After graduating from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in Business Administration, Vandemore went on to earn his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

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While the business schools at Harvard, Columbia, Wharton and Duke offer full alumni status to advanced management program participants, schools such as Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and Dartmouth's Tuck School grant only partial alumni status.

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The Vanderbilt graduate, who also received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, has been a lifelong video gamer.

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