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Steve Kamp, Instructor of Finance

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Engineering, Union College (flunked out)
BBA Management & Social Sciences, George Washington Univ.
MBA Finance & Marketing, Harvard Business School

Jobs I have had in my lifetime...

  • Paper boy, life guard, swimming & lifesaving instructor, camp counselor, water-ski instructor, toilet paper salesman, dormitory director, stockbroker, investment banker, consultant, 'reality check' provider and mentor to Fox students (mostly finance majors).

Movie I can watch over and over...

  • Casablanca, African Queen, Love Actually, Notting Hill, James Bond (Connery only), Indiana Jones, A Man and a Woman, 2001: A Space Odyssey (still trying to understand the ending).

Places I have lived...

  • Swarthmore, PA; Schenectady, NY, Ft. Dix, NJ, Ft. Belvoir, VA, Washington, DC; Cambridge, MA; New York City, Haverford, PA - sort of a round-trip.

Favorite sports teams...

  • Phillies - from the time they played in Shibe Park.

Favorite TV shows...

  • 24, CSI: Miami, Myth Busters.

Foreign places I have traveled to...

  • Canada, Mexico, nearly every country in Europe, Egypt and others in Middle-East, several in Far East-Asia.

Favorite spot on the Jersey Shoreline ...

  • Cape May - my grandfather took my family there when I was (much) younger.

Websites I visit daily...

  • Bloomberg, Yahoo/Finance, Blackboard.

Favorite foods...

  • Bleu Cheese Burgers, Philly Cheesesteaks, Chocolate Milkshakes.

Favorite Philly restaurants...

  • o Friday-Saturday-Sunday (very intimate), Mediterranean (Bryn Mawr-BYO).

Favorite things to do outside of work...

  • Ice dancing, photography, hiking, skiing, tennis, play piano, attend ballet & orchestra.

Coolest thing I've ever done...

  • Survived night in a snow cave 1,000 feet short of the summit of Mt. Rainier. It was not only cool - it was cold! P.S. I made the summit the following year in another attempt. Also, waterskiing on the Nile River and in the Persian Gulf.

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

  • Benjamin Franklin

Favorite flavor of ice cream...

  • Butter Pecan

Favorite toy as a child...

  • Tie: Red Fire Engine (pedal type) until age 6; then a tree house my father built

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

  • Autobiography of Henry VIII; The World Is Flat (Thomas Friedman)