The Business Leader Hall of Fame recognizes outstanding businessmen and women who have made significant and enduring contributions to their business and industry through extraordinary leadership.
The 2013 inductees are Laszlo Birinyi, founder and president of Birinyi Associates and Thomas J. Orloski '61, president and owner of Oak Creek Funding Corporation. The School of Business will present Outstanding Business Alumni Awards to Bart N. Miller '93, chief executive officer and owner of Centrinex and Jonathan C. Potokin '01, MBA '05, MS '05, director of finance and administration at K2 Advisors, LLC.
The awards will be presented Nov. 22, 2013, at The Metropolitan Club in New York City. For tickets, contact Dianna Pategas at (203) 582-8797 or dianna.pategas@quinnipiac.edu.
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| From left: Donald Torey and Tim Gannon, the 2012 Business Leader Hall of Fame inductees |
2012 Business Leader Hall of Fame
The 2012 inductees are Tim Gannon, co-founder of Outback Steakhouse and founder of Kettle Comfort, and Donald Torey, president of alternative assets and director of GE Asset Management Incorporated. The awards were presented Nov. 16, 2012, at The Metropolitan Club in New York City.
The School of Business also presented Outstanding Business Alumni Awards to Karen (Winter) Bradbury '89, president of EBEL Americas and worldwide merchandising director of Movado Group, Inc., and Laura (Wolfensohn) Sequenzia '89, publisher of Golf World.
The School of Business honored Kyle Cook (entrepreneurship), Alexandra Seitz (economics), and Jennifer Lydiksen (MBA program) with its Emerging Leader Award. This award recognizes one graduate and two undergraduate business students who demonstrate excellence both in and out of the classroom, including leadership roles on campus and/or significant community service.
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Past Business Leader Hall of Fame Inductees
2012
Tim Gannon
Donald Torrey
2011
David M. Darst (video)
James W. McGlothlin (video)
2010
Peyton Patterson
2009
Mark Bertolini
2008
John Antonino '70
Mary-Jane Foster JD '95
2007
Carlton L. Highsmith
Shepherd Paul Murray
Ian Charles Murray
Herbert H. Pearce
2006
Kenneth T. Neilson
Edward Netter
Muriel Siebert
William G. Spears
2005
William A. Bayne Jr. '81
Donald P. Calcagnini
Gabriel Ferrucci
2004
Constantine S. Macricostas
Frederick J. Mancheski
William C. Weldon '71
2003
Carolee Friedlander
Marvin Lender
Murray Lender '50
Cornelius T. Ryan