Department of Economics

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Alumni 1980-1989

David Bialke, '89, is an attorney for an insurance defense law firm in Minneapolis, MN.

Stacy Broman, '85
, obtained a law degree from Hamline and is partner with Meagher and Geer, P.L.L.P. in Minneapolis, MN. Stacy is married to Robert Sauvageau, a 1983 Econ Alum.

Joseph Chloupek, '80
, is a lawyer with the West Palm Beach Public Defenders Office.

Deb Huebner Battles, '82, is a Financial Consultant for Financial Network, Fargo, ND. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the Univeristy of Colorado, Boulder, in 1986. Deb is also an adjunct instructor.

Scott Jetvig, '89, is a farmer.

Alan Krabbenhoft, '86, is the Dean of the College of Business and a Professor of Business at Purdue University North Central in Westville IL.  (updated 10/01/07)

Kathryn (Lind) Strombeck, '80, is the Supervisor of the Research Section of the Office of Tax Commissioner in Bismarck, ND.

John Miller, '89, is semi-retired living in Chicago.

Richard Nelson, '80, works for Northwest Airlines.

Jon R. Norberg, '83, is a Partner and Founder of Contego Capital Partners, LLC and a member of the Investment Committee.  He earned his Law Degree at the University of Minnesota.  He was the director of two development-stage technology companies (Cybernet Systems, Inc. and Tech Squared, Inc.), was the Vice President and General Counsel for Blue Rock Advisors and worked with Winton Partners, a Minneapolis-based family office.

Paul Oleson, '82, earned his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Arizona and presently is the Director of Economic Analysis for Spectrum Astro, Inc. in Gilbert, AZ. Spectrum Astro is a privately held company that designs and manufactures high-performance satellites and space hardware.

Robert Sauvageau, '83, is a computer programmer with HealthPartners in Bloomington, MN.

Bruce Thompson, '87, is an Investment Broker at A.G. Edwards in Fargo, ND.

Nancy White, '81, earned her Ph.D. and is an Associate Professor of Economics at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA.  Dr. White was a guest lecturer at MSUM in Spring 2006.