Graduate School

Graduate School

My year in graduate school was invaluable. This experience provided me with not only an advanced education but also exposure to real business managers and a great lead for my first job after graduation.

There were four reasons this experience was so valuable.

First, 90% of our classes were based on the discussion of cases relating to reading assignments. Not, lectures.

Second, over 50% of my fellow students were either active in business or on leave from a business that was paying for their education.

Third, most of our professors were business consultants.

Fourth, I met a lifetime friend who was always there when I needed a friend to talk to and always gave me great advice.

It was one of those professors who suggested I interview with the F & R Lazarus Company in Columbus, Ohio. I got an attractive offer and started my business career as a retailer.

Interestingly Bill, one of my wife’s associates at her work, also went to work for F & R Lazarus and became a great lifetime friend of ours. Even though Bill was in the school for correspondence, he made a lifetime career in Retailing. As he married, had children, moved from Columbus to Dallas, to Alabama, Cleveland, Long Island and eventually Delaware, we never lost track of each other, our families and our careers.

Lessons learned:

1. Business management in the real world.

2. Advanced marketing techniques.

3. Business economics in application.

4. Business law.

5. How to interact with business executives.

6. The application of logistics principles to the business world.