This should help Prentice's chances for employment come the Fall.  You guys 
should have a HUGE phone bill on your room charges.  Please fax me a copy of 
the bill.  I will cover all phone charges.  Also, please forward to me what I 
owe you for the plane flight and golf and our share of dinners, drinks, 
guacamole, etc.

We played spades at the airport.  My team lost..........again.  My losing 
streak now ties DiMaggio's hitting streak.

Best,
Jeff
----- Forwarded by Jeff Dasovich/NA/Enron on 04/03/2001 10:51 AM -----

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April 2, 2001
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CONTENTS 
#7 Ranking for Haas School is Best Ever in Latest US News Business School 
Survey 
The Economy in Crisis: Five Haas Experts Comment on the State of the Economy 
Classes Start Today for New Master's in Financial Engineering Degree at Haas 
Sharing our Strengths: The Haas/Boalt Connection 
Haas Advisory Board Convenes for Semi-Annual Meeting 
Haas in the News 
Happening at Haas 
Haas Celebrations 
#7 RANKING FOR HAAS SCHOOL IS BEST EVER IN LATEST US NEWS BUSINESS SCHOOL 
SURVEY 
The Haas School of Business was ranked the 7th best business school in the 
United States in the latest annual survey of American graduate schools by US 
News and World Report magazine.  This is the best showing ever by the school 
in the history of the US News ranking, which was released Friday. 

US News also ranked the Haas School's Evening MBA Program the 8th best in the 
country, unchanged from last year.  The full-time MBA Program was number 10 
in last year's ranking, up from 14th place the year before.

The rankings appear in the April 9 issue; copies are available on newsstands 
today. The rankings and related stories are also available on line at 
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/bchome.htm.

"We are always pleased when a ranking reflects the reality we live every day, 
which is that the Haas School is a world-class institution, with faculty and 
students who are extraordinarily innovative and accomplished and, 
consequently, very much in demand by every type of major business and 
academic organization, everywhere on earth," said Jay Stowsky, associate dean 
for school affairs and initiatives. 

Several specialty programs at Haas were also ranked among the top 10 
nationwide in a part of the US News survey that is based on the opinions of 
deans and MBA Program heads. They include: finance (10th); general management 
(8th); entrepreneurship (10th); marketing (8th); quantitative analysis (8th); 
and nonprofit organizations (7th).

In addition, the Haas School's graduate program in health management was 
ranked the 7th best program in the country.

The full-time MBA program ranking is based on a weighted average of eight 
measures of academic quality that fall into three major categories: 
reputation (40 percent); placement success (35 percent); and student 
selectivity (25 percent).





The US News Top 10 Full-Time MBA Programs 
1. Stanford 
2. Harvard 
3. Northwestern/Kellogg 
4. Wharton 
5. MIT/Sloan 
6. Columbia 
7. Berkeley/Haas 
8. Duke/Fuqua 
9. Chicago 
10. Michigan

The US News Top 10 Part-Time MBA Programs 
1. NYU/Stern 
2. Chicago 
3. Northwestern/Kellogg 
4. DePaul 
5. Georgia State 
6. UCLA/Anderson 
7. Michigan 
8. Berkeley/Haas 
9. USC 
10. Babson 
THE ECONOMY IN CRISIS:  FIVE HAAS EXPERTS COMMENT ON THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY 
The Haas School community will have the opportunity to hear Haas experts 
speak on the state of the economy. "The Economy in Crisis: A Panel Discussion 
with Haas School Experts," takes place Wednesday, April 4, from 2:00 p.m. to 
3:30 p.m. in Arthur Andersen Auditorium. All Haas students, faculty, alumni, 
and staff are invited to attend.

The panel of speakers includes: 
Andrew Rose, the Bernard T. Rocca Jr. Professor of International Trade, 
director of the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy, 
research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a 
research fellow in the Center for Economic Policy Research. 
Ken Rosen, the California State Professor of Real Estate and Urban Economics 
and the chairman of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics. 
Janet Yellen, the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business 
Administration, former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors under 
President Clinton, and former governor, Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System. 
James Wilcox, the Kruttschnitt Professor of Financial Institutions, former 
chief economist at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and former 
economist, Federal Reserve Board. 
Dean Laura Tyson, the Class of 1939 Professor of Economics and Business 
Administration, former chairman of the National Economic Council and former 
chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors. 
Dean Tyson also plans to address the issues surrounding graduating into a 
turbulent job market, including an assessment of various industry sectors. 
The session will be open to questions from the audience after opening 
remarks. 
CLASSES START TODAY FOR NEW MASTER'S IN FINANCIAL ENGINEERING DEGREE AT HAAS 
For 49 students classes start today for the Master's in Financial Engineering 
(MFE), a new graduate degree program at the Haas School of Business. Of the 
49 students, 6 are taking the program to earn a concurrent degree with the 
MBA program, combining the in-depth study of financial economics and the 
dynamics of markets with the general management education of the MBA program. 
  
