Betsy Duke (M.B.A. '83) graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1974 with a drama degree, dreaming of a life in acting.

She came home to Virginia Beach and won a couple of parts in local productions. None of them paid much, but at least they didn't involve singing. "I can't carry a tune."

To stay solvent until her career took off, Duke got a job as a part-time teller at a small bank. "The hours were great," she recalled. "I could audition after work."

Turned out, she liked being a teller: "You saw the same people every week and you got to know them. I also liked balancing accounts every day - that appealed to me." [...more]