Then & Now

Life Lessons: Staying Curious and Connected Former Chairman of WGES - Tom Hadlock, WG’66 After 11 years as chair of the Wharton Graduate Emeritus Society, Tom Hadlock, WG’66, stepped down this summer — a decision that was only a surprise in the sense that Hadlock, who worked well into his…Read More

WGES MBA Reunion Weekend 2025 Luncheon From left to right, at the May 17 Reunion luncheon: Rick Perkins, WG’70; Eugene Aaron, WG’73; “Pete” Peterson, WG’56; Helen Formanes, associate director, alumni relations; McClain Gordon, WG’73; and Jack Holton, C’69, WG’73. The WGES Reunion event returned to its original format this past…Read More

WGES Lunch in the Greater Washington, DC area Leadership Committee member John Majane, WG’58, arranged for another of his luncheon meetings of WGES members in the Washington, D.C. area on June 24. He reported that the meeting was full of lots of discussion and good stories.

WGES Spotlight C. DeWitt “Pete” Peterson, WG’56 ‘Pete” Peterson has been active with WGES from its very beginning and has served on the Leadership Committee for the past decade. A veteran of the US Navy, he was on active duty aboard destroyers for 3 years, in the Mediterranean and in Korea. In addition, he…Read More

With Leadership Committee Member Eugene Aaron, WG’73 Eugene reunited four distinguished Wharton Grads: Ronny Lancaster, WG’75, Eugene Aaron, WG’73, Merritt Brown, WG’74 and Campbell Johnson WG’73 art a lunch in Washington, DC. “The group dove into a rich tapestry of careers that spanned decades. (Wharton Magazine, Fall Winter 2024, p.78)

WGES Lunch in the Greater Washington, DC area With Leadership Committee Member John MAJANE On Thursday, 19 September we met at the Hunters Inn and bar in Potomac MD for a really good discussion some personal service history and also the current situation downtown. A picture of our Wharton group…Read More

WGES Spotlight Mexico’s Leading Playwright Mexico’s leading playright, Guillermo Schmidhuber, WG’71, is a professor at the University of Guadalajara, the second largest university in Mexico. Previously, he taught at the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky from 1986 to 1993. Schmidhuber served as the cultural attaché for the Mexican…Read More

Wharton Graduate Class Reunion - May 18, 2024 Leadership Committee Members of the Wharton Graduate Emeritus Society at the May 2024 Graduate Class Reunion Dinner, Announcing the Crandall Citation Awards for 2024 (from left to right: “Rick” Perkins, WG’70, “Pete” Peterson, WG56, Cliff Leventhal, WG’56, McClain Gordon, WG’73, Jack Holton,…Read More

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