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Benjamin Hur, Jr.
An illustrious military career filled with sacrifice and accomplishment will ebb and flow into a career in finance for Benjamin Hur, Jr.,son of Benjamin Sr. and Barbara Hur, owners and operators of EconoLodge in Fort Stockton. Since beginning his career in 1999 and graduating from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., with a bachelor's degree in political science, Hur, 31, has been to Japan and Egypt and Iraq.
In 2001, he spent six months in Japan with his Marine unit, on call for military contingencies. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, he deployed to Egypt as part of a campaign to provide force protection for U. S. Marine units. His base was Camp Pendleton, Calif.
As company executive officer in Kuwait, 2002-2003, his responsibilities included leading more than 40 Marines in surveillance and reconnaissance. When the Iraqi war began in 2003, he was among the first U. S. forces to invade.
Hur began the Master of Business Administration program at the Massachusetts School of Technology in September 2005 after spending two years as head of the Reserve Officer Programs at the Marine base in Quantico, Va. While at Quantico, he managed a recruiting force of more than 150 people.
The man whose résumé illustrates a distinguished career as a U. S. Marine with leadership skills is looking forward to a career in finance. He has always wanted to focus on finance and go into investment banking. The Sloan School of Management at MIT offered a quality program and the diverse group of ethnic backgrounds Hur desired. He became "a world citizen," who just happened to be on active duty while continuing his education.
Groups representing different ethnic cultures stage social events for the rest of the business graduate students a few times a month. Hur, whose parents are from Korea, helped organize a Korean food menu, games and a skit on popular Korean culture with about 40 other students.
Hur says his experience at Sloan helped with the transition from military life to the civilian world. It also helped him land a job with New York-based Morgan Stanley as an associate in the investment banking division.
While acknowledging his achievements, he says they pale in comparison to those of many of his colleagues. In an article by Joyce Pellino Crane, Hur is quoted: "Whatever my accomplishments are," he said, "the sacrifices put forth by the guys who lost their lives or have been injured in the war, are greater than anything I've ever sacrificed."
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