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Luke Mesham
Luke Mesham grew up in Mount Prospect, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During his junior year, he studied in Germany through an exchange progr...mehr sehenLuke Mesham grew up in Mount Prospect, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During his junior year, he studied in Germany through an exchange program with the Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, now named the Technische Universität Darmstadt. Upon graduation, Mesham worked for three years as a mechanical engineer before earning his MBA in International Marketing and Finance at DePaul University.
Combining his engineering and business background, he worked as an analyst for engineering processes at United Airlines. It was in his free time during these years that he discovered his professional love of dentistry. Luke had started taking evening prerequisite courses when the events of September 11 struck. In charge of a newly-formed corporate electronic procurement team with $9 million in unspent funding, Mesham was outplaced by the end of that month.
With the economy reeling, jobs non-existent, and his focus on gaining exposure in both healthcare and Spanish, he traveled to Cusco, Peru for three months to volunteer at a home and clinic for children with autism, cerebral palsy, and muscular dystrophy. At the end of his time there, he contracted the parasite giardia lambdia. The side effects of plagued him for 18 months. Upon his return to health, Luke was accepted to and attended the University of Illinois College of Dentistry, and earned a scholarship through the U.S. Navy. He earned his D.D.S. in 2008 and completed a one-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency the following year. Mesham is currently a Navy Dentist stationed in San Diego, California.weniger sehen