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August 14, 1998

Fall semester dates set for Krannert Executive Forum

NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: Reporters are welcome at all sessions, but are asked to refrain from asking questions during the lecture. Videotaping and taking photographs are not allowed during the formal part of the lecture, but are allowed during the student question-and-answer sessions.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Thirteen business leaders from corporations across the country will focus on topics ranging from the economic impact of professional sports to fixing troubled businesses as speakers in Purdue University's Krannert Executive Forum. While on campus, executives will dine with students, meet with faculty of the Krannert Graduate School of Management, and tour teaching and research facilities.

The forum meets from 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. each Friday in the Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. Lectures are free and open to the public.

Dates, speakers and topics are:

  • Sept. 4, Lorene Burkhart, publisher, Metro Magazines Inc., Indianapolis, "Back to Basics."
  • Sept. 11, Randall W. Patterson, president, Turnaround & Crisis Management Inc., Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., "Secrets to Fixing Troubled Businesses."
  • Sept. 18, Stephen A. Roell, vice president and chief financial officer, Johnson Controls Inc., Milwaukee, "How M&A Transactions Support Business Growth."
  • Sept. 25, Mamon M. Powers, Jr., president, Powers & Sons Construction Co. Inc., Gary, Ind., "The Simple Keys To Achieving Success."
  • Oct. 2, Melissa and Jim Emery, partners, Viewfinder, Savannah, Ga., "Divorcing the Corporation."
  • Oct. 9, Patrick J. Early, president, Somerset Financial Services, Indianapolis, "The Economic Impact of Professional Sports."
  • Oct. 16, Luis Alberto Montoya, franchise vice president, GEMEX Pepsico de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Mexico, "Generation Next Leadership."
  • Oct. 23, Frank J. Krueger, president, American Standard Financial Services, Nashville, Tenn., "Strengthening Customer Alliances Through Innovative Financial Services."
  • Oct. 30, To be announced.
  • Nov. 6, Steven J. Beck, senior vice president, Peoples Bank & Trust Co., Indianapolis, "Entrepreneurship - The Engine That Is Driving Our Economy."
  • Nov. 13, Glenn A. Dalhart, partner and national director of management consulting, Grant Thornton LLP, Chicago, "Perspectives on the Management Consulting Industry."
  • Nov. 20, Stephen R. Wood, president, Louisville Gas and Electric Co., Louisville, Ky., "Mapping Your Personal Values to Corporate Values."
  • Dec. 4, Arvind M. Korde, vice president and general manager, Commercial Steering Systems, TRW Steering, Suspension and Engine Group, Lafayette, Ind., "Learning Lean Production - The Real Truth."

CONTACT: Tamyra Gibson, director of public relations, Krannert Graduate School of Management, (765) 494-4392; e-mail, gibson@mgmt.purdue.edu

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