The class of 2002 is represented by an international group of highly educated 
scientists and professionals: 
The inaugural class represents 19 countries: 7 students come from China, 6 
come from Canada, 5 from Korea, and 5 come from five different European 
countries. Also represented are South America (Chile and Colombia), Africa 
(Zimbabwe), and Southeast Asia (India and Indonesia), as well as Taiwan, Hong 
Kong, Russia, and the Republic of Georgia. 
Top professions include finance (25%), engineering (18%), and research & 
development (11%) 
18% hold a Ph.D. and 25% hold a master's degree in another field. 
One fourth of the class performed in the top percentile of the GMAT. 
The Haas MFE is the first such degree program in the United States that is 
offered entirely under the auspices of a business school. It is also the 
first US program to require its students to take a three-month internship at 
a top financial firm as part of the learning experience. The Haas MFE program 
will prepare candidates with superior analytical skills for a growing niche 
of quantitative finance careers.

MFE candidates will train for positions as risk managers, investment bankers, 
asset managers, derivatives traders, and developers of specialized securities 
at the world's leading commercial and investment banks, insurance companies, 
and corporate and public treasury departments. 

Founding sponsors include some of the world's top financial firms, namely AIG 
Inc., Barclays Global Investors, BARRA Inc., Gifford Fong Associates, Goldman 
Sachs & Co., First Union Bank, KMV LLC, MBIA Inc., Morgan Stanley Dean 
Witter, Quantal International Inc., The Dean Witter Foundation, and WR 
Hambrecht + Co., LLC. Sponsoring firms will be accepting interns from the 
programs. 

"We're seeing tremendous interest among talented individuals coming from 
technical backgrounds, such as engineers, mathematicians, and scientists, who 
are in narrow jobs and are keen to transition to a brand new career where 
opportunities are abundant and continue to grow," says MFE Executive Director 
John O'Brien. 

For more information on MFE, visit the web site at 
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/MFE. 
SHARING OUR STRENGTHS: THE HAAS/BOALT CONNECTION

This is the first in a continuing series of articles in Haas NewsWire 
chronicling the Haas School's interdisciplinary activities. 
The Haas School has traditionally pursued interdisciplinary partnerships on 
the Berkeley campus. During her tenure as dean, Laura Tyson has made it her 
priority to increase Haas' partnerships in the areas of teaching, research, 
and public service with other disciplines. One of the most vibrant of these 
is with the Boalt School of Law. 

"Haas faculty are well known for their path-breaking work on competitive 
strategy in the Internet age, and Boalt is recognized for having the 
strongest intellectual property law faculty in the country, particularly as 
regards IP questions arising in cyberspace," said Jay Stowsky, associate dean 
for school affairs and initiatives. "The collection, in one place, at the 
same time, of so many notable scholars in an area of rich intellectual 
ferment and intense public interest is an extraordinary intellectual 
opportunity.  We intend to expand that opportunity through increased 
interaction between the two schools."

The area of business law doesn't fit easily into just a law school or a 
business school, but the interdisciplinary approach between the Haas School 
of Business and Boalt Hall School of Law fills this gap. From creating joint 
courses to hosting conferences, Haas and Boalt are shaping a dynamic 
partnership that will serve both schools in the future. 

This partnership isn't new. Since 1968, Haas and Boalt have offered a joint 
JD/MBA degree to more than 138 UC Berkeley students (Haas also offers a 
JD/MBA with Hastings). In addition to the joint degree program, Haas and 
Boalt students are sharing classrooms when the topic calls for it. 

Adjunct Professor Leo Helzel and Lecturer Noel Nellis have offered "Top Down 
Law" for six years to law and business students.  Helzel describes the course 
as, "what a CEO needs to know to stay in business."  The class brings in 
practicing lawyers and business people to lecture on their specialties. 
"Business students should be exposed to the broader legal framework in which 
companies operate," says Helzel. Helzel and Nellis have also organized two 
debates on the Microsoft antitrust case, bringing experts from both Haas and 
Boalt to take sides on the issue.

