<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/magazine/spring-2006/taking-next-step.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Taking the Next Step</title><excerpt>It’s been 30 years since Phil Palmquist ’76 graduated from Westmont, but his ties to his alma mater hold tight. That’s where he met his wife, Robyn Ragan Palmquist ’78, and connected with John Cargill, a part-time Westmont instructor and CPA whose practice Phil’s firm acquired. Professor John Lundberg helped put the deal together.,/p&gt;</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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