Pike For DinnerTuesday January 12, 2021, 8:00Rob, the Hillside Economics/Statistics chair, was on the steering group for the convention, so he had inside information. His main job for Hillside was reading resumes, meeting people and talking them into coming to a school with no future. We were a tough sell. But econ and stats prospectives are more desperate as a rule than the rest of the business faculty, our pay was at the upper end of the scale and Rob has the tricks down, so he does okay.In addition to being head of Econ and Stats for Hillside, Rob had a complicated life. He was at the convention, accompanied by his PA/WorkWife June, who was the non-identical twin of his legal wife May. Legal wife and a work wife? Twin sisters? He mixed in some old-time religion. Always an interesting story.Rob came to the Hillside at 26 when he got his PhD, he was the youngest new PhD in the country in Econ that year. He was not going to be a superstar but wanted to accomplish a good career. Hi
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