The Business and Public Policy group offered one course, "Law and Strategy of 
E-Commerce," in fall 2000 with Boalt. Pablo Spiller, the Joe Shoong Professor 
of International Business and Public Policy and the chair of the Business and 
Public Policy Group, taught the course along with Robert P. Merges, the 
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Distinguished Professor of Law and 
Technology and a director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.  In 
the fall 2001, Rui de Figueiredo, assistant professor in the Business and 
Public Policy Group, will teach "Deals" with Howard Shelanski, acting 
professor of law, to both business and law students.  

The Management of Technology (MOT) Program is sponsoring two evening 
conferences at Haas this spring organized with Peter Menell, professor of 
law. The first on "Television-Internet Convergence" took place on March 14 in 
Arthur Andersen Auditorium. On April 18 the second annual Boalt Hall/MOT 
Conference on Digital Music takes place in the Arthur Andersen Auditorium 
beginning at 4:00 pm. 

"Partnering with Boalt just makes so much sense when we're exploring issues 
of technology, business, and intellectual property," says Andrew Isaacs, the 
executive director of MOT. "The connections are there. Having BoaIt literally 
next door is a fantastic resource." 

An academic conference, "Beyond Microsoft: Antitrust, Technology, and 
Intellectual Property" organized by Mark Lemley, professor of law and a 
director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, took place at Haas and 
Boalt on March 2 and 3.  Sponsored by the Institute of Management, 
Innovation, and Organization (IMIO) and the Institute of Business and 
Economics Research (IBER), the conference included a presentation by Carl 
Shapiro, the Transamerica Professor of Business Strategy and the director of 
IBER, and participation by Dean Tyson and Professor Michael Katz. 

All of this hard work builds the base for long-term future collaborations, 
says Stowsky, "In addition to enhancing the traditional training of both 
managers and lawyers in the intricacies of business law, the increased 
collaboration positions UC Berkeley to become the leading center of academic 
research and policy analysis related to the economic, legal, social, and 
political impacts of the Internet." 
HAAS ADVISORY BOARD CONVENES FOR SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING 
This Friday, Haas will host a group of high-level CEOs, presidents, chairs, 
and company founders as the members of the Haas Advisory Board gather for 
their semi-annual meeting. The 60 plus member board, which includes 
representatives from major companies in almost every field of business, 
brings knowledge of best business practices to the Haas planning process. The 
current chairman, Roger Siboni, BS 76, is president and CEO of E.piphany. 

Since December 2000 Dean Laura Tyson has recruited five new members to the 
Advisory Board: 
Margo Alexander, BS 68, chairman & CEO of Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management, 
the asset management subsidiary of PaineWebber Incorporated.  She is also a 
member of the Board of Directors for PaineWebber Incorporated.  
Kim Fisher, MBA 94, co-founder and CEO of AudioBasket.com, a service for 
personalized, broadcast-quality audio programming through web sites and 
wireless service providers.  Prior to AudioBasket, Fisher worked for Motorola 
Network Ventures, a division of Motorola that invests in international 
wireless, paging, and Internet service providers. 
Arun Sarin, MBA 79, is the former chief executive officer of InfoSpace, Inc., 
the leading global Internet infrastructure company.  He joined InfoSpace in 
May 2000 from Vodafone AirTouch, where he served as CEO of the US and Asia 
Pacific regions. 
Trevor Traina, MBA 96, is an entrepreneur and private investor.  Most 
recently he was a group manager in Microsoft's MSN Internet division.  
Previously, he was the president and founder of Compare.Net, the leading 
buyer's guide on the Internet.  
John Williford, MBA 80, is the president and chief executive officer of Menlo 
Logistics and a senior vice president for CNF Transportation Inc. Williford 
is also responsible for managing CNF's operations in support of its contract 
to sort and move Priority Mail for the U.S. Postal Service. 
On the agenda: faculty research, possibilities for new degree programs, and 
the upcoming Tokyo Symposium. 
HAAS IN THE NEWS
Correction--The Haas NewsWire mistakenly reported that Professor Michael Katz 
was the author of a letter to the editor published in the San Francisco 
Chronicle on December 29. This letter was from a different Michael Katz in 
Berkeley. 

John O'Brien, executive director of the MFE program, was quoted in the April 
issue of Junge Karriere (a German magazine). The article was on the 
establishment of the MFE program.

