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Undergraduate Seminar

Dr. James Poarch

ITT Systems ("Beltway Bandit" says Jim)

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Dr. Poarch has a checkered career. He was a chemical engineer, a program manager, a Ph.D. organic chemist from UVA with Professor Glenn McGarvey, an intelligence analyzer, and now a government consultant. He has traveled all over the world to various hot spots including Iraq after Desert Storm and Tokyo after the Sarin nerve gassing in the  subway. He delighted and fascinated students with his stories.

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Not all career paths are linear

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Jim's son Daniel works downtown with Pixel and dropped by

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Jim found his name with a quote attributed to him on the front page of the Washington Post -- not a good place when you work for an intelligence agency.

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