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Michael McCloskey, Instructor

Degrees: BBA Temple
MBA Drexel
Courses I teach:RMI 2101 (Intro to Risk), RMI 3502 (P&C Policies), and RMI 3504 (P&C Operations)

• Jobs I have had in my lifetime…
  • Selling soft pretzels on the streets of fishtown, sold newspapers on the beach in wildwood, arcade attendant, worked in a paper factory, underwriter, trainer, employee benefit manager
• Movie I can watch over and over…
  • Godfather, Goodfellas, Rambo 2, Jaws, Pulp Fiction, No Country for Old Men
• Places I have lived…
• Philadelphia, North Wildwood NJ, Haddonfield NJ, and Rome
• Favorite sports teams…
• Philadelphia Eagles and Temple Owls
• Favorite TV show…
• Simpsons, Law and Order, Seinfeld, and NFL Football Sundays
• Foreign place I have traveled to…
• Canada(Montreal), Italy(Rome, Naples, Venice and Florence), Belgium (Brussels and Bruges), Netherlands(Amsterdam), and London England
• Favorite spot on the Jersey Shoreline…
• Walking on the boardwalk in Wildwood. The boardwalk in wildwood can sometime be a time warp to the 80's – but it is part of the fun. Stop at Sam's on the boards for a slice of pizza. Also – taking a quick ferry ride from cape may to Lewes Delaware and bike from lewes on the breakwater junction trail into Rehoboth and Dewey Beach – is a blast. Stop into Mama Maria's when you are in Dewey and tell them you know me!!
• Websites I visit daily…
• CNN, Profootballtalk, philly.com
• Favorite foods…
• Pizza, Eggplant Parmesan, Thrasher's French fries, Broccoli Rabe, cheeseburgers, blueberry pancakes, Swedish fish, and good craft beer
• Favorite Philly restaurant…
• Tacconelli's for Pizza, Mercato fo r a BYOB, Tequilla's for Mexican, Monks for burgers, fries and good beer, and Osteria for a fancy dinner out.
• Favorite things to do outside of work…
• Run, bike, garden, cook, play softball, and watch the NFL
• Coolest thing I’ve ever done…
• Lived in Rome for 2 months and I also jumped out of an airplane
• If I could eat dinner with one person, it would be…
• Dick Vermeil
• Favorite flavor of ice cream…
• Butterscotch Vanilla by Philadelphia's own Bassets ice cream
• Favorite toy as a child…
• Nintendo Entertainment System (Go Mario!)
• Book (not textbook!) I am currently reading…
• Playing for Pizza

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