The 1941 Babsonian. - Babson College

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BACKGROUND
j( )HN ALBERT V A~ RIPER
Change Bridge- Road, Montville, ~f'w jt'rsey
Objective:
Finance
Expl'Iiel/ce :
Farm work (ten summers); Office of the Managt'r
of Newark Farmers Market, Inc. (one summer)
Special Trail/il/g:
Business Finance; Factory Management; Business
Law; Salesmanship; Marketing; Economics; Statistics
F:ducatiol/ :
Boonton High School, Boonton, New jersey; Babson
Institute of Business Administration, Babson
Park, Massachusetts
Extracurricular Activities:
Intramural Sports;
Babson Institute
Persol/al Data:
Age 20' Singk; Heio'ht S' II'"~ Weiuht '58
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Bmvling; Skating; Basketball,
Van Riper grew up on his (~Hher's farm in Montville,
New jersey. As soon as he was old enough to assume any
real responsibilities, he labored on the f~lmily r:trIn during
the summer months, when he was on vacation ('rom the
public schools of Boonton, New Jersey. It was while attending
high school that Van Riper decided definitely to
enter the Business Administration field. Lacking experience,
other than hard farm work, he decided to atLenci
Babson Institute to acquire those fundamentals necessary
to a young man in .modern business.
PRACTICAL TRAINING
During the summer of '940, Van Riper worked in the­
Manager's office. of the Newark Farmers' Markel, Inc.,
tabulating figures.
At Babson Institute, Van Riper was well trained in tlI('
fundamen tals of the three main fields of a business en tnprise-
Finance, Distribution, and Production . .
In the two-year course, he studied such sLlI~jecls as
Accounting, Federal Taxation, Typf'writing, Business
English, Finance, Salesmanship, Production Management,
History of Businf'ss, Statistics, and Business Planning.
He preferred those ('oursf'S dealing with Finance,
Statistics, Business Law, and Economics.
THE BUSINESS MAN
Van Riper found it easy to make r'riends at BabsO'n
Institute. He got along well with the faculty because he
could take orders and eXf'cute them, applying good
common sense and hours of hard work. Because of his
bucolic background and because he has always earned
his own money, Van Riper is a vf'ry self-reliant individual.
Van Riper is determined, loyal, and persistent in all
business transactions.