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Rob Drennan, Associate Professor and Chair, Risk Management & Insurance

BAS, Economics; BS, Math; BA, Biology – Southern Methodist University
AM, Risk Management and Insurance, University of Pennsylvania
PhD, Risk Management and Insurance, University of Pennsylvania
Courses Taught: Intro to RMI

Jobs I have had in my lifetime...

  • Chiropractor's assistant, teaching assistant, student advisor, researcher, benefits consultant, professor.

Movie I can watch over and over...

  • Any Batman Movie and AbFab

Places I have lived...

  • Dallas, TX and Philadelphia, PA

Favorite sports teams...

  • Dallas Cowboys, Penn football and basketball

Favorite TV shows...

  • Family Guy, American Dad, Prison Break, Lost, House, CSI: Miami, Cold Case, Nip/Tuck, and American Idol

Foreign places I have traveled to...

  • London, East and West Germany (when they were still separate), Poland, Hungary, Italy, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda

Favorite spot on the Jersey Shoreline ...

  • Margate

Websites I visit daily...

  • Dallas Cowboys, ESPN, Temple's chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma

Favorite foods...

  • Tex-mex.

Favorite Philly restaurants...

  • Mercato, Lolita, Valanni, Alma de Cuba, and Rouge

Favorite things to do outside of work...

  • Not work, watch sports, work out, fantasy football, and I am in a bowling league.

Coolest thing I've ever done...

  • Went to the 1978 Super Bowl in New Orleans to see the Dallas Cowboys beat the Broncos. We even camped out to get the tickets.

If I could eat dinner with one person, it would be...

  • George Bush

Favorite flavor of ice cream...

  • Hazelnut Gelato

Favorite toy as a child...

  • It was called a mini-bike, but it was really like a mini-motorcycle. It was a Honda 70.

Book (not textbook!) I am currently reading...

  • The Tipping Point