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Hans Van Eeghen
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Portrayed by Wolf Muser
Hans Van Eeghen is DHARMA's Head of Recruiting and the designer of the DharmaWantsYou.com tests. He is involved in a project run by his colleagues at Octagon Global Recruiting to find talented minds to join their voluntary scheme.
On June 19th, an email was sent to those who had signed up on the company's website. Whilst informing about an event at Comic-Con, it was noticeable that the email contained a carbon copy address to <hansvaneeghen@octagonglobalrecruiting.com>. On July 18th, another email from Octagon Global Recruiting identified Hans Van Eeghen's role with the DHARMA Initiative. Hans also appeared in person at Comic-Con, and showed a select few from the testing procedure a secret video, which was recorded by Dan Bronson and shown to attendees at the Lost panel.
Since, Hans Van Eeghen has sent out a string of emails publicizing events surrounding the reconstituted Dharma Initiative and their new website, DharmaWantsYou.com. All his messages can be viewed at the Dharma correspondence page.
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06/19 email
The full text of this email is also available at this page on the Octagon website.
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From: info@octagonglobalrecruiting.com
We will be launching in San Diego on July 24th at Comic-Con International offering select registrants the opportunity to take an exciting aptitude test that will give applicants the chance to demonstrate their unique talents. The Dharma Initiative hopes you will be able to join us to find out more about their ground-breaking new research project. We will contact you closer to the date with more information. For those not able to join us in San Diego, Dharma's full recruitment program will be made available online to registered recruits after July 27th. In the meantime, the Dharma Initiative urges you to spread the word. Invite your colleagues to join the team at www.octagonglobalrecruiting.com and take part in this once in a lifetime opportunity. If you can't view the images in this email please click here THIS IS AN OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION OF THE DHARMA INITIATIVE: | ” |
07/18 email
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ATTENTION ALL RECRUITS Octagon Global Recruiting, on behalf of the Dharma Initiative, is pleased to announce that Dharma's Head of Recruiting, Mr. Hans Van Eeghen, has confirmed his availability for the launch of our latest recruiting drive at Comic-Con 2008. "My colleagues at Octagon Global Recruiting assure me that Comic-con hosts some of the brightest minds in the country," said Mr. Van Eeghen. "As Head of Recruiting it is my intention to personally assess the very best of this talent in the hope that they may join us." The Dharma Initiative will be conducting eligibility assessments at Booth 3529 at Comic-Con, San Diego between July 24th - 27th. If you are attending Comic-Con and would like to submit your name for a randomly selected drawing to secure one of ten (10) pre-release appointments with one of our recruiting officers, please click here. The volunteer eligibility assessment will be available online from July 28th for a limited time at www.dharmawantsyou.com The Dharma Initiative hopes you will spread the word. Invite your friends to join the team at www.octagonglobalrecruiting.com | ” |
Comic-Con
Hans Van Eeghen appears about halfway through this video, before the main Lost panel is underway. Here he announces the recruits that have passed the test and moved on to phase 2.
Dan Bronson, one of recruits that passed is taken backstage to view an exclusive video not meant for anyone except the recruits to see. He is able to sneak a video camera and tape the secret video, which he then shows to fans at the Lost panel, after almost getting caught by Hans Van Eeghen.
08/08 email
In response to the events of Comic-Con, Hans Van Eeghen issued the following statement:
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ATTENTION ALL RECRUITS
RE: SECURITY BREACH AT COMIC-CON 2008 As many of you may be aware there have been a number of security breaches in recent days related to the nature of the Dharma Initiative's latest research. This included the unauthorized release of sensitive video documentation during a sponsored panel discussion with the makers of the TV show "LOST" at Comic-Con 2008 in San Diego. Consequently, the person responsible for this breach, a promising recruit by the name of Dan Bronson, has been expelled from the volunteer program and had his Dharma membership permanently revoked. Furthermore, the Dharma Initiative has withdrawn their sponsorship from "LOST". The Dharma Initiative must stress that the video material leaked at Comic-Con 2008 was viewed entirely out of context. Furthermore, the way in which the material was presented utterly distorted its significance and credibility as scientific data. The Dharma Initiative is extremely disappointed with this outcome and has ordered a security audit of all departments. As part of this audit the DharmaWantsYou recruiting website will undergo a security upgrade in the next few days. Upon completion of this upgrade a date will be announced for the official commencement of Volunteer Assessments. All recruits are reminded that the unauthorized release of confidential information pertaining to the details of your activities within the Dharma Initiative will result in instant dismissal from the volunteer program. Namaste. | ” |
09/03 video
Trivia
- Hans Van Eeghen is played by Wolf Muser, who fans of Alias will remember as Alliance Member Ramon Veloso in 5 episodes.
- Hans shares his last name with Henk Van Eeghen, an editor on Lost.
- "Gene Haven" (or Haven Gene) is a noteworthy anagram of Van Eeghen.
- The Van Eeghen Group is one of the oldest family owned businesses in the world, mainly working in the industry of processing, trading and distributing food ingredients.
- The Van Eeghen Group is a member of a very exclusive club, The Henokiens
- The casting call for the character was: Must have an accent - could be Dutch or Scandinavian, late 30s to early 60s. A smart, rigorous scientist, outspoken, determined with a sharp sense of the greater purpose to his life. He has struggled to bring back a respected scientific research group that had fallen into disrepute, and now is trying hard to staff it with the best possible people.
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| Characters | Black Swan • Dan Bronson • Dharma video cameraman • Hans Van Eeghen • Lara • RuckusGuy | |||
| Features | Comic-Con 2008 • DHARMA booth video • Email correspondence • Tests | |||
| Websites | Octagon Global Recruiting • Dharma Wants You | |||
| See also: Dharma Initiative Recruiting Project clues | ||||
