4,000 

Sarah Heth, $4,000 

Melissa Katzer, $4,000 

Bradley Moran, $4,000 

Sara Olson, $4,000 

Galina Pashkevich, $4,000 

Lucas Petzold, $4,000 

Matthew Pirkle, $4,000 

Katherine Rado, $4,000 

James Rennes III, $4,000 

Joyce Rotzenberg, $4,000 

Nancy Stanton, $4,000 

Charles Sweet, $4,000 

Scott Van Asten, $4,000 

VICTOR CHOU FINANCE 

SCHOLARSHIP 

John D. Francetic, $2,500 

DELOITTE ADVANCED 

ACCOUNTING SCHOLARSHIP 

Aaron Verbeten, $3,000 

MARK AND TERRY DOLL 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Laura Ring, $5,000 

EMBA ALUMNI 

UNDERGRADUATE 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Kyle Balcerzak, Semester tuition 

GREATER MILWAUKEE 

FOUNDATION – TEMPO 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Valerie Karoxes, $5,000 


GREATER MILWAUKEE 

FOUNDATION – WILBUR AND 

ARDIE A. HALYARD SCHOLARSHIP 

Navalle Childs, $2,500 

JOHN C. AND HILDEGARD A. 

HEEGEMAN SCHOLARSHIPS 

Kelli Johnson, $1,000 

Ryan Kruchten, $1000 

Stacy Segundo, $1,000 

HOLT-SMITH AND YATES 

ADVISORS SCHOLARSHIP 

Erin DuPuis, $2,000 

KELLNER SCHOLARSHIP 

Chue Neng Lee, $5,000 

KURT KLUMB MEMORIAL 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Samantha Anderegg, $1,000 

KAREN KOWALSKI MEMORIAL 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Crystal Banse, $500 

RON AND MARJORIE KRIZEK 

ACCOUNTING SCHOLARSHIP 

William McCarthy, $2,500 

RON & MARJORIE KRIZEK 

FINANCE SCHOLARSHIP 

Leah Rene Kuehn, $2,500 

JERRY LEER ADVANCED 

ACCOUNTING SCHOLARSHIPS 

Jonathon Henshue, $1,000 

Heidi Laven, $4,000 

Jie Yang, $1,000 

JERRY LEER/IN MEMORY OF 

ROY TELLIER ACCOUNTING 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Patricia Plutschack, $7,000 

Katherine Rado, $7,000 

Amy Roecker, $7,000 

Allison Buchholtz, $3,500 

Jason Will, $3,500 

SHELDON AND MARIANNE 

LUBAR SCHOLARSHIPS 

Cory Bultinck, $2,500 

Rachelle Guell, $2,500 

Kari Prigge, $2,500 

Kevin Weil, $2,500 

Jason Will, $2,500 

SHELDON AND MARIANNE 

LUBAR MULTICULTURAL 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Tran Hanh, $2,500 

James Hall, $2,500 

Kawauna Holloway, $2,500 

Din Liu, $2,500 

Jerry Luangsaeng, $2,500 

Zacchary Orr, $2,500 

Elicia Scaife, $2,500 

Levi Sosa, $2,500 

G. Thao, $2,500 

Chue Vang, $2,500 

MCKENDRY CULTURAL 

EXCHANGE SCHOLARSHIPS 

Kyle Kirschling, $5,000 

PAT AND JERRY MORIARITY 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Brian Pederson, $2,500 

Collette Ladell, $2,500 

THOMAS PERZ ACCOUNTING 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Krystle Anderson, $2,500 

KIRK PETSHEK MEMORIAL 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Daniel Armstrong, $1,000 

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS 

MS-ACCOUNTING 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Akosua Seerwa Abora, $3,000 

Veronika Johnson, $3,000 

RATH FOUNDATION MERIT 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Holly Coehoorn, $7,000 

Sara Flom, $7,000 

Kara Rainey, $7,000 

Scott Schnuckel, $7,000 

Gina Storey, $7,000 

JACK F. REICHERT 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Nicholas Krzynski, $5,000 

Troy McGlone, $5,000

Lauren Serfozo, $5,000 

Phillip Sklar, $5,000 

Karl Winderl, $5,000 

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION 

ACCESS TO SUCCESS 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Kari Jo Prigge, $6,250 

Kimberly Rhodee, $6,250 

SAFEWAY SLING USA 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

John Suhar, $2,000 

SCRIBNER, COHEN & COMPANY 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Jonathon Henshue, $1,000 

SIGMA ALDRICH CORPORATION 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Olariyike Ayanwale, $2,500 

US BANK SCHOLARSHIP 

Ameerah Abdullah, $5,000 

Laura Oviedo, $5,000 

UWM GRADUATE TAX 

SCHOLARSHIPS AND UWM TAX 

ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS 

Nathan Aspenson, $3,000 

Michael Handal, $3,000 

Melissa Katzer, $3,000 

Chun Liu, $3,000 

Austin Moore, $3,000 

Cassandra Stoffel, $3,000 

WIGCHERS FAMILY REAL ESTATE 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Shawn Rupnick, $2,000 

WISCONSIN STATE & LOCAL TAX, 

INC. GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS 

Cherie Julius, $2,000 

Daniel LaNuez, $2,000 

New Business Scholars 

Program Offers Added 

Challenge to Top Students 

’s Sheldon B. Lubar 

UWM School of Business is 

recruiting high-achieving high school 

students for its new Business Scholars 

program, set to begin this fall. 

“This is a tremendous opportunity for 

business students to excel and to set 

themselves apart academically,” said 

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs 

Janice S. Miller. 

The Lubar School designed the program 

to provide top students with additional 

academic enrichment and challenge. The 

advanced courses in the Scholars program 

emphasize research and critical thinking 

and provide students with an applied 

approach to business issues. 

Janice S. Miller 

Business Scholars will also enjoy smaller class sizes, limited to 30 students. Miller 

said that the smaller group setting will help forge relationships and foster teamwork 

and discussion among students and business faculty. 

In addition, the Business Scholars program provides students with the opportunity 

to interact with distinguished business leaders who are featured in the School’s 

Great Journeys series or other speaker events. 

“This fi rst-hand exposure to the expertise and life experiences of successful 

executives provides students with perspective, and helps to round out their academic 

experience,” according to Miller. 

Students are eligible to enter the program in their sophomore year. Upon 

successfully completing 21 Business Scholars credits as part of their course of study, 

students will receive the “Business Scholars” designation on their UWM transcript. 

