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Trio design and sell polo shirtsKentonHarrow, a bicoastal company that designs, manufactures and markets polo shirts, has been launched by Craig Schroeder ’01, Luke Pritchett ’01, and Alex Walker ’03. With its three principals in New York, San Francisco and Washington, the company sells primarily through its website (www.kentonharrow.com).“We had always complained of how hard it was to find a good polo shirt,” said Schroeder. “Although (KentonHarrow) is a side project, we are working diligently to make this operation a very profitable venture and, at the same time, gain valuable experience in how to run a small business.”KentonHarrow may become a full-time career for all three, said Schroeder, a government and law graduate who is now a first-year student at City University of New York (CUNY) Law School in Manhattan. “After working for several years, starting my own business and, now my first year of law school, I can see how my Lafayette education has put me head and shoulders above the rest of my colleagues,” said Schroeder. Pritchett, an international affairs and government and law graduate, is a business analyst for Golden West Financial in San Francisco where he also tries “to surf at least twice a week.”Walker is a commercial real estate agent with Transwestern Commercial Services in Washington, D.C., working to find retail tenants for available retail space, and retail space for tenants who are seeking it.“My current focus is on bringing high-end fashion retail into downtown Washington, which is booming,” said Walker, an English and government and law graduate. Walker, who anticipates the company becoming a household name representing “sophistication and quality,” thinks KentonHarrow’s strength lies in its partners’ professional and geographic diversity.“We all have different things to add to the equation: different backgrounds, different professions, and different marketing techniques,” he said. “(That) makes us a strategic team.”Schroeder and Pritchett were both roommates and teammates on the men’s soccer team that won championships in ’98, ’99, and ’00, and also met Walker at Lafayette.