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Sarah Short Austin, M.S.S.A. '62, Case Trustee

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Sarah Short Austin, a graduate of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, is a nationally recognized leader in the areas of public policy and management. She has held three White House appointments to the National Institutes of Health committees, served as trustee of three universities including Case, and has served as a director of the American Health Care Insurance Company. Additionally she has held senior positions at the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, General Dynamics Corporation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Urban Coalition. She was the founding director of the Greater Cleveland Roundtable and has held an endowed chair at Cleveland State University.

John S. Brinzo, M.B.A. '68

John S. Brinzo is chairman and chief executive officer of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., the leading supplier of iron ore products to the steel industry in North America. He is a member of the American Iron and Steel Institute and the National Mining Association and serves on the Board of Directors of International Steel Group. Active in community affairs, he also sits on the Board of Trustees of the Great Lakes Science Center and Kent State University Foundation.

John C. (Jack) Dannemiller, B.S Management Science '60, M.B.A. '64

Jack Dannemiller is the retired chairman of Applied Industrial Technologies and former President and Chief Operating Officer of Leaseway Transportation. Currently he is Chairman and President of the Jubilee Foundation and serves on the boards of U.S. Bank Corp., The Lamson & Sessions Co., and the Cleveland Clinic—Western Region. In 1999 he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management.

David A. Daberko, M.B.A. '70, Case Trustee

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David Daberko is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of National City Corporation where he has worked since 1968 when he joined National City Bank as a management trainee. In addition to National City Corporation, he is a director of both OMNOVA Corporation and Marathon Oil. Mr. Daberko is also Chairman of Cleveland Tomorrow and serves on the boards of Case, Hawken School, University Circle Inc., Greater Cleveland Roundtable, and University Hospitals Health System.

Peter A. Kuhn, E.M.B.A. '88

Peter A. Kuhn is Chief Financial Officer of IMG Worldwide, Inc. He joined IMG in 1971 after receiving his B.A. from Duke University. In addition to his career, Mr. Kuhn is President of the Board of Goodwill Industries of Cleveland, Inc., and a board member of the Cleveland Playhouse.

Norbert "Nobby" Lewandowski, M.B.A. '64

Nobby Lewandowski retired from Lewandowski Zalick and Company--the accounting firm he founded--in 1992 to begin a new career as a motivational speaker and writer. Embracing a speech impediment that once got him fired, Lewandowski looks at his life as an example of "breaking down superficial barriers." He says his secret to success has more to do with character than communication skills. Lewandowski is also co-author of Real World Leadership Strategies that Work, recently published by Insight Publishing

Edward C. Prescott, M.S. Operations Research '63

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Edward C. Prescott shares the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economic Science with Finn E. Kydland from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of California at Santa Barbara for his contributions to their theory on business cycles and economic policies. Prescott is the W. P. Carey Chair of Economics in the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and is also a senior monetary advisor at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank. Known for his seminal work on business cycles, economic development, policy analysis, general equilibrium theory and finance, he is also the co-author of Barriers to Riches which argues that discrepancies in the standards of living across countries can be attributed to barriers that some countries have built to impede the adoption of readily available productivity enhancing technologies.

Donald E. Washkewicz, M.B.A. '79

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Donald E. Washkewicz is President and Chief Executive Officer of Parker Hannifin Corporation. He joined Parker in 1972 as an engineer in the Hose Products Division, and is a member of the National Society of Engineers. In addition to his career, he serves on the boards of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, Cleveland Tomorrow, and MAPI. In 2002 he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Weatherhead School of Management.