Jenny Chatman, the Harold Furst Professor of Management Philosophy and 
Values, appeared in an article on how Californians secretly love blackouts. 
Read the full text at 
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/29/M
N106888.DTL.

Ken Rosen, the California State Professor of Real Estate and Urban Economics 
and chairman of the Fisher Center for Real Estate, was quoted in "RUNAWAY 
Rental Market No More" in the San Francisco Chronicle on March 28. Rosen has 
released a new study of the rental market in the Bay Area predicting a 
decline in the cost of commercial space. Read the full text at 
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/28/B
U152390.DTL. The same study was also the source for an article in the 
Chronicle on March 29, titled, "80% of S.F. Dot-Coms Seen in Danger." Read 
the full text at 
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/29/B
U80662.DTL&type=business.

Cynthia Kroll, a regional economist with the Fisher Center for Real Estate 
and Urban Economics was quoted in "PG&E Bills Set To Rise 40%" in The San 
Francisco Chronicle on March 27. She explained that declining consumer 
confidence, concerns about the economy, and rising utility prices could slow 
spending in California. Read the full text at 
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/27/M
N127686.DTL.

Hal Varian, dean of the School of Information Management and Systems and a 
Haas professor, was quoted in the Canberra Times on March 26 on the need for 
information management as more information is generated and needs to be 
stored. 

Varian also took gave an interview to BusinessWeek for the March 26 issue on 
the Internet and potentially successful business models. Read the full text 
at 
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_13/b3725026.htm. 

The Haas School was mentioned in a BusinessWeek article on March 26 about 
part-time MBA programs. 

Laura Tyson's Economic Viewpoint column in the March 26 issue of BusinessWeek 
was about President Bush's tax cut plan. 

David Vogel, the George Quist Professor of Business Ethics, was quoted in the 
Los Angeles Times on March 25 in an article titled, "Groups Gear Up to Battle 
Hemispheric Pact." Vogel commented that as free trade encourages economic 
growth in Latin America, environmental activism would follow. 

Russ Winer, the J. Gary Shansby Professor of Marketing Strategy and the chair 
of the Marketing Group, was quoted on the use of census data by marketing 
firms in the San Francisco Chronicle on March 25.  Read the full text of  
"Marketers See Treasure Trove In Census Data" 
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/25/M
N157059.DTL.

Dean Tyson was quoted in the New York Times on March 24 on the difficulties 
of finding a political solution to the California energy crisis. Read the 
full text of "California's Choices All Look Painful" at 
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/24/business/24POWE.html?searchpv=site02&pagewan
ted=print.



Ilse Evans was quoted in the Los Angeles Times on March 24 in the article 
"State's Economy Starting to Show Signs of Cracking."

Tyson was quoted in the Dallas Morning News on March 24. In the article, 
"Power Crisis Generates Concern," Tyson commented on the difficulty of 
negotiating a solution to California's energy crisis. 

Janet Yellen, the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business 
Administration, was quoted in the Irish Times on March 23 on the Fed's rate 
cut. 

Yellen was mentioned in a Wall Street Journal article on March 22 titled, 
"Great Expectations and Greenspan."

Yellen was quote on the front page of the Wall Street Journal in March 21 on 
the impact of the Fed rate cut. 

David Levine was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle on March 21 in an 
article titled, "Layoffs in Tech World Often Prove to be a Numbers Game." 
Levine commented that companies are not getting the expected short-term stock 
boost after they announce a downsizing. 

Yellen was also quoted in the San Jose Mercury News on March 20 in an article 
titled, "Interest Rate Cut Likely Today." At that point, she was hoping for a 
three-quarters cut. 

Yellen was also quoted in USA Today on March 21. In "Former Fed Official's 
Lips are Sealed," Yellen commented that it is inappropriate for former Fed 
officials to discuss monetary policy with the current officials. 

Tyson was quoted in the China Daily on March 20 on the World Trade 
Organization. 

Current Evening MBA student Deepika Shah was profiled in Business Week on 
March 15 in an article on the lives of students in part-time MBA programs. 

Kroll was also quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle ton March 27 and 
appeared on KPIX news and KTVU Channel 2.

In the past two weeks, Severin Borenstein, appeared on NPR's "Talk of the 
Nation," KCBS Radio, KPIX TV news, KRON TV News, KGO Radio, KCRW (NPR in LA) 
on "Which Way LA", NPR Talk of the Nation, KRON news, NPR All Things 
Considered, KPFK Radio, and KGO Radio. 

