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GSB alumni and students in the news. * THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Byron Trott, MBA ’82 helped engineer Warren Buffett’s $4.5 billion purchase of Marmon Holdings, according to an article published December 27. Trott is vice chairman of investment banking for Goldman Sachs Group. In his 2003 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders Buffett wrote: “Byron…understands Berkshire far better than any investment banker with whom we have talked and – it hurts me to say this – earns his fee.” * CONDE NAST PORTFOLIO. Chris McGurk, MBA ’82 was featured in a December article about Overture Films, a new full-service Hollywood studio where he is CEO. The studio’s first film, Mad Money, stars Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes. Coming soon is a release staring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro titled Righteous Kill, the article said. Overture Films has a five-year, $500 million annual commitment of funding from John Malone’s Liberty Media, according to the article. Before forming Overture Films McGurk was an executive at MGM. * THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Research by Ashwini Agrawal, a Ph.D. student, was cited in an editorial headlined “Union Proxies” published December 7. Agrawal examined the voting patterns of AFL-CIO-controlled pension funds over a four-year period and found that the union pension funds vote against the board’s recommendations in much higher numbers when the union represents workers at a particular company. When the union ceases to represent workers – as happened to the AFL-CIO at a number of firms when it split in 2005 – the union starts voting for company-nominated directors, the research found. Agrawal’s Ph.D. advisors are Professors Marianne Bertrand and Steven Kaplan, and Assistant Professors Joshua Rauh and Morten Sorensen. * MARKETING NEWS. Ashwin Chandramouli, MBA ’08 is in the enviable position of having as his personal mentor James Kilts, MBA ’74, “one of the world’s top brand builders, operating executives, turnaround experts and corporate deal-makers,” according to an article in the November 15 edition of this newspaper. Chandramouli is a fellow at the GSB’s Kilts Center for Marketing, named for the former CEO of Gillette and Nabisco. * THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Michael (Mitch) Petrick, MBA ’87 was promoted to oversee Morgan Stanley’s trading business and serve as co-head of institutional securities sales and trading, according to an article posted November 29. Previously he was head of the corporate credit group and head of Morgan Stanley Principal Investments. He joined the firm two years after graduating from the GSB. * BARRON’S. Shigeki Makino, MBA ’90 was profiled in an article headlined “The Broker Makes Good.” He is portfolio manager for the Putnam Global Equity Fund. Makino has more than $1 million of his own money in the fund, the article said. * FINANCIAL TIMES (London). Barry Zubrow, MBA ’79 was named chief risk officer for JPMorgan Chase, according to an article published November 27. Previously he was co-chairman of Goldman Sachs’ risk committee when he left in 2004 to work as a senior adviser to Jon Corzine, MBA, ‘73 the former Goldman executive who is governor of New Jersey. * BUSINESS WEEK CHICAGO. Joseph Mansueto, MBA ’80 was one of 10 executives identified as “corporate Chicago’s new breed of leaders,” in the January issue of this magazine. Mansueto, chairman and CEO of Morningstar, launched the mutual-fund rating service from his Lincoln Park apartment after graduating from the GSB, the article said. “Morningstar’s rise has become legendary,” Business Week wrote. * PODER Y NEGOCIOS (Mexico City). Victor Manuel Garcia de la Vega, MBA ’95 was featured in this leading business magazine. He is general manager of Finalitica, S.A., a company he founded. The article appeared in the December issue. * CAREER MAGAZINE (Moscow). Petr Ostapenko, MBA ’08, wrote several articles about the GSB and his internship experience in this monthly magazine. The most recent article appeared in the November issue. * FOUNDATION & ENDOWMENT MONEY MANAGEMENT. Vijaya Govindan, an Evening MBA student, was quoted in an article about the socially responsible investment strategies of UBS Global Asset Management, and the firm’s outreach to foundations and endowments. Govindan is a global equity strategist for the UBS. Foundations often focus on socially responsible investing strategies aligned to their missions, he said. An environmental charity would target strategies that attempt to mitigate the effects of climate change. The article appeared in the December issue of this newsletter published by Institutional Investor. * CNN MONEY.COM. Gregg “Rib” Ribatt, MBA ’94 was named president and CEO of Stride Rite Corporation, according to an article posted December 12. Previously Ribatt was president and CEO of Stuart Weitzman Holdings. * DETROIT FREE PRESS. Gary Graves, MBA ’86 was appointed CEO of American Laser Centers, a network of 205 hair removal and skin rejuvenation clinics, according to an article published December 9. He was hired to run the firm by its new owners, two Chicago-based private equity firms -- Edgewater Funds and Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC, the article said. * INDIANAPOLIS STAR. Corey Carr, XP-63, MBA ’94 was featured in an article headlined “A dedicated leader.” Carr is a colonel in the Indiana National Guard and is commanding the largest contingent of Hoosiers called up for combat duty since World War II. The brigade is headed for two months of training at Fort Stewart, Ga., before shipping out to Iraq in March, the January 2 article said. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080102/LOCAL/801020449/-1/LOCAL17 * CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS. Sister Sheila Lyne, MBA ’80, was featured in a December 3 article about Mercy Hospital in Chicago. She is CEO of the hospital. * WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE. Michael Fryzel, MBA ’80 was nominated to be a member of the National Credit Union Administration board, according to an announcement November 30. If confirmed, he would be designated chairman, the announcement said. * MCKINSEY QUARTERLY. Allan Gold, MBA ’97, was named editor-in-chief of this magazine published by McKinsey & Company. | 
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