“We want to develop the leadership potential of our business students so that they 

can excel and pursue their dreams,” said Miller. “This program gives students a 

‘leg up’ on their competition as they enter the business world by providing them 

with challenge, rigor, and experience they can take into the marketplace.” 


Alumni NEWS 

WALKER YOUNG (BBA-Management ’77) has been elected 

to the Executive Committee of the Greater Brookfi eld 

Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He is a Sales 

Manager with Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation. 

ALLAN KOLTIN (BBA-Accounting and Marketing ’80) has 

been selected for the sixth straight year as one of Accounting 

Today’s “100 Most Infl uential” in the accounting profession. 

Koltin is President & CEO of PDI Global, Inc. in Chicago. 

PDI is a management and marketing consulting fi rm that 

specializes in working with professional and fi nancial services 

fi rms worldwide to address growth, practice management, and 

profi tability issues. 

MAYTEE ASPURO Y GONZALEZ 

(BBA-Marketing ’82; MS-Tax ’91) has 

published her fi rst novel Hesed (Cavalier 

Press LLC). She also works for the 

Wisconsin Department of Revenue as 

an Information Technology Portfolio 

Manager. 

ROBERT TROYER (BBA-Production/Operations 

Management ’83) has been named Vice President of Grede 

Foundries Inc. 

CATHERINE GIRARD (BBA-Marketing 

’84) has joined the executive team at 

Goodwill Industries of Southeastern 

Wisconsin. Girard will serve as the new 

Vice President of Development, where 

she will be responsible for managing 

and growing a comprehensive fundraising 

program for the organization. 

Goodwill provides work opportunities 

and skill development for people with 

barriers to employment. 

JEFFERY SEONBUCHNER (BBA-MIS ’85) has joined 

Assurant Health as a Project Manager. 

RENE SCHAEFER (Neitman, Schaefer-Graf) (BBA- 

Accounting ’86; MS-Taxation ’93) has been appointed to a 

national tax committee of the AICPA. She is a Principal with 

Suby, Von Hade & Associates, SC. 

GEOFFREY HURTADO (MBA ’88) has been named Senior 

Vice President of Irgens Development Partners. 


MIKE MOLEPSKE (MBA’88) has been promoted to Regional 

President at First National Bank. 

MIKE POLSON (BBA-MIS ’88) has been named Lead 

Program Manager at Microsoft Corporation in Seattle, 

Washington. Polson is leading a team that is developing 

features and services for the upcoming Windows Vista. 

WENDY WILSON (BBA-Finance ’88) recently has been hired 

as Leader of the Investor Relations and Corporate Communications 

Department at Modine Manufacturing in Racine. 

WILLIAM KADRICH (BBA-Finance ’89) has been appointed 

Vice President of Irwin Union Bank and Trust. 

DARYL OHLAND (BBA-Accounting 

’89; MS-Taxation ’93) recently joined the 

staff of Wipfl i, LLP, a CPA and consulting 

fi rm with offi ces in Wisconsin and 

Minnesota. In his role as Senior 

Manager with the fi rm’s tax practice, 

Ohland will provide state and local tax 

consulting to clients and other middlemarket 

companies both locally and 

nationally. He is based at the fi rm’s Fox 

Cities offi ce. 

DAVID AUGUSTINIAK (BBA-Accounting ’92) was recently 

promoted to Internal Audit Director with Chan Healthcare 

Auditors. Chan provides internal audit services to Wheaton 

Franciscan Services, Inc., the sponsor organization for 

Covenant Healthcare in Milwaukee and All Saints Healthcare 

in Racine. Augustiniak is also responsible for facilities in the 

Fox River Valley, Central Iowa, and Wheaton, Illinois. 

TAMMY STAR (BBA-Accounting ’92) was recently hired as a 

Managing Director of Medical Billing at Kolb & Co. 

JUANITA BANKS (BBA-Accounting ’93) received the 

position as Associate Director at Protiviti Inc. 

ROBERT MUTEN (MS-Management ’96) has been hired as a 

Shareholder at Reinhart Boerner van Deuren. 

DAVE NORWOOD (BBA-MIS ’96) has 

founded Trusted Network Solutions in 

Salt Lake City, Utah, and serves as the 

company’s President. Trusted Network 

Solutions is a leading Value Added 

Reseller providing secure network 

systems and solutions to the SMB and 

enterprise markets.

TRACI FRASE (BBA-Finance ’97) has been promoted to 

Controller at Port Washington State Bank. 

SUSAN BISHOP (MBA ’99) has been appointed Associate 

Director at Cramer-Krasselt. 

NANNETTE WELLSTEIN (MS-Management ’99) has been 

promoted to Director of Human Resources at Alverno College 

in Milwaukee. 

LUNGISA MSIKINYA (Executive MBA ’01) has joined 

Strategem Inc. as a Mainframe Consultant. 

DAVID DIAMOND (BBA-Finance ’01) has been promoted 

to Independent Bond Trader at the Chicago Board of Trade. 

Diamond works for SMW Trading Company in Chicago. 

SCOTT SMITH (MS-Management ’02) has been promoted to 

Chair of General Studies at ITT Technical Institute in 

Greenfi eld. 

ERIN EVERHART (BBA-Marketing 

’04) is a Signature Account Specialist 

with Honeywell in the Twin Cities. She 

is applying her business and French 

language skills with a customer that is 

located in the U.S., Canada, France, 

and the United Kingdom. 

CRAIG GAGNON (BBA-MIS ’04) has 

been named Vice President of Meyer & Wallis. 

ALUMNI “UNDER 40” RECOGNIZED 

SEAN RUTTER (BBA-Accounting 

’90; MS-Taxation ’95) is a Partner 

and International Tax Leader with 

Ernst & Young LLP. Rutter played 

a key role in growing the offi ce’s 

international tax practice from one 

accountant six years ago to 10 

today, according to Keith Burns, 

Offi ce Managing Partner in Ernst 

& Young’s Milwaukee offi ce. He has used some of his 

vacation time in recent years to lead groups from his 

church to Honduras to build churches, wells, and medical 

facilities, and also donates a weekend every other month 

to serving meals at the Milwaukee Rescue Mission. 

EDWARD FITZPATRICK (MBA ’04) was named Vice 

President at M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank. 

TARA UYHELY (BBA-Accounting ’04, MS-Professional 

Accounting ’05) was recently appointed Staff Accountant for 

Suby Von Haden & Associates. 

CARRIE GRUBANOWITCH (Executive MBA ’05) was hired 

as a Consulting Manager for Virchow Krause & Co. 

