Emeritus

2023 – Challenge Winners and Nominees

carmen hill and man pictured 2023 Crandall Challenge Citation Winners Sivaporn Dardarananda, WG’70Carmen Hill, WG’74Gerald Rothstein, WG’65Sivaporn Dardarananda, WG’70 Sivaporn Dardarananda, WG’70 Bangkok, Thailand Once finished with his career as an investment banker, Sivaporn became Chair of the Rama IX Art Museum Foundation dedicated to the promotion of modern art. He is the long time…Read More

2022 – Challenge Winners and Nominees

Four Crandall challenge winners 2022 Crandall Challenge Citation Winners Robert Crawford, WG'63George 'Chip' Fisher IV WG'64Robert Crawford, WG'63 Robert Crawford, WG'63 Lake Forest, IL Robert founded Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab (NEL) in Chicago in 2017.  Paired with non-profit lender, NEL works with entrepreneurs from disadvantaged communities providing mentoring, business plan awards, capital.  Currently there are  20…Read More

2021 – Challenge Winners and Nominees

10 crandall challenge winners and nominees 2021 Crandall Challenge Citation Winners Malcolm Bund, WG'74David Nevins, WG'70Malcolm Bund, WG'74 Malcolm Bund, WG'74 San Deigo, CA My private equity group bought Precision Alternator and Starter. Thereafter I started a private/public sector non-profit to provide transportation to the needy, Vehicles for Change (VFC).  VFC has been a home run.  Today,…Read More

2020 – Challenge Winners and Nominees

2020 Crandall Challenge Winners at 2024 MBA Reunion. 2020 Crandall Challenge Citation Winners Reid Becker, WG'74Filemon Berba, WG'64Russell Redenbaugh, WG’69William Sands, WG’66Reid Becker, WG'74 Reid Becker, WG'74 Zirconia, NC Reid’s career  included  starting his own medical diagnostic business.  When he  ‘retired’ , he become part of a STEAM Tech Team, volunteers who work to support  Science, Technology, Engineering…Read More

2019 – Challenge Winners and Nominees

Crandall Challenge 2019 Honorees 2019 Crandall Challenge Citation Winners Louis D'Amore, WG'64Fred Hallahan, WG'61Milton Silver, WG'52Louis D'Amore, WG'64 Louis D'Amore, WG'64 Utica, NY After a successful career in economic and conservation consulting, Lous introduced “Tourscan” — an environmental scanning and forecasting project for the Canadian Tourism industry. That led to the formation of the International…Read More

WGES DC Area Lunch – April 11, 2024

WGES Lunch WGES DC Area Lunch - April 11, 2024 Thanks to all whom came Thursday. Included above from the left are Kersy Dastur '71, Barry Gordon '57,Harry Ridenour '65, John Majane '58, J. Mills Williams '71, Jesse Cantrill college. '63, '73 and Mike Harrigon col.'64 '70. Good conversation. Mike Harrigon has…Read More

Charles G. Oewel

Charles G. Oewel Charles Oewel has completed over 4,700 multifamily housing units and 580,000 square feet of office and retail projects in Texas, Nevada, Washington and California in a career spanning over 40 years. Oewel is the developer of Transit Oriented Development (“TOD”) and mixed-use developments in the San Francisco Bay Area. TOD…Read More

Gloria Rabinowitz, WG’78

GLORIA RABINOWITZ Prior to entering Wharton, Gloria Rabinowitz earned a Masters in Information Science from The University of Michigan. Immediately after graduation from Wharton with her MBA Gloria (WG ’78) relocated to Detroit, Michigan to work for General Motors. This was a fortunate first step in a career in business and academia…Read More

WGES Spotlight McClain Gordon WG’73

McClain Gordon, WG’73 WGES Spotlight Golden Opportunities After losing touch with his classmates, an emeritus alumnus rediscovers the magic of his fellow Whartonites and their impact on the world McClain Gordon, WG’73 Early on in my first year at Wharton, I had a conversation with my roommate, Barrie Lepley WG73, about what he…Read More