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Posted: January 15, 2009
Theodore Arend 2009
Name: Theodore Arend
Title: Property Manager (Department Head)
Company: The Grossman Companies
Location: 1266 Furnace Brook Pkwy., Quincy, MA 02169
Birthplace and year: Utica, N.Y., 1941
Family: Wife, Van; son, Torven
College: RIT, BS, Business Administration/University of Denver, MBA
First job outside of real estate: Mobil Oil, sales representative
First job in real estate or allied field: Mobil Oil, bought service stations and fixed them up.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? My department takes care of all of the real estate owned by the company (about 26 properties). We develop and maintain budgets for all of them.
Hobbies: Collect books - first editions, historical, special interests; hiking
Favorite book: "Catcher in the Rye"
Favorite movie: "Lonesome Dove"
Persons you admire most (outside of family): Lewis and Clark
Key to success: Persistence
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Book dealer
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