CHAD KENNY (BBA-Marketing ’05) has recently been hired 

as Associate Account Executive for Boelter & Lincoln. 

JENNIFER LAUGHLIN (Executive MBA ’05) has assumed 

the position of Vice President and Chief Information Offi cer 

for Watertown Area Health Services. She will be responsible 

for information systems, medical staff services, marketing, 

business development, community relations, and medical 

records. 

In Memoriam 

ELSA COHEN (Executive MBA ’98) passed away in 

December after a brief illness. A pathologist and teacher with 

the Medical College of Wisconsin from 1971 to 1999, Dr. 

Cohen was elected as President of MCW’s faculty assembly, as 

well as to its Society of Teaching Scholars. A woman of many 

talents, Dr. Cohen attended art classes after earning her 

EMBA, and particularly enjoyed watercolor. She is survived by 

her husband, Dr. Roger Cohen, family, and many friends. 

Two Lubar School of Business alumni were recognized in the Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 listing earlier this year: 

ELIZABETH MCNALLY 

(Executive MBA ’02) is the 

Director of Corporate Planning for 

Goodwill Industries of Southeastern 

Wisconsin, Inc. Goodwill 

annually helps over 11,000 people 

with barriers to employment fi nd 

meaningful work. With a background 

in anthropology, McNally 

spent time in the 1990s conducting fi eld work in New 

Mexico related to the earliest known North Americans. 

Although she has been fascinated by two very different 

career paths, McNally summed up the rewards of her job 

with Goodwill for the Business Journal: “We’re changing 

people’s lives, and we’re doing it in real time.” 


ALUMNI News

DEVELOPMENT 

Message from the Development Director 

Kathleen Dooley 

As the Development Director for 

the Sheldon B. Lubar School of 

Business, I am delighted to be a part 

of such a signifi cant time in the 

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s 

history. Earlier in this magazine, you 

saw the exciting news of Sheldon 

Lubar’s $10 million gift to the School 

Honor Roll of Donors 

The Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business is grateful to the following alumni, friends, corporations, and foundations for their generous 

gifts and payments received by the UWM Foundation from July 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005. 

Accounting Programs and Scholarships 

Mr. Corey A. Alman 

Mr. Jac R. Amerell 

Mr. Paul A. Baniel 

Mrs. Debra J. Bartolone 

Mr. Michael J. Berns, CPA 

Mr. Michael M. Berzowski 

Ms. Lynne M. Bethke 

Ms. Susanne Bienaman 

Mr. Stephen F. Borkowski 

Mr. Steven J. Brandhagen 

Mr. J. Per Brodin 

Mr. Michael A. Broihahn 

Mr. Gregory D. Calvin, Jr 

Mr. Joseph G. Cappozzo 

Mr. Peter P. Caputa 

Mr. Tindaro Caputo 

Mr. Norbert A. Carollo 

Mr. Andrew J. Cave 

Mr. Bruce T. Champion 


Mr. Jeffrey M. Chase 

Dr. Rita Hartung Cheng 

Mrs. Kathleen D. Cullen 

Ms. Kathy A. Czerniejewski 

Mr. Allan R. De Villers 

Mr. Earl R. Delaet 

Deloitte & Touche LLP 

Deloitte Foundation 

Ms. Barbara J. Demmer 

Mr. Daniel S. Depies 

Ms. Kristine A. Dirkse 

Mr. Charles J. Du Pont 

Ms. Joan M. Dunne 

Mr. James W. Duquaine 

Mr. John M. Egan 

Mrs. Danette M. Eibl 

Mr. John Ethington 

Mr. Paul H. Ewig 

Mr. Bertren D. Figi 

of Business. This is UWM’s largest 

gift ever, and will help propel the 

Lubar School to the next level. 

We are also in the midst of an 

unprecedented $100 million 

comprehensive campaign that will 

transform the University’s research 

enterprise and expand our ability to 

offer an education of the highest 

quality to promising students of all 

backgrounds and means. We are 

over halfway to reaching our goal, 

and are confi dent that by the 

campaign’s completion we will 

reach our target with exceptional 

alumni and community participation. 

You, too, can make a difference to 

UWM’s Sheldon B. Lubar School of 

Business by participating in this 

historical campaign! Whether your 

gift is large or small, your contribution 

shows your dedication and 

commitment to a quality business 

Ms. Cynthia K. Friauf 

Ms. Michele D. Fritz 

Mr. Michael D. Fuss 

Ms. Cynthia J. Glazewski 

Mr. Patrick J. Goggin 

Mr. John V. Goodger 

Mr. Martin J. Gregorcich and 

Ms. Maureen J. Mueller 

Mrs. Margot A. Griesbach 

Robert A. Grumbeck Family 

Trust 

Mr. James C. Gutknecht 

Mr. Karl David Gyorfy 

Mr. Kevin M. Hablewitz 

Mr. David J. Hamernik 

Harley-Davidson Foundation, Inc. 

Ms. Karen M. Hines 

Ms. Katherine A. Hoeller 

Ms. Barbara Jean Hofstetter 

education. With your help, we will 

continue providing excellence in 

education as a metropolitan business 

school of national distinction, 

recognized for high quality teaching 

and research. 

There are many options available for 

fi nancial support to the School, 

including both long- and short-term 

alternatives. For an immediate 

benefi t to the School, you may make 

an outright gift of cash or appreciated 

securities to the Enhancing Academic 

Excellence Fund. For the long-term, 

you might consider deferring a gift 

until after your lifetime through a 

bequest in your will or creating a trust 

or gift annuity. 

Thank you for your support and 

commitment to the Sheldon B. Lubar 

School of Business at the University of 

Wisconsin–Milwaukee! 

Ms. Patricia A. Hollman 

Mrs. Susan M. Hui 

Mr. Randall J. Iding 

Mr. Michael P. Ignatowski 

Mrs. Kathryn J. Irmiger 

Mr. Steven E. Ivalis 

Mr. David J. Jablonowski 

Mr. Lawrence G. Janczak 

Mr. Jeffrey S. Johns 

Mr. Ellis D. Jordan 

Mr. Richard J. Jorgensen 

Ms. Mary Ellen Jucha 

Mr. Brian R. Kaminski 

K-2 Micro Systems, Inc. 

