(11) Many graduates continue to graduate schools: approximately 90% of pre-medical students are accepted into medical schools. The opportunity to study away is a major attraction to many students, as many study for a semester at an international institution. Programs currently offered include: England, Spain, Italy, Ireland, France, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan, and Dominican Exchange (US). Short term faculty-led trips are also offered. Notable alumni Paul Assenmacher, pitcher of the baseball team in the late 1970s and early 1980s before playing for five Major League Baseball teams during a career of 14 years; Dave Gumpert, pitched for three Major League Baseball teams during five seasons in the mid-1980s, and was a Canadian sportscaster; Dave Joppie, current minor league hitting instructor for the Milwaukee Brewers. Kenneth Marin, professor of economics at Aquinas College and a member of the White House Consumer Advisory Council where he served on Wage and Price Control in the mid-1960s appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. He went to Tanzania in the late sixties and worked as an economic advisor to the government of President Julius Nyerere until the early 1970s. Godfrey Mwakikagile, a Tanzanian writer and scholar of African studies who has written non-fiction books on African history, politics, and economics and others works; his books are found in collegiate and public libraries throughout the world; they are primarily for academicians. Kenneth Marin was his professor of economics in 1976. The first book Godfrey Mwakikagile wrote was also about economics, Economic Development in Africa, published in 1999. Enos Bukuku, a Tanzanian who was a student of Kenneth Marin in the 1960s and became a professor of economics at the University of Dar es Salaam. He earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Aquinas College, his master's and PhD from the University of Dar es Salaam and went on to work as an economic advisor to President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania. He later served as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Tanzania which is the Tanzania Central Bank and as Deputy Secretary-General of the East African Community (EAC) among other high-ranking posts including serving as chairman of the Board of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA). Glenn Steil Sr., member of the Michigan Senate Brian Williams, 1968 graduate who began his broadcasting career while calling the college's basketball play-by-play in 1967; his professional career started with Toronto's CHUM radio, included a year at CFRB Radio in Toronto, Ontario,