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*CANCELLED* Upstate Owner Forum with Tom Peters,'64, MEng '66
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Tom Peters ’64 – “The Works” A Half-Century’s Reflections / 1966 – 2016
Born in Baltimore in 1942 “with a lacrosse stick in one hand and oars over my shoulder,” Peters resided in California, mainly Silicon Valley [where he was on a list of “100 most powerful people in Silicon Valley”], from 1965–2000. Tom is a civil engineering graduate of Cornell [B.C.E., M.C.E.], where he was included in the book The 100 Most Notable Cornellians, and he earned an MBA and a Ph.D. in business at Stanford.
His book, In Search of Excellence co-authored with Robert H. Waterman, Jr., was first published in 1982, and remains one of the biggest selling business books ever, selling 3 million copies in its first four years, and being the most widely held monograph in the United States from 1989 to 2006.
About the Upstate Owners Forum
Family businesses face unique challenges, as well as opportunities. To foster learning, dialog, and growth to address and understand these challenges, the Smith Family Business Initiative at Cornell is pleased to announce the formation of the Upstate Owners Forum for the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier of New York. However, all qualified members of a family business are welcome to attend, regardless of your geographical locale. The Upstate Owners Forum is reserved for owners and members of family businesses only. This on-going series seeks to connect owners of family and privately held enterprises to educate, network and inform.
The Upstate Owners Forum is made possible by a generous grant from the Fred L. Emerson Foundation. The Fred L. Emerson Foundation continues the work of Fred L. Emerson, who invested in individuals and the community with such humility that very few people knew of how many lives were impacted by his generosity. Under the leadership of the Emerson family, along with independent directors, the Foundation continues Fred L. Emerson’s legacy as especially vigilant investors in select organizations where it believes it can make a critical and significant difference.
If you are not part of a family business but would like meet Tom Peters please click here to attend our evening event.
For further information, please contact Babatunde Ayanfodun at ba279@cornell.edu.
Dress Business Casual
Where
The Lodge at Welch-Allyn
4355 State Street Rd, Skaneateles Falls, NY 13153, United States
Hosted By
Co-hosted with: Family Business Club, Smith Family Business Initiative (OWNER)