Dr. and Mrs. Paul D. Kimmel 

Mrs. Kelly L Kirtley 

Mr. Phillip J. Kleiber 

Mr. Mark D. Klusmann 

Mr. Todd J. Koeppel 

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Accounting Programs and 

Scholarships (continued) 

Ms. Peggy Jane Kovatovich 

Mr. John M. Krueger 

Mr. Jay H. Kurtzweil 

Mrs. Laura J. Lange Lehmann 

Ms. Colleen M. Lashway 

Mr. Frederick L. Licau 

Ms. Cynthia M. Lilley 

Ms. Karen P. Loth 

Mr. John P. Lundsten 

Lynde and Harry Bradley 

Foundation, Inc. 

Mr. Mark A. MacDonald 

Ms. Sharon A. Maierle 

Mr. Jeffrey L. Majinski 

Mr. Michael A. Martinelli 

Mrs. Ann Mawhinney 

Ms. Kathleen A. McCann 

Mr. David B. McChain 

Ms. Diane L. McDonald 

Mr. Peter McKane 

Mr. Alan R. Meier 

Mr. Daniel J. Melstrand 

Mr. Scott E. Metzinger 

Mr. Martin W. Meyer 

Mr. Steven J. Moglowsky 

Mr. Brendan P. Moran 

Mrs. Margaret M. Morgan 

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Moriarity 

Mr. Arnold Mullen 

Mr. Edward E. Nachtsheim 

Mr. David E. Nadolski 

Mr. David E. Nagy 

Ms. Erika L. Naumann 

Mr. Joel G. Nettesheim 

Mr. Craig Paul Neuens 

Mr. Alan H. Noennig 

Northwestern Mutual 

Foundation 

Mr. Thomas M. Obrien 

Ms. Mary O’Halloran 

Mr. John W. Oleniczak 

Mr. William C. O’Loughlin 

Ms. Rosalie G. O’Meara 

Mr. Erik S. Owen 

Ms. Lily Pao 

Fr. Michael Theodore Parks, Ktj 

Mr. Gerard L. Pfannenstiel 

Mr. Jade H. Phillips 

Mr. Frank J. Poja 

Mr. Charles R. Preston 

Quad Graphics, Inc. 

Mr. Michael I. Quist 

Mr. Thomas G. Rademacher 

Mr. Ralph R. Redlin 

Mr. Christopher G. Riegg 

Mr. John N. Rohatsch 

Mrs. Marianne R. Roider 

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy G. Roloff 

Ms. Barbara A. Romnek 

Ms. Melody A. Rutenbeck 

Mr. Robert J. Ruttgers 

Mr. Scott M. Sattler 

SC Johnson Fund 

Mr. Charles P. Schicker 

Mrs. Jeanine D. Schoen 

Mr. Kenneth T. Schroeder 

Mr. John E. Schuett 

Ms. Marilyn J. Schultz 

Ms. Maureen A. Simons 

Sitzberger, Widmann & 

Company, S.C. 

Mrs. Mary M. Smith 

Mrs. Pamela J. Spenner 

Mr. Kurt J. Stachnik 

Mr. Michael E. Stahr 

Ms. Nicole S. Steffen 

Mr. Chad M. Steinbrecher 

Mr. Jeffrey A. Stormoen 

Mr. Todd D. Stucky 

Ms. Mary P. Sylvester 

Mrs. Barbara A. Tallmadge 

Ms. Christine A. Taylor 

Mr. Thomas P. Taylor 

The May Department Stores 

Company 

Mr. Scott B. Tracy 

Mr. Harold J. Van Groll, Jr. 

Vanguard Charitable Endowment 

Program 

Mrs. Karen V. Visgar 

Mr. Mark T. Waldoch 

Mrs. Karen L. Walrath 

Ms. Sherry L. Ward 

Mr. Walter L. Weber 

Ms. Mildred B. Wheeler 

Mr. Jason R. Will 

Mr. Kenneth H. Williams 

Mr. Mark R. Williams 

Mrs. Linda Pirk Wilson 

Mr. Frank C. Windt 

Mr. William J. Winter 

Mr. John F. Wittkowske 

Mr. Jeffery M. Wiza 

Mrs. Melody S. Wolske 

Mr. Thomas J. Woppert 

Mr. James W. Wright 

Ms. Rebecca L. Yakes 

Mr. Mike E. Yanke 

Mr. Christopher M. Yesbeck 

Mr. John W. Zilavy 

Center for Technology Innovation/ 

Management Information Systems 

Dr. William Dave Haseman 

Mr. Bruce R. Maas 

Microsoft Corporation 

SAP America, Inc. 

Entrepreneur Internship Program 

Panatrack Inc. 

techworks, LLC 

Webbeams 

Executive MBA Excellence Fund 

American Transmission 

Company LLC 

Brady Corporation 

Ms. Norine C. Carlson-Weber 

Mr. Eric A. Delzer 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Dyer 

Mr. James W. Ehrenstrom 

Dr. and Mrs. Arlyn C. Fredrick 

James & Yvonne Ziemer 

Foundation 

Joseph P. & Ann Wenzler Family 

Foundation 

Mr. Allan J. Klotsche, Jr. 

Helen Bader Institute for 

Non-Profi t Management 

Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Inc. 

Named Professorships 

Hans G. Storr Family Foundation 

Dr. Michael J. Kryda 

Mr. Geoffrey R. Nauth 


Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Rupp 

Ms. Marilyn Fox Rutherford 

Mr. Conrad L. Sobczak 

Mrs. Lorna J. Sorenson 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Tenges 

Verlo Mattress Factory Stores 

of Milwaukee 

Wisconsin Energy Corporation 


International Business Program 

A.O. Smith Foundation, Inc. 



DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT 

Scholarships 

Alpha Kappa Psi 

BDO Seidman 

Mr. Paolo Bencivenni 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Brickman 

Ms. Patricia Caspary 

Mr. Alexander C. Chou 

Dr. Clarence P. Chou 

Mrs. Clarice H. Chou 

Ms. Elizabeth Chou 

Ms. Vicki J. Chou 

Mr. and Ms. James Clark 

Mr. Troy A. Dennhof 

Mr. and Ms. Gregory Dunn 

Mr. and Ms. Christopher Fox 

Greater Milwaukee Foundation, 

Inc. 

Ms. Carrie Grubanowitch 


Mr. Robert J. Hall 

Mr. and Ms. Joseph Hipp 

Mr. and Ms. Joseph T. Hoffman 

Dr. C. George Hsi 

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Jacobus 

John T. and Suzanne S. Jacobus 

Family Foundation, Inc. 

