Message-ID: <25139498.1075852952304.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 12:11:06 -0700 (PDT) From: drmahl@erols.com To: larry.may@enron.com Subject: Re: Larry May - AMU Student Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: drmahl@erols.com@ENRON X-To: May, Larry X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \LMAY2 (Non-Privileged)\Inbox X-Origin: May-L X-FileName: LMAY2 (Non-Privileged).pst Thanks for keeping me posted, Larry! Good luck, and please let me know what happens! I'll look forward to seeing you in class in the spring! Larry.May@enron.com wrote: > Hi Dr. Leerburger, > > Thanks for your feedback. I know how busy you must be - I have three kids > (7,5 and 2) so I realize how precious time off is. I applyed to DIA, NSA > and CIA about three weeks ago. I got letters back stating my application > had been recieved. The DIA said I have been put into their applicant pool. > My company (Enron) has offered me a position in London managing a trading > desk for crude oil and refined products. They want me to move over in > January or Febuary, so hopefully I'll know something before then. If I'm > not offered anything by then, I'll probably go and plan on applying to > Georgetown in one to two years. I really hope I'm offered a position now - > London would be interesting - but with everything that is going on now, I'd > rather start this new career now. > > Thanks again for your feedback and I hope to speak with you when time > permits. If you are teaching the Threat Assesment course at AMU Spring > 2002, I'll probably be in your class. > > Sincerely, > > Larry May > > -----Original Message----- > From: drmahl@erols.com@ENRON > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 7:53 PM > To: May, Larry > Subject: Re: Larry May - AMU Student > > Hi Larry; > > First, I find the work to be exceedingly rewarding, and addictive. I > have been working in the > community for 17 years, and have found that I am listened to, allowed to > speak and take > risks, and allowed to provide realtime assistance to the top policy > makers in our country. > My frustrations are that at times, I would like to enact action quickly, > and often have to wait > for others to add their pieces to the puzzle, or for a chain of command > to look at my ideas (I > am a GS-14 in a GS-15/DISL job). For someone like me, that's hard! > > I would think your background WOULD make you a viable candidate, and > would recommend that > you apply to CIA, DIA, and NSA, among others. Yuo can apply directly > through each of their > websites. ALL are hiring. > > Georgetown's program is terrific. I went there. JMIC is okay, but I > think Georgetown would > give you what you really need. Georgetown's National Security Studies > Program is TOP. > > I'd be more than happy to speak with you, but recommend waiting a bit. > My time is not really > my own these days,and I am currently working 7 days a week, literally > (my last day off was > 9 September), often 12-16 hours a day. When I get home, I do my school > work, and play with my kids. > That doesn't leave much time! Let's see if things calm down in a week or > so? > > marian > > "May, Larry" wrote: > > > Dear Dr. Leerburger, > > > > Thank you for your response. As I wrote in my earlier note, I am > > seeking a career change into intelligence analysis. My work the last > > eleven years probably has a similar skill set - I basically process a > > great deal of information each day in order to arrive at decisions > > positioning a large commodity portfolio for my company. As you may > see > > from my resume and cover letter, I also have several years of military > > experience in the Navy's aviation and intelligence communities > > > > Given the serious nature of this career change, I wish to speak to > > someone currently working in this field (I read your biography on the > > AMU website ). My questions include: > > > > - Do you find the work to be rewarding? What are the attractions and > > frustrations of the work? > > - Does my current background make me an attractive candidate for a > > mid-level position in the intelligence community? > > - If my background is currently lacking in some respects, would a > > graduate level program (I'm applying to both the DIA JMIC program > > and Georgetown's Security Studies MA program) be a good choice? How > do > > these programs rate within the intelligence community? > > > > If convenient, I would like to speak with you concerning these > > questions. I thank you for any assistance you may provide. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Lawrence May > > 14542 Kentley Orchard Ln. > > Cypress, Texas 77429 > > Home: 281 379-1525 email: ljnmay@aol.com > > Work: 713 853-6731 email: larry.may@enron.com > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > This e-mail is the property of Enron Corp. and/or its relevant > affiliate and may contain confidential and privileged material for the > sole use of the intended recipient (s). Any review, use, distribution or > disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact > the sender or reply to Enron Corp. at > enron.messaging.administration@enron.com and delete all copies of the > message. This e-mail (and any attachments hereto) are not intended to be > an offer (or an acceptance) and do not create or evidence a binding and > enforceable contract between Enron Corp. 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