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Name: Larissa Regina Kleinmann

Nicknames: Lilli, Lilli-Hammer, The Hammer, Miss Silli Lilli, and more...

Date of Birth: September 10th, 1978

Place of Birth: Stuttgart, Germany

Citizenship: Germany

Family: Mother Ina Kleinmann (maiden name = Marschall; pharmacist), father Dr. med. Dieter Kleinmann (doctor for internal and sports medicine), sister Pamela Kleinmann (3 years older; living in Potsdam, near Berlin)

Occupation: Full-time undergraduate student at the University of Arkansas

Résumé: To view my résumé, click here!

Foreign Languages studied: English (9 years in school), Latin (6 years), French (3 years), Spanish (so far 3 years)

Hobbies: Running, running, running,... and traveling (Preferably Canary Islands, Spain), computer, sleeping in, watching TV, foreign languages, being lazy, and working on this homepage when there is time.

Most favorite thing to do: Lying on the beach on the Canary Islands and getting fried in the sun under the blue sky...
:-) ...ooooooh, I want to do that right now!

Personality Traits:very honest, impatient, business-like, humorous but I can also be very serious, introverted but getting more extroverted (the influence of my teammates and the process of Americanization!), sincere, responsible, considerate, sometimes a little selfish and stubborn...:-( ...and -not to forget- CRAZY! ("the craziest German ever to hit the U.S.", according to teammate and ex-roommate Tracy Robertson)

Favorite Animals: ok, not quite this size of cats...but the smaller ones! I love cats (they have a great personality!) and rabbits.

Favorite Food: Pizza, Ice-Cream (Shakey's!!!), cake, and German Spätzle. Actually, I love pretty much anything that is edible :-)

Favorite TV Show: Friends, Roseanne, Seinfeld, Mad about you, Bill Cosby Show (I have met Bill Cosby in person!)

Favorite Places: Canary Islands (Spain), New York City, San Francisco, Arizona, Paris

Favorite place lived at: There is not too much of a selection, but it definitely is... Boston! (I lived right next to the Red Sox' Fenway Park and never went to a game...I know, it is a shame! :-( )

Favorite Brand: Nike

Academics (USA)

University: - University of Arkansas (since Fall Semester 1999)

                  - Boston University (Freshman Year 1998-99)

Year in School: Senior

Major: Marketing Management (Freshman year: Physical Therapy)

Minor: Spanish

Academic Achievements: Academic All-American Cross Country 1999 and 2000; member of the Sigma Delta Pi Spanish Honor Society, Dean's List Spring 1999 and Fall 2000, Honor Roll all other semesters, Academic All-Dristrict 1st Team Cross Country 2000

Classes currently taking (Spring Semester 2002): COBOL Programming Language, Product Operations Management, American History 1871-Present, Spanish Advanced Grammar/Morphology/Syntax.

Year of Graduation: May 2002 - Bachelor's of Business Administration in Marketing

And then?: MBA in Marketing (completion May 2004) and as it looks right now I will enter the PhD program in Marketing at Arkansas during my 2nd year of MBA studies.

Academics (Germany)

Grundschule (Elementary school): 1995-88 Schiller-Grundschule Fellbach-Oeffingen

Gymnasium (High school): 1989-96  Gustav-Stresemann-Gymnasium in Fellbach-Schmiden

   1996-98  Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium in Fellbach 

Leistungskurse (Main subjects in last two years of high school): Physical Education, Mathematics