Richard G. Jacobus Family 


Ms. Heidi C. Janzen 

Jewish Community Foundation 

of the Milwaukee Jewish 

Federation 

Ms. Paula L. Kebbekus 

Mr. and Mrs. William W. Kowalski 

Ms. Cindy A. Krohn and 

Mr. Robert J. Swiderski 

Unrestricted Funds Mr. Mark C. Bogan 

Mr. Terrance E. Adams 

Adept Leathers & Footwear 

Accessories, Inc. 

Mrs. Ann L. Akin 

Mr. Mark S. Ambrosius 

American Express Financial 

Advisors Inc. 

Mrs. Melodi M. Andersen 

Mrs. Robin K. Anderson 

Mr. Pietro G. Argondizzo 

Mr. Robert H. Armstrong 

Ms. Linda D. Artmann 

Ms. Hilary L. Aspenleiter 

Attmore Group, LLC 

Mrs. Marcia D. Attmore 

Mr. Jeffrey S. Bachmann 

Ms. Caroline M. Bachun 

Ms. Jenny L. Badreddine 

Mr. Mark W. Baivier 

Mr. Eric T. Baker 

Mr. Robert J. Bal 

Mr. Michael Balcerowski 

Mr. Richard T. Balge 

Ms. Barbara J. Bambic 

Bandag, Incorporated 

Mr. Thomas S. Barina 

Mr. Mark A. Barnes 

Mr. David A. Barras 

BEA Systems 

Mr. Brion B. Beauchene 

Ms. Karen L. Beckmann 

Mr. Todd A. Behm 

Mrs. Alison M. Bell 

Mr. Gregory G. Berg 

Ms. Michele C. Berg 

Mr. Richard C. Bergmann 

Ms. Kristine K. Best 

Mrs. Janet M. Bieschke 

Mr. Randolph P. Binner 

Mrs. Donna M. Blatecky 

Mr. Steven W. Blatter 

Mr. Marc J. Blazich 

Mr. Glen A. Boedecker 

Mr. Richard E. Boenisch 

Mr. Bill Branta 

Mr. Douglas A. Braun 

Ms. Susan D. Braun 

Mr. William H. Braun 

Mr. Michael J. Brechtl 

Ms. Nancy A. Brickner 

Briggs & Stratton Corp. 


Mr. Theodore P. Briski, Jr. 

Mr. Donn R. Broich 

Mr. Charles E. Broihier 

Mr. Peter A. Bronek 

Mr. Robert L. Brooks 

Mr. Richard R. Brown 

Mr. Kenneth R. Bruckbauer 

Mrs. Patricia M. Bubacy 

Mr. Russell Derek Burghardt 

Mr. Noel L. Butzke 

Ms. Kathleen Marie Byrnes 

Mr. Kris Allen Bzdawka 

Ms. Claire A. Caldini 

Mr. Glenn T. Campbell 

Mr. Stuart Campbell 

Mr. Terry J. Cappozzo 

Mr. Patrick B. Carey 

Ms. Cindy L. Ceschi-Kraus 

Mr. Jeffrey M. Chase 

Ms. Kimberly S. Chase-Hubbard 

Chirch Global, LLC 

Mr. Brien Paul Christopherson 

Mr. Peter D. Chrostowski 

Mr. Michael Chybowski 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Clark 

Mr. Roger A. Clauer 

Mr. Kevin David Clement 

Coca-Cola Company Matching 

Gift Program 

Mr. Michael David Colton 

Mr. John M. Connelly 

Mr. John W. Constant 

Mr. Jeffrey R. Cooke 

Ms. Rachelle Costas 

Mr. Kurt R. Cottier 

Lubar Family Foundation, Inc. 

Mr. and Ms. Paul Mand 

Mr. Kevin W. McCray 

Mr. and Mrs. David G. 

McKendry 

Mr. and Ms. Joe Miller 

J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation 

Mr. and Ms. Kirk Nick 

Mr. and Ms. Ali R. Nilchian 


Foundation 

Dr. V. Kanti Prasad 

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce W. Ramme 

Rath Foundation, Inc. 

Rockwell Automation 

Charitable Corporation 

Mr. John W. Rownd 

Mrs. Kristin C. Coulthurst 

Mr. James F. Crawford 

Mr. Brad J. Crossman 

Mr. Thomas A. Cullen 

Mr. Curt S. Culver 

Mr. Matthew D. Curley 

Mr. Thomas J. Czisny 

Mr. Gary M. Dahms 

Mr. Philip C. Dallman 

Mr. George D. Dalton 

Mr. Lee A. Dayne 

Mr. Robert W. De Groot, Jr. 

Mr. Jerry C. DeArmond, II 

Mrs. Maralea A. DeDecker 

Mr. Marc Eliot DeVillers 

Mr. David S. Dickelman 

Ms. Renny L. Diedrich 

Mr. Daniel C. Dougherty 

Mr. Brian R. Drescher 

Mr. David S. Dries 

Mr. Robert James Dude 

Mr. Karl F. Dudey 

Mr. Bruce A. Duerr 

Mr. Bruce J. Dumann 

Mr. Daniel J. Eastman 

Eaton Charitable Fund 

Mr. Todd D. Eber 

Mr. Daniel J. Eggers 

Mr. Peter C. Ehlers 

Mr. Mark A. Eisendrath 

Mr. Richard R. Elias 

Mr. John C. Elliott 

Mr. Robert W. Ellis 

Empire Medical Review 

Services, Inc. 

Mr. John C. Engel 

Ms. Lynn M. Engel 

Mr. Gary P. Engle 

Mr. Jack J. Estes 

Mr. James A. Ewig 

Mr. Gary L. Exner 

Ms. Debra E. Fahey 

Mr. Lee H. Fairchild 

Mr. Robert Lloyd Feeley 

Mr. and Ms. Eric Rozine 

Safeway Sling USA, Inc. 

Mr. Lee Saulter 

SBC Foundation 

Mr. and Ms. Mark Schrimpf 

Mr. and Ms. Kevin Schwerdtfeger 

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis C. Sobush 

Souder Family Foundation 

Travelers Express Co., Inc. 

Mr. and Ms. Larry Turner 

U. S. Bank Wisconsin 

Mr. and Ms. Hubert Visee 

Mr. and Ms. David M. Wasserman 

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Wigchers 

Mr. and Ms. William A. Wigchers 

The Ziegler Companies, Inc. 

Mr. Wayne E. Feest 

Mr. Ethan D. Fernhaber 

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund 

Mr. Leon J. Fiegel 

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. 

