{"id":1596,"date":"2013-01-28T07:48:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T07:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2013-01-28T07:48:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T07:48:23","slug":"ray-jovanovich-84-just-that-good-and-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/2013\/01\/28\/ray-jovanovich-84-just-that-good-and-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Jovanovich ’84 – Just That Good and Better!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ray Jovanovich ’84<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I knew when I walked into Baxter 114 a little before noon that there wouldn’t be enough room. \u00a0I knew, given the topic and speaker, that people would be standing side by side. \u00a0I\u00a0was right.<\/p>\n

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He had everyone’s attention.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trustee Ray Jovanovich, having just flown from Beijing to Chicago 36 hours prior, was going to talk about the challenges ahead for China. \u00a0For those of you who don’t know Ray let me give you the fighter pilot summary. \u00a0Personality of your best friend…the one you have know forever. \u00a0Wicked smart…no, I mean WICKED smart. \u00a0A communicator who can take the absolute toughest concepts and talk about them at your level – whatever that level is. \u00a0A life-long student who deeply admires the efforts of other students and who genuinely applauds their efforts.<\/p>\n

Ray, with four slides and no notes, talked for 50 minutes about China. \u00a0In the space of that time, he wrote a plan for China for the next two decades. \u00a0Challenges and opportunities. \u00a0Gap analysis. \u00a0You name it and he covered it. \u00a0Not is tech talk – in real talk. \u00a0Forget some expensive consultants – Ray’s got it. \u00a0Heads nodded – faculty heads, student heads, even bio major staff member heads – repeatedly.<\/p>\n

Ray crushed it – just as Eric Wetzel had done in Chapel only minutes before.<\/p>\n

Two things though give you a look at the talents and personality of this great man.<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0He encouraged the group to go see the presentation on China of Terrance Pigues ’14 the following day at the Celebration of Student Research. \u00a0Not in any way other than one expert plugging another’s work.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Ray will be a broadcaster of the Super Bowl for Chinese Television. \u00a0He also does MLB and NBA games. \u00a0Yes, he loves and enjoys that as well.<\/p>\n

Talk about the liberal arts in action!<\/p>\n

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