Ron Beall:
CLASS OF 1962
Burges High SchoolClass of 1962
El paso, TX
Rice UniversityClass of 1970
Houston, TX
Princeton UniversityClass of 1966
Princeton, NJ
Ron's Story
Workplace
After completing my Ph. D. in physical chemistry at Rice, I went to work for DuPont as a research scientist for four years.
While working at DuPont, I started up my own television antenna business and started taking business classes. The following semester, I was asked to teach two classes so for awhile I was working full-time for DuPont, running my own business, taking two classes, and teaching two classes.
I discovered that I enjoyed all those activities, but the one I enjoyed most was teaching. Thus I decided to begin a second Ph. D. in business. Fortunately, I discovered that all I needed was an MBA in combination with my Ph. D. in chemistry. I began my Ph. D. at the University of Houston and ended up completing an MBA at UC-Berke...Expand for more
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I then started teaching at SFSU where I have been in the College of Business for several decades. Most of that time was as a professor of market research, then Chair of the Marketing Department, and completed my career at SFSU as Associate Dean.
In addition to that mainstay of my professional life, I have actively been a consultant in several areas (market research, database software, local area networks, and even art).
In 2004, I retired to Bellingham, WA, a wonderful town between Seattle and Vancourver, Canada. I now play lots of bridge, constanly enhance my bidding system (Enhanced Precision), and write bridge books and articles for bridge magazines. I have won one national bridge championship and am looking forward to adding new titles.
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