Ms. Roberta J. Fischer 

Mr. Roger L. Fitzsimonds 

Mr. John T. Fix 

Mr. Benjamin F. Flegel 

Mr. Allen J. Fletcher 

Mr. Donald R. Flinn 

Ms. Barbara A. Flores 

Mr. Thomas M. Flowers 

Mr. James F. Flynn 

Mr. Fred A. Forbes, Jr. 

Mr. Donald Forecki 

Ms. Valerie A. Forret 

Mr. Andrew R. Frailing 

Mrs. Laura J. Franza 

Mr. Alan T. Fraser 

Mr. Bruce J. Fraser 

Ms. Karen L. Freiberg 

Ms. Mary C. Frenn 

Mr. Marshall J. Frey 

Mr. Michael J. Friedel 

Ms. Beth E. Frieseke 

Mr. Jiro Fukuyama 

Ms. Susan L. Gain 

Mr. Mark J. Ganas 

Gardenboy, LLC 

Mr. John R. Gehlhaart 

Mrs. Anne T. Genal 

Mr. Mark C. Gengler 

Ms. Emmely C. Gideon 

Mr. C. D. Glaeser 

Mr. Dudley J. Godfrey, III 

Mr. Richard S. Godfrey 

Mr. Leonard J. Goldstein 

Mr. Gerardo H. Gonzalez 

Mrs. Linda J. Gorski 

Mr. Gregory S. Goss 

Mr. Robert M. Graham 

Greater Milwaukee Foundation, 

Inc.

Mr. James R. Greenway 

Mr. Douglas A. Greif 

Mr. Matthew M. Groth 

Mr. Earl V. Gruendeman 

Ms. Pamela A. Grzybowski 

Mr. John C. Haertel 

Mr. Brian E. Hammes 

Mr. Brian L. Handeland 

Ms. Deborah M. Hangsterfer 

Ms. Nancy K. Hanneman 

Mr. Donald R. Hannes 

Mr. Bryan Ira Hansen 

Mr. Irv H. Hansen 

Mr. Michael F. Hansen 

Ms. Susan J. Hansen 

Harley-Davidson Foundation, Inc. 

Mrs. Mary J. Harms 

Mr. Scott A. Hartwig 

Mr. and Ms. Islam Hasa 

Mr. Robert J. Hazod 

Mr. John C. Healy 

Mr. Robert J. Heidenrich 

Mrs. Yvonne L. Heikkinen 

Mr. John S. Heinzelman 

Mr. Lawrence B. Henderson 

Mr. Thomas Paul Hennings 

Mr. Brian J. Hense 

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Herzfeld 

Hilker & Associates 

Mr. David Leroy Hilker 

Mr. Thomas A. Hipp 

Mr. Michael R. Hirsch 

Ms. Kathryn A. Hirschfi eld 

Ms. Holly Hoffe 

Mr. Eric J. Hofmann 

Mr. John G. Horky 

Mr. James J. Horvath 

Mrs. Michelle H. Huber 

Ms. Sharon A. Isaac 

Mrs. Marsha L. Jacklin 

Mr. James R. Jacobson 

Mr. Craig R. Jaris 

Mr. Thomas Patrick Jenkins 

Mr. Shawn S. Jensen 

Mr. James E. Jeske 

Mr. Thomas G. Jeske 

Jewish Community Foundation 

of the Milwaukee Jewish 

Federation 

Ms. Angela M. Jodie 

Johnson Controls, Inc. 

Mr. Daniel E. Johnson 

Mr. Jon L. Johnson 

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Johnson 

Mr. Nathan C. Jorgensen 

J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation 

Mr. Michael J. Jungen 

Mr. Gregory J. Jurasovich 

Mr. Jeffrey A. Kahl 

Mr. Jeffrey S. Kaland 

Mrs. Ruth A. Kallio-Mielke 

Mr. Edward C. Kaminski 

Mrs. Melinda J. Kanavas 

Mr. John J. Kane 

Ms. Janice A. Karr 

Mr. Garret R. Kastelic 

Mrs. Alice D. Kastello 

Mr. Patrick M. Keily 

Mrs. Sheri A. Kendall 

Mr. Jerome D. King 

Mr. Thomas D. King 

Ms. Patricia L. Kirgues 

Ms. Linda B. Kirmis 

Mr. Thomas P. Klammer 

Mr. Gale E. Klappa 

Ms. Shirley B. Klenke 

Ms. Kelly L. Knitter 

Mr. David I. Knoll 

Mr. Raymond A. Knutilla 

Mr. Raymond H. Knutson 

Mr. Ross M. Kohl 

Mrs. Peggy M. Kojima 

Mr. Mark A. Kolasinski 

Mr. Dennis A. Kolowith 

Ms. Susan K. Kolowrat 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Konkol 

Mr. Steven G. Kornetzke 

Ms. Jo Anne Koshere 

Mr. William L. Kraus 

Ms. Linda A. Krause 

Mr. John W. Kroening 

Mr. Edward J. Krueger 

Mrs. Nancy C. Kryshak 

Mr. Robert H. Kuehn 

Mr. Robert James Kuenn 

Mr. Lawrence J. Kujawski 

Mr. Bradley J. Kupfer 

Mrs. Carol G. Kwiatkowski 

Mr. Joseph P. La Rosa 

Mr. Thomas J. Lamb 

Mr. Joseph D. Landry 

Mr. Michael A. Laszkiewicz 

Mr. Steven J. Latham 

Mr. Keith E. Lauritsen 

Mr. Bruce Lautenschlager 

Ms. Joanne Lazirko 

Ms. Suzanne S. Lee 

Mrs. Beth A. Leffelman 

Mr. Robert and Mrs. Rebecca 

Lehner, II. 

Mr. Gregory F. Lehrkamp 

Mr. Mark N. Lemke 

Mrs. Kathleen A. Levac 

Mr. Timothy R. Leverenz 

Dr. Ilene F. Levin 

Ms. Charlotte Jane Liddicoat 

Mr. Thomas A. Liebl 

Mrs. Emelie A. Linke 

Ms. Suzi Link-Manson 

Ms. Connie J. Lloyd 

Mrs. Joanne M. Looze 

Ms. Michelle M. Lubinski 

Mr. Thomas J. Lubniewski 

Mr. Thomas A. Luedtke 

Mr. John D. Luellwitz 

Mr. John J. Luy 

Lynde and Harry Bradley 


Mr. Mark R. Magnus 

Mr. Kevin J. Mahoney 

Mr. Paul V. Malloy 

Mr. Richard N. Manhoff 

Mr. Thomas A. Manning 

Mr. Gary J. Maradik 

Dr. Richard D. Marcus 

Mark Van Engen Agency 

Mr. Michael T. Martin 

Mr. Thomas O. Martin 

Mr. David E. Matasek 

Mr. Greg W. Maurice 

Mr. Mark T. Maurice 

Mr. Gary G. May 

Mr. Barry L. Mazin 

Mr. James H. McCracken, Jr. 

