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John Hass

John Hass

CEO/President | Rosetta Stone | Class of 1988

An Illini love story, Foellnger Auditorium edition ...

"I most remember my time in The Auditorium, where I had 100-level accounting classes," says Rosetta Stone's CEO, president and chairman, John Hass, who earned his bachelor's degree in finance in 1988.

"But more importantly, that's where the woman that became my wife took me on our first date — Psychedelic Furs in a smoky hall in 1986."