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Posted: April 30, 2009
Dana Rowan 2009
Name: Dana Rowan
Title: Managing Partner
Company: The Exeter Cos.
Location: 20 Custom House St., Suite 800, Boston, MA 02110
Date and place of birth: 06/24/54, New York City
Family: Wife Janice Kelley Rowan, Esq., and son William, 8
College: Dartmouth College
First job outside of real estate: Assistant director, American Littoral Society
First job in real estate or allied field: Invest. manager, Prudential Realty Group
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Growing a real estate workout, restructuring and bankruptcy advisory business; preparing for distressed asset investment (in the future).
Hobbies: Fishing, skiing, sailing, tennis, travel
Favorite book: "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Favorite movie: "Casablanca" directed by Michael Curtiz
Favorite website: www.tripadvisor.com
Person you most emulate (outside of family): John Kemeny, Dartmouth pres.
Key to success: Perseverance
If you were forced to choose another vocation, what would it be? Biotechnology
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