KRANNERT GRADUATE SCHOOL of INDUSTRIAL ADMINISTRATION PURDUE UNIVERSITY
MARCH, 1974
Krannert Alumni Foundation Slates three for officer election
Three alumni have been slated for the office of president of the Krannert Alumni Foundation to succeed Al Wanthal. They are Thomas L. Combs, Richard W. Grinder and Jay N. Ross.
According to the by-rules as amended at the last alumni conference, the can¬ didate receiving the second highest number of votes will serve as vice presi¬ dent, president elect. This provision is designed to provide more continuity in the foundation.
John B. Geller, M.S.I.A. 1971, will continue to serve as treasurer for the next year.
All alumni are encouraged to cast their votes by returning the ballot on page 11.
The namesof the new Krannert Alumni Foundation president and vice president will be announced in the next issue of the Krannert News.
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Tom Combs received his B.S. in Eco¬ nomics from Purdue in 1954 and his M.S.I.A. in 1957. He then completed his LLB JD at the University of Denver.
Tom is currently a practicing attorney in employee relations and labor law. His firm, Combs & Carey, is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Prior to forming Combs & Carey, he practiced law in Denver and in industry with Martin Marietta and Gates Rubber.
Tom is married to Pat Combs and they have six children, John, 18; Ann, 15; Bill, 15; Jean, 13; Mary, 12; and Sarah, 12. They live at 5232 Stonehenge in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Dick Grinder is a 1960 mechanical engineering graduate from Purdue and a 1964 graduate of the Krannert Grad¬ uate School of Industrial Administration.
Dick is the Wool Factory superinten¬ dent at the Newark, Ohio Plant of Owens-Corning Fiberglass. He has held positions including: construction group production planning manager, Kansas City plant and production planning manager, operations research analyst and Newark acoustical quality control supervisor since joining Owens-Corning in August 1964. Prior to that he served as a lieutenant in the Army and an en¬ gineer with Indiana Bell Telephone Com¬ pany.
Dick is a coach of a Kiwanis little league baseball team, member of the Newark Chamber of Commerce, past board member of Sylvan School PTO and has held positions in the United Church of Christ of Sylvania, Ohio and Village Presbyterian Church, Overlind Park, Kansas.
Dick is married to Jean Edmond Grinder, SC 1961, and they have three children, Steven, 9; Jennifer, 7; and Robert, 3. They live at 1486 London- dale Parkway, Newark, Ohio.
Jay Ross graduated from the M.S.I.A. program in 1963. His undergraduate degree is in mathematics and statistics and is also from Purdue. He is a partner in the Administrative Services Divi¬ sion of Arthur Andersen & Co.'s Chicago office.
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New Master program In management offered
Applications for the Krannert Graduate School are at an all time high, up 50 percent within the U.S.
A major reason for this increase is that in addition to the ever-popular M.S.I.A. program Krannert is offering a new Masterof Science degree in Management.
This program is aimed at students whose needs are different from those pursuing the traditional M.S.I.A. and it opens management study to high poten¬ tial students regardless of undergraduate major.
The M.S. in M. hasthreedistinguishing characteristics.
First, the program builds on the indi¬ vidual student's interests and academic background. There is a wide choice of majors and electives ranging from agri-business to finance, marketing, and transportation management.
The second distinguishing characteris¬ tic is flexible completion time. The student may pursue the degree at his or her own pace depending on individual needs. Study plans are developed around the calendar year, three semesters, and four semesters.
Third, there is no specific mathematics requirement. Quantitative courses are an integrated part of the program but calculus is not required for admission as it is in the Master of Science in Industrial Administration (M.S.I.A.) program.
After completing the set of core courses required of all masters degree students in the school, an individual may pursue his or her own interests within a wide range of options.
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