Mr. Jeffrey W. McElroy 

Ms. Nancy J. McGuire 

Mrs. Carol A. McInerny 

Ms. Christine R. McRoberts 

Mr. Rhody J. Megal 

Mr. John H. Melamed 

Ms. Margaret A. Mentel 

Mr. Dennis Menzel 

Merrill Lynch & Co. 


Mr. Arthur R. Meyer 

Mr. James A. Meyer 

Ms. Joan A. Meyers 

Mrs. Julia E. Meyers 

Mr. James C. Michalski 

Mr. Peter R. Milewski 

Mr. Howard C. Miller 

Dr. Janice S. Miller 

Mr. Keith A. Miller 

Mr. Michael E. Miller 

Mr. Paul C. Miller 

Mr. Charles O. Mills 

Ms. Lynn L. Milner 

Mr. Robert W. Moczulewski 

Mr. Thomas J. Moder 

Mr. Michael J. Mondloch 

Mr. Donald J. Moore 

Mr. James A. Morey 

Mortgage Guaranty Insurance 

Corporation 

Mr. Michael F. Moylan 

Ms. Sharee L. Mulhollon 

Mr. Donald K. Mundt 

Mr. David J. Murphy 

Mrs. Elvira M. Nabke 

Dr. Bijayananda Naik 

Mr. Philip G. Neary 

Mr. Jack T. Nehmer, Jr. 

Mr. Joseph M. Nellis 

Mrs. Patricia J. Nelson 

Mr. Rodney W. Nesseth 

Mr. Thomas A. Nevins 

Dr. Robert C. Newberry 

Mr. Mark J. Newgard 

Mr. A. Eugene Neyhart, III 

Nicholas Family Foundation 

Mr. David O. Nicholas 

Ms. Lynn S. Nicholas 

Mr. Donald J. Nichols 

Ms. Laurie P. Nielsen 

Mr. Gilbert A. Niesen 

Mrs. Judith R. Niesen 

Dr. Ralitza N. Nikolaeva 

Ms. Elaine M. Nissen 


Foundation 

Ms. Honora A. Norton 

Mr. Keith D. Nosbusch 

Mr. Lawrence J. Nowakowski 

Mr. Jack J. Nutter 

Ms. Lea E. O’Day 

Mrs. Christine A. Olson 

Mrs. Jean C. Olson 

Mr. Mark G. Olson 

Dr. Carolyn and Mr. Rick Ottman 

Mr. William D. Owen 

Ms. Lisa Paap 

Mr. William H. Padfi eld 

Mr. David L. Palay 

Ms. Christine M. Pantazon 

Ms. Dori A. Panthofer 

Mr. Paul G. Paprocki 

Mr. John C. Paulsen 

Mr. Roger D. Peirce 

Mrs. Jill G. Pelisek 

Mrs. Joanne M. Penkwitz 

Mr. James R. Pennow 

Mr. Dirk M. Pfeil 

Mrs. Donna Jean Pfl ughoeft 

Mr. Mark I. Phelps 

Mr. Randall J. Pielsnik 

Mr. Lawrence J. Pierzchalski 

Mr. Steven J. Pietroske, MBA 

Ms. Ruth A. Pivar 

Mr. Kenneth G. Place 

Mr. and Mrs. Neal S. Plotkin 

Ms. Rhonda S. Plotkin 

Mr. Gary D. Plouff 

Mr. William A. Pohlmann 

Mr. Jeffrey R. Pokrzywinski 

Mr. Keith F. Ponath 

Mr. Gary P. Prasser 

Mr. Steven R. Prodoehl 

Mr. Steven J. Prueher 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Purnell, 

CIMA 

Mr. and Ms. Brian Patrick Purtell 

Mr. and Mrs. Matthew L. Radish 

Dr. Keshavamurthy Ramamurthy 

Mr. Thomas E. Randerson 

Rao Family Foundation Inc. 

Mr. David D. Recupero 

Ms. Charlotte L. Reed 

Ms. Jean K. Reimer 

Mr. William S. Remiker 

Rexnord Foundation, Inc. 

Ms. Lori A. Richards 

Ms. Eugena R. Ridanpaa 

Mr. John M. Rindt 

Ms. Mary L. Roberts 

Ms. Cheri W. Robinson 

Rockwell Automation Charitable 

Corporation 

Mr. Steven John Rodberg 

Mr. Philip T. Roedel 

Mr. Edward W. Roessl 

Mr. Robert Rogalinski 

Ms. Janet C. Rohloff 

Mr. James G. Rosenbaum 

Ms. Pamela J. Roskopf 

Ms. Ann R. Roskos 

Mr. Al Rosman 

Mr. Jeffrey J. Roznowski 

Mr. Paul J. Ruchalski 

Dr. Georgia R. Saemann 

Mr. Thomas E. Sakar 


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Mr. Kevin P. Sampson 

Mrs. Hiroko T. Samter 

Mr. Raymond J. Saron 

Ms. Valerie A. Sauve 

Mr. John S. Savas 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Sawyer 

SBC Foundation 

SC Johnson Fund 

Dr. James R. Schaefer 

Mr. John F. Schellpfeffer 

Ms. Carlen A. Schenk 

Dr. Eric and Mrs. Virginia 

Schenker 

Mr. James S. Scherer 

Mr. David L. Schertz 

Mrs. Mary Beth Schlecht 

Mrs. Elaine B. Schmitt 

Mr. Joseph E. Schmitz 

Ms. Lori E. Schneider 

Mr. Thomas R. Schoewe 

Ms. Linda B. Schopen 

Mr. Mark D. Schowalter 

Mr. Carl J. Schref 

Mr. Michael J. Schreiner 

Ms. Kristine L. Schuchardt 

Mr. Gerald R. Schultz 

Mr. John K. Schultz 

Ms. Renate Schulz 

Mr. Jay A. Schwellenbach 

Mr. Timothy J. Scully 

Ms. Dawn Marie Seaman 

Mr. Ronald E. Searles 

Mr. Jeffrey S. Senkerik 

Ms. Therese A. Sgarlata-Lutz 

Ms. Judith A. Shanley 

Mr. John R. Shefchik 

Mr. Stephen J. Shenkenberg 

Ms. Kathleen A. Shields 

Mr. James E. Short 

BBA Program 

(414) 229-5271 uwmbba@uwm.edu 


Mr. Harvey D. Shovers 

Mrs. Terri A. Siegel 

Mrs. Yvonne M. Siira 

Ms. Theresa E. Silbernagel 

Mrs. Judith P. Smith 

Mr. Peter L. Smith 

Mr. Scott S. Smith 

Mr. John J. Soboleski 

Mr. Michael P. Sommers 

Ms. Nancy J. Southers 

Split Rail Foundation, Inc. 

