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Darryl Branch was transferred from general manager of customer service at Avon Products in Pasadena to the same post in Atlanta. Darryl reports that Study Group "A" got together at Lawry's Prime Rib in Chicago to celebrate the promotions of three members into the executive ranks. John Carusiello is a vice president at Perma Pipe, Jim Moran is a vice president at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and Jerry Gerami is a vice president at MCI Worldcomm. Darryl hastens to add that he paid for the dinner.

Larry Brand reports that he trained his son how to auction a $10 bill for $15 in his English class, but the teacher thought it was a bad idea. Mike Shelton once raised money for his children's preschool by offering $20 to each member if they could raise a certain sum; hundreds of dollars were raised without costing Mike a cent. Mike and Larry are available for consulting.

Kevin Garton sends the following report: After graduation, I accepted a position with MicroStrategy, the much maligned software firm, and moved to the Washington, D.C., area. My wife, Sheryl and I also celebrated the birth of our second child, Hallie, who is now two years old. Last November, after two-and-a-half tumultuous years at MicroStrategy, I joined a private firm called comScore Networks as their vice president of marketing. comScore is a Web-based consumer behavior company engaged in measuring the affect of the Web on online and offline transactions. My contact information is kgarton@ comscore.com, 703.307.2980. We have received updated contact information and greetings from Erik Christensen, Tim Timmons, David Mecklenberger, Mike Shelton, Ernest Lucineo, and Ed Ogata.

If you are one of the 35 classmates that did not hear from me this year, your e-mail address is missing! Please send it to me at larry.brand@motorola.com.