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THEODORE S. WILLS
Av. UNIVERSIDAD 1330, 602C
COL. DEL CARMEN, DEL. COYOÁCAN
MEXICO CITY 03810, MEXICO
May 22, 1996
The Admissions Committee for the EMBA
ITESM/University of Texas - Austin
Dear Sirs:
For most of my professional career I have been involved in education: as a high school teacher, administrator and exchange program organizer. My liberal arts training at Dartmouth College and also at Harvard University has served me well in these endeavors.
After having led five exchange programs to Mexico in the 80’s, I became enchanted with the country and its people, and so, decided to move permanently to Mexico City in 1991. At the same juncture, I decided to leave education and enter the business world. Once I was hired by Federal Express Mexico & Central America, I quickly realized that I had to go back to school if I were to advance in the Corporation. My principal objective since that time has been to learn about business and about how to do business in Mexico.
For the past two years, therefore, I have been taking graduate-level business courses at some of the best schools in Mexico. At “Universidad La Salle” I have completed one six-month “Diplomado” on management skills and 1 am currently taking another “Diplomado” on Corporate Finance. These courses are offered on weekends.
In September 1995, I began a Masters in International Management at ITAM. Classes meet weeknights and course topics have included: Managerial Microeconomics, International Accounting, Corporate Finance, Strategic Management, Operations Management and International Economic Relations. While I have learned quite a lot in the ITAM Masters program, I have been somewhat disappointed that the program has not been as academically rigorous as I had expected.
Imagine my satisfaction when an ITAM professor told me of the EMBA to be cosponsored by the ITESM and the University of Texas-Austin. The program philosophy and design match my own requirements and plans precisely. If accepted, I would hope to learn from the EMEA faculty those analytical tools and that way of thinking which are necessary for the exercise of executive responsibilities.
In the long run, I would hope to bring together the wealth of education which I have acquired so as to make a concrete contribution to the common good of both the United States and Mexico. Specifically, alongside my business responsibilities, I would like to once again become involved in some manner in the education of young Americans about the tremendous hidden potential which lies within Mexico and the Mexican people.
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