Borenstein was quoted in: 
The Los Angeles Times on March 22 in "Energy Overcharge of $5.5 Billion Is 
Alleged" 
BusinessWeek on March 26 in "How to do Deregulation Right" 
The San Diego Union Tribune in "Expertise on Energy No Longer Academic."

Borenstein was also quoted in "Contracts Won't Meet Summer Demands" in the 
San Francisco Chronicle on the California energy crisis. Read the full text 
at 
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/03/22/M
N230640.DTL. 
HAPPENING AT HAAS
Management of Technology Spring Lecture 
"Software: Ubiquity, Usability, and Standards," by Alan Cooper, Founder, 
Cooper Design 
Wednesday, April 4, 2001 
3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Wells Fargo Room

Corporate Social Responsibility 
"Corporate Philanthropy," by Pete Mountanos, President CEO, Charitableway.com 
and Nancy Pfund, Managing Director, JP Morgan H & Q 
Thursday, April 5, 2001 
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 
Room C330, Cheit Hall

Haas Alumni and Evening MBA Career Fair 
Monday April 9, 2001 
6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 
The Bank of America Forum 
FREE to companies and attendees 
Please contact John Morel to reserve a table. 510-642-7731or 
morel@haas.berkeley.edu.

Management of Technology Spring Lecture 
"The Wireless Future," by Jan Rabaey, Prof. of Electrical Engineering, UC 
Berkeley; Doug Leone, Sequioa Capital 
Wednesday, April 11, 2001 
3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Wells Fargo Room

State of the School Address 
Dean Tyson will be giving the address twice: first, on April 12 at 7:30 p.m. 
in the Arthur Andersen Auditorium, then again on April 13 at 12:30 p.m. in 
the Haas courtyard.

Corporate Social Responsibility 
"Global Sustainable Development: The Role of Business," by Ray Anderson, CEO, 
Interface 
Thursday, April 12, 2001 
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 
Room C330, Cheit Hall

Haas Biotech Speaker Series 
Joyce Lonergan, VP Investor Relations and Corporate Development, Chiron Corp. 
Monday, April 16, 2001 
7:30 p.m. 
Wells Fargo Room 
For more information, see http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/haasbio/.

Energy, Business and the Environment Day at UC Berkeley: Second Annual Haas 
Earth Day Lecture on Business and the Environment 
"Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution" by Amory Lovins, CEO 
(Research), Rocky Mountain Institute 
April 19 
12:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 
Wells Fargo Room 

Amory Lovins, co-author of Natural Capitalism, will discuss how changes in 
natural capital (the natural environment and ecosystems that support all 
human and economic activity) are already affecting the way we do business, 
and how leading corporations are gaining competitive advantage through 
superior environmental performance. He will talk about how corporations can 
employ advanced resource productivity strategies to move toward becoming 
ecologically sustainable, reduce environmental impact, and improve the bottom 
line. Net Impact at Haas sponsors this event. For more information, contact 
Eric Strand at strand@haas.berkeley.edu.

Faculty-Alumni Colloquium 
Saturday, May 5, 2001 
8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 
Discussion of Global Issues by Distinguished Faculty & Alumni 
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION 
Patricia Dunn, BA 75, Global Chief Executive, Barclays Global Investors 
FACULTY PRESENTATIONS 
Ken Rosen: "National and Bay Area Economic and Real Estate Outlook" 
Severin Borenstein: "The California Electricity Crisis: Are Policymakers 
Learning the Right Lessons?" 
Michael Katz: "Does the New Economy Need a New Antitrust?" 
Homa Bahrami: "Managing the Knowledge Worker" 
CAREER WORKSHOP: Associate Director of Alumni Career Services, John Morel, 
will conduct a two-hour workshop for alumni in career transitions. 
For more information call Haas Alumni Relations Office at 510-642-7790, send 
e-mail to alumni@haas.berkeley.edu, or visit 
www.haas.berkeley.alumni/colloquium.

Alumni Symposium in Tokyo 
The 21st Century Economy:  Technology and Entrepreneurship 
May 31 to June 2, 2001 
For more information or to register, please visit 
http://www.ucb-symposium.com.

SEMINARS
OBIR SEMINAR 
April Gilbert & Min-Soo Kim, PhD Candidates at Haas 
Wednesday, April 4, 2001 
4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 
Room F318, Haas School of Business 
For more information, contact Charles Montague at montague@haas.berkeley.edu.

