Meet the team

Stuart Klugman

• Staff Fellow, Education

• Hometown:
  St. Louis Park, MN
  
• Educational background:
  Drake University, BSBA in Actuarial Science, 1970
  University of Minnesota, PhD in Statistics, 1975
• The last book I read was:
  Stolen Season by David Lamb
• My favorite movie is:
  The Billion Dollar Bubble (at least I've seen it more times than any other movie)
• My iTunes library includes:
  Over 15,000 tunes
• If I could only eat one thing for the rest of my life it would be:
  Prime Rib
• Number of years working with the SOA:
  Two
• My role at the SOA involves:
  Anything I can do to assist with pre-qualification and continuing education. Currently, a lot of my time is spent on module content and assessment development.
• One thing I wish that students and candidates knew about the SOA is:
  We are continually trying to improve the educational experience of our candidates and members.
• The best thing about being on the SOA campus visit team is:
  Being on a university campus.
• The question I get most often from students is:
  Can you explain all the organizations and designations? (and the answer is, yes!)
• I consider a visit successful if:
  There are lots of questions from students and faculty.
• One tip I'd give candidates currently taking exams is:
  Begin by studying the syllabus material. Only then use study guides to complete your preparation.
• One thing that every candidate should know about the profession is:
  You will have the opportunity to do interesting work with talented people.
• Anything else you'd like to tell candidates?
  There is more to being a successful actuary than passing exams.