Mr. John E. Stachera 

Ms. Ericka L. Stark 

Mr. Leonard F. Stecklein 

Mr. William J. Steele, Jr. 

Mr. Kenneth J. Stefancic 

Mr. Alexander B. Stewart 

Ms. Pamela G. Stokke-Ceci 

Mr. Kenneth L. Streit 

Ms. Betty J. Streng 

Mr. Richard G. Strong 

Mr. Richard J. Styza 

Mrs. Carol P. Sullivan 

Ms. Rose M. Susami 

Tax Association of Milwaukee 

Inc. 

Mrs. Marci C. Taxman 

Mr. Scott E. Taychert 

Mrs. Sally A. Tenboer 

Ms. Mina K. Tepper 

Mr. William G. Thelen 

Mr. Richard E. Thickens 

Mr. Robert W. Thickens 

Mr. David K. Thiel 

Mr. Steven D. Tholl 

Mr. O. Albert Thompson 

Ms. Joy C. Towell 

Dr. John S. Traxler 

Mrs. Charlene A. Trimberger 

MBA/MS Programs 

(414) 229-5403 uwmbusmasters@uwm.edu 

PhD Program 

(414) 229-4542 uwmbusphd@uwm.edu 

Mr. Bradley M. Tusing 

U.S. Bancorp Foundation 

U.S. Charitable Gift Trust 

UWM Student Investment 

Club 

Mrs. Mary I. Van Beck-Voelker 

Mr. Mark A. Van Engen 

Mr. Michael J. Vaneerden 

Mr. Thomas J. Vaness 

Ms. Cristina L. Vasquez 

Mrs. Margie Verhelst 

Mr. Allan W. Vetting 

Mrs. Beth S. Vogel 

Mr. Kevin E. Volm 

Mr. Jeffrey C. Vredenbregt 

Mr. Richard D. Wachter 

Mr. Robert J. Wagner 

Ms. Lisa M. Waite 

Mr. Timothy J. Waldoch 

Mrs. Susan A. Walker 

Mrs. Karen L. Walrath 

Ms. Christina H. Walters 

Mr. Scott Andrew Walters 

Mr. Russell L. Wandsneider 

Mr. David H. Ward 

Mr. John W. Wartinbee 

Washington Mutual 

Foundation 

Mr. and Ms. David M. 

Wasserman 

Mr. Kenneth D. Wegner 

Ms. Lindsay B. Nauen and 

Mr. Richard H. Weil 

Mr. William G. Weiler 

Mr. Abe Weinrauch 

Mr. John N. Weiss 

Mr. William R. Weiss 

Ms. Sharon M. Weissenburger 

Mr. James E. Wells 

Executive MBA Program 

(414) 229-5738 emba@uwm.edu 

Wells Fargo Foundation 

Mr. Gary S. Wemmert 

Mr. Charles P. Wenthur 

Mr. Neil C. Wester 

Mr. Robert J. Wheeler 

Mr. David H. Williams 

Mr. Donald R. Williams 

Mr. Brian G. Wilmot 

Mrs. Beth A. Wilmoth 

Mr. Randal J. Wilson 

Mr. William L. Wirth 

Wisconsin Energy Corporation 


Mr. James R. Wolter 

Mr. Gregory D. Wray 

Mr. Paul E. Wysocki 

Mr. Chuck B. Yerkes 

Mr. David E. Yewer 

Mr. Richard C. Zeinemann 

Mr. Werner A. Zeitler 

Mr. Scott G. Zephries 

Dr. Huimin Zhao 

Mr. Orrin M. Zirbel 

Mr. Edward J. Zore 

We make every effort to ensure 

accuracy. If your name has 

been omitted, misspelled, or 

incorrectly listed, please accept 

our apologies and contact 

Kristine Piwek at (414)229-6297 

or kpiwek@uwm.edu so that you 

can be properly recognized in the 

next issue. 

For further information about the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business: 

Visit our Web site at: www.uwm.edu/Business 

Executive Programs 

(414) 229-6519 execprograms@uwm.edu 

Career Services 

(414) 229-5445 careerserv@sba.uwm.edu

Alumni, we want to hear from you! 

Send us your news by fax, mail or e-mail. 

Name: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Degree: ____________________________ Year: ________________ Major: _____________________________________________ 

Home Address: _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

City, State, Zip: _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Employer: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Job Title: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Business Address: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 

City, State, Zip: _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

Business Phone: ______________________________________ Business E-mail: ___________________________________________ 

New job, honor, or other news? Please let us know! _________________________________________________________________ 

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40th Anniversary Coming Up this Fall 

Share your memories! 

Although this year marks our fi rst year as the Sheldon B. Lubar School of 

Business at UWM, we will celebrate 40 years as a business school in the 

next academic year! 

In addition to planning alumni events during our 40th year, we would like 

to share alumni memories in next year’s issues of Outlook. 

Did you have a: Memorable class? 

Favorite professor? 

Active student organization? 

Other great memories? 

If you have a story you’d like to share, please mail or email it to us for 

potential inclusion in your anniversary year magazines. Photographs that 

are submitted will be returned. 

Please return to: 

Outlook, Attn: Kris Piwek, Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, P.O. Box 742, 

Milwaukee, WI 53201-0742, fax: (414) 229-5999, email: outlook@uwm.edu

Let’s talk business. 

Dawn Young, 

MS in Management/eBusiness 2005 

Compliance Manager, 

Journal Communications, Inc. 

Our graduate business programs provide 

students with an educational experience 

supported by a dedicated teaching and 

research faculty, a high-tech facility, flexible 

scheduling, and strong corporate relationships. 

Learn more at a business school that 

offers more. 

Executive MBA Program 

emba@uwm.edu • 414-229-5738 

MBA and MS Programs 

mba-ms@uwm.edu • 414-229-5403 

Earn your 

MBA, MS, 

Executive MBA 

or PhD. 

www.uwm.edu/business 

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School of Business 

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