Jerry Conover will be taking over the reins of the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University this summer. Morton Marcus, former president of AUBER and long-time supporter of the association, is retiring this fall after 30 years at the IBRC helm. Previously the director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research in the College of Business Administration at Northern Arizona University, Conover is a former member of the AUBER Board of Directors.

Mark Berger, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Kentucky, passed away April 30. He was 47. Director of the center since 1995, Berger coordinated several research projects, including analyses of the state's unemployment insurance, Medicaid, cash-assistance programs, taxation in Kentucky, and regional economic development. He is survived by his wife, Pam, and three children.

"Walking in Memphis." Cindy DiPersio, University of Colorado at Boulder; Carol Griffen, University of Florida; and Dee Jones, formerly with the University of Louisiana at Monroe, recently met in Memphis to renew friendships. Stephen Smith, University of Memphis, hosted the gathering. The group toured the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Memphis, which is headed by John Gnuschke, and enjoyed the sights, sounds, and tastes of Memphis. AUBER friendships: They're special!

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