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Dr. Eliot S. Elfner, Ph.D., PE
Professor of Business Administration

St. Norbert College
DePere, WI 54115-2099
PH: 920-403-3233 FAX: 920-403-4098
eliot.elfner@snc.edu

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Current Books of Interest: I am using the following books, both of which are used in my Policy and Strategy course: Kim, W. Chan & Renee Mauborgne, Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant, (Boston: HBS Press Book), 2004; and Welch, Jack, and Suzy Welch, Winning, (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.), 2005 . During this summer I'm engaged in some serious mind-candy recreational reading, including the Janet Evanovich's newest Stephanie Plum - Fearless Fourteen mystery and some of the Lawrence Sanders Archy McNally mysteries.

Interests: Quality Improvement and Assessment in Higher Education, Value/Supply Chain Management, recently retired as a Member of Faith Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors, and currently a member of Titletown Brewing Co. Board of Directors. I have served as an Associate of Institutional Effectiveness Associates, and I am a Professor of Business Administration at St. Norbert College. I served as the Social Science Division Chair (now designated as the Associate Dean of Social Sciences) from January 1996 until Summer 2003. I spent the fall, 2003 semester on a sabbatical as a visiting scholar at the Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management, working with the Executive Director, Dr. John R. Nevin. I am now full time in the classroom.

I have three sons, all out of college, married and independent, who have provided me with nine grandchildren (so far!)! Eric has his MBA from Marquette University and is the Director of Information Systems at C. G. Schmidt, Inc. a large general contractor in Milwaukee; Jon has a Masters Degree in Teaching from Dominican University in River Forest, IL and a Masters degree in American History from DePaul University in Chicago and is an American History teacher at Homewood-Flossmor High School; Chris is a Microsoft Solutions Architect for Inacom Information Systems in Appleton, WI. My wife "Pamala" and I enjoy traveling, family at the cottage, entertainment at the Meyer Theater in Green Bay, Music Theater at St. Norbert, and occasional city hits.

Golf, infrequent water skiing, tennis, and racquetball keep me healthy and relaxed.

Favorite Quotes To the question of what is the "bliss" of Golf, John Updike writes "The imensities of space, beside which even polo and baseball are constricted pastimes, must be part of it. To see one's ball gallop 200 and more yards down the fairway, or see it fly clear across an entire copse of maples in full autumn flair, is to join one's soul with the vastness that, contemplated from another angle, intimidates the spirit and makes one feel small. As it moves through the adventures of a golf match, the human body, like Alice's in Wonderland, experiences an intoxicating relativity -- huge in relation to the ball, tiny in relation to the course, exactly matched to that of the other players." (Updike, John, Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf Alfred A. Knopf)

"The American Dream need not forever be denied."
Barbara Jordan - Keynote Speech at 1976 Democratic National Convention

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Dr. Eliot Elfner, P.E.	Phone:	(920) 403-3233
Professor of Business Administration	Fax:	(920) 403-4098
St. Norbert College	E-mail:	eliot.elfner@snc.edu
100 Grant Street De Pere, WI USA 54115-2099
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