Distinguished Visitors

The Clausen Center has become increasingly active in sponsoring visitors on our own, and in collaboration with other institutes and programs at Carthage, especially in connection with campus-wide speakers. Sustained emphasis is being given by the Center to local and state, as well as national and foreign, government professionals. Visitors have included:

• Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle
• Wisconsin State Representative Samantha Kerkman (Republican) 
• Wisconsin State Senator Bob Wirch (Democrat)
  
• Fr. J. Bryan Hehir, Boston Archdiocese and Kennedy School, Harvard University
• Julie McCarthy, Pakistan Correspondent, National Public Radio
  
• Duane Kullberg, retired managing partner/CEO of Arthur Andersen
  
• James B. Bittman, Chicago Board Options Exchange
  
• John Welch, vice president of Rothschild Investment Corp.
  
• Cordelia Taylor, founder and director of The Family House in Milwaukee
  
• Gillian Sorensen, senior advisor and national advocate for the United Nations Foundation
  
• Bruce DuMont, Chicago radio/television host and founder of the Museum of Broadcast Communications
  
• David Eisenhower, author
  
• Julie Eisenhower, author
  
• Sergei Khrushchev, Brown University scientist
• Bill Schneider, CNN senior political analyst
  
• Daniel J. Travanti, actor

Students have also had the opportunity to meet with retired executives from Mobil Oil and Snap-on Inc., and members of the Wisconsin legislature.

Executives in Residence

The Chapman Executive-in-Residence program brings prominent business leaders to campus to speak to students and the public. The program is endowed by Carthage Trustee Steven M. Chapman, Group Vice President — Emerging Markets and Businesses, Cummins Inc., who also served as the initial visiting executive. In April 2012, we will host Col. Paul Herbert, Executive Director of the First Division Museum in Cantigny Illinois. He is West Point graduate and holds a Ph.D. in History from Ohio State University. Other Executives in Residence include:

• David Baskerville of Baskerville International, an experienced international business executive with particular expertise regarding Asia.
  
• Jerome Grant, President of Business Publishing at Pearson/Prentice Hall
• Wayne McVicker, Founder of Neoforma.com.
  
• Scott E. Roe, Vice President, Global Planning and Logistics of Abbott Laboratories
• Russell W. Swansen, Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Thrivent Financial
• Cordelia Taylor, Founder and Director of The Family House in Milwauke

The Chapman Executive in Residence program was launched by business professor Thomas Groleau, who remains on the Steering Committee.