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Posted: April 9, 2008
John Kline Executive Vice President Hunneman Appraisal & Consulting Co.
Name: John Kline
Title: Executive Vice President
Company: Hunneman Appraisal & Consulting Company
Location: 303 Congress St., Boston 02210
Birthplace and year: Peabody, Mass., 1944
Family: Wife, Elaine; son, Jonathan
College: University of Dayton, BSBA Marketing; Boston College, MBA
First job outside of appraisal: Property manager for Marlborough Investment Corp.
First job in appraisal or allied field: Staff appraiser for R.M. Bradley
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I do non-residential appraisal work with some high end residential appraisals. I also do real estate counseling and mediate and arbitrate real estate disputes.
Hobbies: Skiing, golf, reading
Favorite book: "John Adams" by David McCullough
Favorite movie: "Casablanca"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Robert Nordstrand
Keys to success: Hard work, honesty
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? R. E. developer
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