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UW MBA Class Update. 1984. Some Numbers from ‘84. Oil ( bl ): $25.65 now $69.15 Gold (oz.): $385.00 $1007 Dow Jones: 1124 9605 S&P 500: 153 1042 NASDAQ: 235 2080. How about our Class?. Total Graduated: 270 Lost/No Email when we started this: 200 Where did we go?
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UW MBA Class Update 1984 Not confidential. Please share freely. We aren't ashamed by this current fiscal mess. By the way, are you hiring?
Some Numbers from ‘84 • Oil (bl): $25.65 now $69.15 • Gold (oz.): $385.00 $1007 • Dow Jones: 1124 9605 • S&P 500: 153 1042 • NASDAQ: 235 2080 We sniffed 14K on the Dow and 5K on NASDAQ. Anyone believe we'll see 100K Dow and 20K NASDAQ in the next 25 years?
How about our Class? • Total Graduated: 270 • Lost/No Email when we started this: 200 • Where did we go? • Western Washington: 100 • Oregon 16 • Eastern Wa 11 • Other PNW (ID, MT, AK, BC) 10 • California 30 • Other West USA 12 • Mid-West USA 24 • NYC area 8 • Other East Coast/South USA 14 • International (Asia/Pacific) 23 • Other International 6 • Deceased 3 Does anyone else remember our classmate who wore the PLO scarf every day? Al I recall is he was heading back to the Middle East when school was over.
Remember the good ol’ days? • Ronald Regan and Yuri Andropov were Time’s Men of the Year for 1983 • Ironweed won the Pulitzer for fiction (a novel about drunk and starving in the depression…sound familiar?) • Amadeus won Best Picture Oscar • Hill Street Blues won Best Drama • Cheers won Best Comedy • #1 Billboard songs included Jump, Footloose, Hello, Let’s Hear it for the Boy, and Karma Chameleon? See if you're out of work and over 50 it is tough to get hired by the youngsters, no matter how experienced you are. Could it be our music choices?
Seattle Sports in ‘84 • Seahawks: just finished their 1st playoff run going 9-7 and winning two playoff games only losing to Raiders for AFC Championship (Knox, Kreig, Easley, Largent) • Sonics: went 42-40 finishing 3rd in West and losing in 1st round to Mavs (Wilkens, Sikma, Freddie Brown, Gus, Steve Hawes) • M’s: last place again but had R.O.Y in Alvin Davis and at the Dome swept Tigers who won World Series that year • Seafair: won by Jim Kropfeld in Miss Budweiser • Mahre brothers take gold and silver All we're saying is toss an old Dawg a bone once in a while. We won't have our wits much longer so hire us while you can.
Huskies at Play in ‘84 • FB: went 8-4 in ’83 (lost Aloha Bowl) & 11-1 (T-1st in Pac-10) in ‘84. The ‘84 team won the Orange Bowl over Oklahoma and the infamous Boomer Schooner. • Men’s BB: 24-7 (T-1st in Pac-10) NCAA tourney team won 1st two games in Pullman beating Duke 80-78 in 2nd. Lost to Dayton in Sweet 16. Schrempf, Welp, and Fortier. NCAA Final Four in Kingdome won by Georgetown. • Women’s BB: 17-8 (4th in NORPAC) Did you know we had a classmate who competed for the US Olympic team in 84? I think his name was Duncan Atwood. Not sure how he did. Anyone remember?
Companies we probably went to work for • Seafirst – in process of being sold to BOA in ‘83 primarily due to the Penn Square collapse of Oklahoma City fame (they got Seafirst and the Sonics!) • Rainier Bank – sold to Security Pacific in ‘87 then partially to BOA in ‘92 and partially to West One --> US Bank --> Key • Some who did not make it (year they closed): • Seattle Computer (1986) • Frederick & Nelson (1992) • Ernst (1996) • Rainier Beer (1999) • Lamont’s (2000) I called on Ken Paterson of Seattle Computer in 1985 for TI. He told me the DOS story and about how he got hosed by Microsoft and especially Bill Gates. He eventually sued many times and won several $ Mil. He now lives in Friday Harbor.
Seattle Economy 84 vs. now # employeesRevenue • Boeing 84K/160K $11.1B/$60.9B • Weyerhauser 40K/20K $4.9B/$11.4B • Microsoft 860/91K $97M/$60.4B • Starbuck’s 6/16K (stores) $1M?/$9.4B • Unemployment • Feb 84: 9.6% • Mar/Apr 84: 9.3% • Today: 9.5% Interrupt if you want to hear about my former co-worker who has a $20 Mil deck in his back yard.
Alumni Stuff - Not Happy Face - • Hardest class: 5 alums agree Prob/Stats… Others say: • “Feel good fascism policy courses” • Management class that dealt in ridiculous generalities • What could Foster have done better? • 50% respondents desired better career/networking support • One asked to be taught Lotus 1-2-3 • Worst Financial Decisions: • Didn’t take the pre IPO Microsoft job (4) • Poor real estate timing (4) • Stock Market misses (4) • Seeing a Financial Advisor after graduation OK. So some of us are getting old and cranky. But some still have a sense of humor.
Alumni Stuff - Happy Face - • One classmate admits to having a tatoo…and visiting Grand Canyon, TajMahal, Machu Piccu, Angkor Wat, & Galapagos Islands • Favorite desert island classmate co-castaway: “someone who doesn’t eat” • We have an avid reader of the Vashon Island Beachcomber newspaper • Funniest classmate: • Bob Lazzarini (3) If the person who has the tatoo & visited all these places is here please identify yourself. We want to see the tat and hear the stories.
Positive Vibes • Glad we did… • Cranfield/Japan Exchange Program • Buck the trend and concentrated on HR • Not go into accounting • Made friends amongst classmates • Discover Seattle • Best thing our MBA’s gave us… • 1st job, career change • Understanding of how the world works • Skills to successfully manage own business • Ability to provide good home for spouse and raise kids • Great jobs and confidence to handle challenging situations I guess the next big reunion number for us will be our 50th in 2034. See you then!
