Business Leaders Will Share Real Life Experiences With U of M Students
For release: April 7, 2003
For press information, contact Gabrielle Maxey

Business leaders will teach morning classes and two individuals will be honored during the 11th annual Alumni Day activities April 14 at the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at The University of Memphis.

William H. Watkins Jr., managing partner of Watkins Uiberall PLLC, CPAs and financial advisors, will receive the college's Outstanding Alumnus Award. Dr. Willard R. Sparks, CEO of Sparks Companies Inc., will be named Friend of the College for his contributions to the advancement of the University, especially the Fogelman College.

In addition, the University's Bureau of Business and Economic Research will be named in honor of Sparks.

The keynote speaker for the Alumni Day luncheon will be Vicki Palmer, senior vice president and treasurer of Coca-Cola Enterprises in Atlanta. A former Memphian, Palmer earned her MBA degree from the Fogelman College in 1980.

The luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management. Proceeds will support scholarships at the Fogelman College.

Guest professors for the classes will include executives from AutoZone, Bank of Bartlett, Cannon Ivy, Coastal Securities, FedEx, First Tennessee Bank, Methodist Healthcare, Morgan Stanley and WREG-TV. All speakers are alumni of the Fogelman College.

Alumni Day is sponsored by the Fogelman College of Business and Economics chapter of the U of M Alumni Association. Corporate sponsors are Coca-Cola Enterprises, the U of M Bureau of Business & Economic Research, Monguinn Enterprises, Watkins Uiberall CPAs, FedEx, First Tennessee, WREG-TV and AutoZone. For more information, call 901-678-1618.

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