RE:

I talked to Skilling yesterday and asked him if he would be interested in teaching at the Jones School. I was very clear that I had not talked to you or anyone else about it yet. He said he would be interested. If you would like to talk to him, I'll give you his number.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gilbert Whitaker [mailto:grwhit@rice.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 11:46 AM
To: Kean, Steven J.
Subject: RE:

I look forward to our meeting.

I was sorry to learn about your father.

gil

At 07:58 AM 8/8/01 -0500, you wrote:
<I've been thinking about the need to recast the "e-commerce" position as
<well. I'm asking Maureen to get some time for us to meet (at Rice) in
<the next few weeks.
<
<-----Original Message-----
<From: Gilbert R. Whitaker, Jr. [mailto:grwhit@rice.edu]
<Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 3:29 PM
<To: skean@enron.com
<Subject:
<
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<Steve -
<
<We are beginning our planning for faculty recruiting for the fall of
<2002. We tried hard this year to recruit a person for the finance (risk
<
<management) position and made an offer but he eventually chose to stay
<where he was for family reasons. We will try again with him but will
<also
<widen the search again.
<
<We will begin the search for the second Enron Professorship which was
<described as E-commerce. Since we initially discussed this a lot has
<happened in the E-commerce world and we think it might be useful to
<re-designate the field a bit. The use of the web and technology in
<business has become a critical part of the fundamental operations of the
<
<business and as we think that a professorship in operations management
<with
<a bent toward the use of the web and other related technologies might
<the
<educational needs of the students better and with better long term
<results. Is this too far afield from the grant or do you think we would
<be
<in the general parameters?
<
<Thanks.
<
<gil
<
<P.S. I have not yet seen your picture with a pie!!!
<
<
<
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