Class of 1998

May 1998

NAME AND DEGREE INITIAL PLACEMENT
Kingsley Agyei-Gyamfi, MS in Actuarial Science Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America, New York, NY
Thor Aspelund, MS in Statistics continuing PhD studies in Statistics
Brian R. Bedwell, MS in Actuarial Science AmerUs Life, Des Moines, IA
Imad Benjelloun, MS in Quality Management and Productivity  
Neil A. Berns, BS in Actuarial Science

Midland National Life Insurance Co., West Des Moines, IA

Ravi S. Bhave, BS in Actuarial Science  
Yu-Pei Chang, MS in Quality Management and Productivity  
Chien-Hui Iris Chen, MS in Actuarial Science  
Weng-Hun Ching, BS in Actuarial Science  
Chang-Hui Chris Choi, MS in Actuarial Science  
Chad A. Fix, MS in Actuarial Science Towers Perrin, Chicago, IL
Lucas A. Furlong, BS in Statistics  
Elizabeth E. Gjerde, BS in Actuarial Science William M. Mercer, Chicago, IL
Pataree Gontong, MS in Actuarial Science Ayudhya Allianz C.P. Life, Thailand 
Matthew T. Henry, MS in Actuarial Science CIGNA, Hartford, CT
Yung-Chih Hsui, MS in Actuarial Science  
Chiang-Ching Spencer Huang, MS in Statistics  
Crystal L. Kauder, BS in Actuarial Science Mutual of Omaha, Omaha, NE
Changki Kim, MS in Actuarial Science continuing PhD studies in Mathematics
Yong Woon Kim, MS in Actuarial Science  
Hangsuck Lee, MS in Actuarial Science continuing PhD studies in Statistics
Chad M. Leistikow, BS in Statistics  
Han-Wei Lin, MS in Actuarial Science Lincoln National Life Ins. Co., Hartford, CT
Hsu-Feng Lin, MS in Actuarial Science Fort Financial Group, St Paul, MN
Yu-Ping Pamela Lu, MS in Actuarial Science  
Eric P. Palmer, BS in Actuarial Science CIGNA, Hartford, CT
Corrie L. Proksa, BS in Actuarial Science Deloitte & Touche, Chicago, IL
Andrew J. Schafer, MS in Actuarial Science Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA
Kulathavaranee Thiagarajah, MS in Actuarial Science

Lincoln National, Fort Wayne, IN

Ha Kion Wong, MS in Actuarial Science  
Tzong Hwa Wu, MS in Actuarial Science  
Eun-Hee Yun, MS in Actuarial Science Fortis Health, Milwaukee, WI
Yuanhan John Zhang, MS in Actuarial Science Lincoln National, Hartford, CT

July 1998

NAME AND DEGREE INITIAL PLACEMENT
Elena M. Letuchy, MS in Statistics  
Yu-Jau Lin, MS in Statistics continuing PhD studies in Statistics
Yuan Zhou, MS in Quality Management and Productivity  

December 1998

NAME AND DEGREE INITIAL PLACEMENT
Jason R. Benbow, BS in Actuarial Science Towers Perrin, St Louis, MO
John M. Castelloe, PhD in Statistics
thesis: "Issues in Reversible Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo and Composite EM Analysis, Applied to Spatial Poisson Cluster Processes"
advisor: Dale Zimmerman
Research and Development
SAS Institute, Inc.
Cary, NC
Jeffrey D. Isaacson, PhD in Statistics
thesis: "Statistical Methods for Combining Temporally and Spatially Correlated Data from Multiple Measurement Systems"
advisor: Dale Zimmerman
Abbott Labs
Chicago, IL
Todd E. Pearson, BS in Statistics  
Jeffrey J. Ross, BS in Actuarial Science Mutual of Omaha
Henghsiu Tsai, PhD in Statistics
thesis: "Topics in Continuous-Time Modeling"
advisor: Kung-Sik Chan
Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics
Tunghai University
Taipei, Taiwan