Member News

Bryan Bezold is now forecasting specialist with Ameren Services, St Louis.

Johanna Buurman is director of strategic services with Trammell Crow Company, San Francisco.

Robert J. Carlson is attorney with GableGotwals, Tulsa, Okla.

John D. Herrmann is now U.S. rates strategist with Merrill Lynch, New York, N.Y.

Peter B. Jaquette is manager economic analysis with Pira Energy Group, New York, N.Y.

Matthew Klusas is corporate strategy associate with Invitrogen, Waltham, Mass.

Mark Lieberman is senior economist with Fox Business Network, New York, N.Y.

Yorgos Papatheodorou is senior petroleum economist with Marathon Oil Company, Findlay, Ohio.

Kevin J. Stiroh is senior analyst with Sanford Bernstein, New York, N.Y.

Timothy W. Viezer is managing director investments with University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Emad A. Zikry is president and chief executive officer with CastleRock Management, New York, N.Y.

Long-time member and NABE Fellow Robert Eggert Sr., founder of the Blue Chip Economic Indicators, died on Nov. 16 in Cottonwood, Ariz., at the age of 93. Recruited by Ford Motor Company in 1950, he was responsible for naming the “Mustang,” which became one of the company’s most popular models.  He also served for 11 years at the Radio Corporation of America, where he began what was regarded as an innovative “consensus” approach to economic forecasting.  When he officially retired from RCA in 1976, he began the Blue Chip newsletter, which he edited from Arizona until 1996.  His family said there will be a memorial service for Bob in the spring in Sedona.