Emeritus Archives

Fall 2023 Wharton Graduate Emeritus Society E-Bulletin

Fall 2023 Wharton Graduate Emeritus Society E-Bulletin Hello members of the Wharton Graduate Emeritus Society (WGES). We are happy to report the following news and activities over the past several months of 2023. Please read on! Congratulations to the Wharton MBA Classes of 1974 and 1979! Any Wharton MBA graduate…Read More

Leadership Committee Member John Majane’s Lunch for DC AREA WGES Members

Leadership Committee Member John Majane’s Lunch for DC AREA WGES Members The folks attending are pictured and are from the lower left, Barry Gordon WG’57, our speaker Bill Novelli College ’63 Annenberg ’64, J. Mills Williams WG’71, Christina Hutchings WG’78, John Majane WG’58, Jesse Cantrill WG’63, Kersey Dastur WG’71 and…Read More

Wharton Emeritus Society June 2023 Luncheon

Wharton Emeritus Society lunch June 2023

Wharton Emeritus lunch23 June 2022Potomac MD Another successful get together of like minds and appetites! Six of us met at the Hunters Bar and Grill in Potomac MD last week for talk and food. Attendees were myself (John Majane), Jessie Cantrill, Kersey Dastur, Harry Ridenour (slightly blurred out), Ed Dosik,…Read More

Bob Natiello, WG’56

Bob Natiello, WG'56 Robert A. Natiello, an accomplished advertising executive, award winning author, songwriter, and patron of the arts died on July 3rd in Cottonwood,AZ. He was 88 and lived in Sedona, Arizona. The cause was complications of heart and lung disease. In his 30 years at New York based…Read More

Leadership Spotlight: Cliff Leventhall, WG’56

Leadership Spotlight: Cliff Leventhall, WG’56 Upon graduating Penn and Wharton in 1956, Cliff pioneered the development of computers with UNIVAC, PHILCO-FORD and RCA . During the 1950s and 60s, the major companies were shaping all their computer-based systems. He then became Marketing Manager for ITT and MTIl before forming his…Read More

Connections, Communities, and Relationships

Picture a grandmother with her grandchild

Connections, Communities, and Relationships Relationships and communities in retirement are instrumental — two of the best ways to maintain a connection to the world. Too often, relationships during one’s career are based on one’s company, clients, or professional network. When that connection no longer exists, and we lose those identities,…Read More

Ed Lyons, WG’64

As I am approaching 9 years on the WGES Leadership Committee, and more as class correspondent, I am proud of our work this past 20 years in bringing more information about Wharton and Penn to Wharton Graduate Emeritus Society members.

Crandall Challenge Citations for 2022 Announced at Reunion

Crandall Challenge Citations for 2022 Announced at Reunion The Wharton Graduate Emeritus Society has announced the 2022 recipients of Crandall Challenge Citations. They are: Robert Crawford WG’ 63 Bob formed Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab in 2018. The organization identifies entrepreneurs in disadvantaged communities in Chicago and provides coaching, connections and capital. …Read More

DC Area WGES Lunch Meeting

We had another very successful lunch Thursday, March 23rd Six of us had lunch indoors at the Hunters Inn. The folks attending were from the left, Barry Gordon WhGr’57, Jay Hayman Wn ’52, John Majane WhGr’58, J. Mills Williams WhGr’71, Kersey Dastur WhGr’71 and Jesse Cantrill Wn ’63, WhGr’73. (See…Read More