ET GRETHER MARKETING SEMINAR 
"Affect, Cognition, and Communication in Hedonic Judgment: How Satisfied Are 
You with Your Life?," by Norbert Schwartz 
Thursday, April 5, 2001 
3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Room C250, Cheit Hall 
For more information, contact Laura Gardner at lgardner@haas.berkeley.edu.

IDS 270 INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS WORKSHOP 
"Why Firms Want to Organize Efficiently and What Keeps Them From Doing So: 
Evidence From the For-Hire Trucking Industry," by Brian Silverman, HBS 
Thursday, April 5, 2001 
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 
Room C325, Cheit Hall 
For more information, contact Serena Joe at joe@haas.berkeley.edu.

FINANCE SEMINAR 
"Market Reactions to Tangible and Intangible Information," by Kent Daniel, 
Northwestern University 
Thursday, April 5, 2001 
4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. 
Room C210, Cheit Hall 
For more information, contact June Wong at june@haas.berkeley.edu.

ACCOUNTING SEMINAR 
Franco Wong 
Friday, April 6, 2001 
4:00 p.m. 
Room C325, Cheit Hall 
For more information, contact Lorraine Seiji at seiji@haas.berkeley.edu.

OBIR SEMINAR 
"Role of Regulation and Finance Health Care Markets," by Paul Gertler, UC 
Berkeley, Health Policy and Administration 
Wednesday, April 11, 2001 
4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 
Room F318, Haas School of Business 
For more information, contact Charles Montague at montague@haas.berkeley.edu.

E.T. GRETHER MARKETING SEMINAR 
Puneet Manchanda, Univ. of Chicago 
Thursday, April 12, 2001 
3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Room C250, Cheit Hall 
For more information, contact Laura Gardner at lgardner@haas.berkeley.edu.

IDS 270 INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS WORKSHOP 
"Business Groups and Risk Sharing Around the World," by Tarun Khana, HBS 
Thursday, April 12, 2001 
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 
Room C325, Cheit Hall 
For more information, contact Serena Joe at joe@haas.berkeley.edu.

FINANCE SEMINAR 
"Adverse Selection and Re-Trade," by Lasse Pedersen, Stanford University 
Thursday, April 12, 2001 
4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. 
Room C210, Cheit Hall 
For more information, contact June Wong at june@haas.berkeley.edu.

REAL ESTATE SEMINAR 
"Examining the Gains from Innovation in Mortgage Termination Modeling," by 
Ralph DeFranco 
Friday, April 13, 2001 
11:00 a.m. 
Room C250, Cheit Hall 
For more information, contact Lynn Lobner at lyoung@haas.berkeley.edu.

ACCOUNTING SEMINAR 
"The Incremental Value of Analysts' Earnings Forecasts in Explaining Stock 
Returns," by Eli Amir 
Friday, April 13, 2001 
4:00 p.m. 
Room C325, Cheit Hall 
For more information, contact Lorraine Seiji at seiji@haas.berkeley.edu.

ALUMNI EVENTS
San Diego Chapter Event 
San Diego Crew Classic 
Sunday, April 8, 2001 
8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 
Crown Point at Mission Bay, San Diego 
Cost: $10 + parking (in advance) 
         $ 15 + parking (at the tent) 
Watch the Cal Crew team defend the Copley Cup at the Crew Classic on Mission 
Bay.  Meet the Blue and Gold at the Cal tent.  Coffee and pastries will be 
provided for early risers.  Enjoy a catered lunch and plenty of cheer.  
Picnics and coolers are also welcome. 
For more information, contact the information hotline at 619-275-7488 or RSVP 
to Geraldine Valdez at 619-685-4000 or Gail Forbes at 858-454-5561.

East Bay Chapter Event 
Homebuyer and Seller Workshop 
Saturday, April 28, 2001 
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 
Arthur Anderson Auditorium, Haas School of Business 
Cost: $7.50 pre-registration 
         $10 late/on-site registration 
Register by April 23 at http://www.acteva.com/go/eb-alumni. 
Or send a check payable to HAN East Bay to: Eliot Minor, 112 Shadowood Dr., 
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523. 
For more information, contact Eliot Minor at eliotminor@mindspring.com or 
925-685-3487. 
HAAS CELEBRATIONS 
Birthdays

Jocelyn Newman, April 2 
Dana Lund, April 9 
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their birthdays announced. Please e-mail a request to have your birthday 
marked "do not announce" on the central birthday list to 
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