Department of Economics

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Alumni 1970-1979

Jane Bratsch, '79, is working for an ING company in St. Cloud as a Financial Analyst.  She is a supervisor in the Commission/Accounting department to faciliate process improvement and change in the processing area.  ING is the 13th largest publicly traded company in the world.  She states, "Working for a global company has been an amazing experience.  Their growth strategy and how they approach it is absolutely amazing.  They are committed to atrracting, engaging and retaining talent.  They are obsessive about diversity.  They are committed to serving diverse markets."  (updated 10/13/07)

Charles Fiedler, '76, is a General Legal Counsel to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

Curtis J. Harris, '77, retired in February 2001 after 21 1/2 years of service with FirstBank, which included serving as President of the FirstBank of Lakewood and President of FirstBank of Evergreen, CO. 

Steve Hunter, '74, is a DC10 Captain with Northwest Airlines. He also serves as Chairman of the Board for the NWA Federal Credit Union board of directors.

James McCabe, '71, is senior vice president for Wells Fargo Private Client Services in Beverly Hills, CA.  In September, he was honored as one of America's 100 Best Financial Advisors at the "Top Advisors Summit" hosted by Barron's magazine.

George Schatz, '71, is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Finance at Maine Maritime Acadamy in Castine, Maine.  He is also a  doctoral candidate in economics and finance at Pace University in New York Ctiy.  He worked on American Flag merchant ships from 1972-1984 and has taught at MSUM and Maine Maritime Academy. 

George Soule, '76, is a founding partner of Bowman and Brooke LLP, a national law firm specializing in civil litigation. He was also appointed by Governor Ventura to serve as Chair of the Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection.

Gary Sustad, '74, is the Director of Deployed Sales for the U.S. for Finisar.  Prior to Finisar he spent 21 years at Burroughs/Unisys in various management positions and worked at Siemens Pyramid and Hitachi Data Systems.

Ray Yahrmatter, '76, is semi-retired, enjoying his time doing a little swing trading and fishing in Canada.