Akron Law Federalist Society Spring Fling: A Week of Intellectual Engagement
Wednesday, March 28th, 12:30 pm, L-151
Event Title: “The Long Term Consequences of the Financial Crisis”
Keynote Speaker: John Allison, Former Chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation
John Allison Bio:
John Allison is Retired Chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation, the 10th largest financial services holding company headquartered in the U. S. Mr. Allison began his service with BB&T in 1971 and managed a wide variety of responsibilities throughout the bank. He became president of BB&T in 1987 and was elected Chairman and CEO in July 1989. During Mr. Allison’s tenure as CEO from 1989 to 2008, BB&T grew from $4.5 billion to $152 billion in assets. In March 2009, he joined the faculty of Wake Forest University School of Business as Distinguished Professor of Practice.
Allison is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his master’s degree in management from Duke University (1974). He is also a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking and has received 6 Honorary Doctorate Degrees. Allison has received the Corning Award for Distinguished Leadership, been inducted into the NC Business Hall of Fame and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Banker. He was recognized by the Harvard Business Review as one of the top 100 most successful CEO’s in the world over the last decade.
He serves on the Board of Visitors at the business schools at Wake Forest, Duke, and UNC-Chapel Hill, and the Board of Directors of the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism and the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
A native of Charlotte, N.C., Allison is married to the former Elizabeth McDonald of Elkin, N.C. They have two sons and one daughter.
Note about this event: This event is possible thanks to a generous grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (www.kauffman.org). The Law & Growth Grant Mission Statement: “The law can hinder attempts to accelerate economic growth and promote innovation, or it can encourage them-ultimately improving or diminishing the living standard for all Americans. This is why the Law and Growth Speaker Series is aimed at educating future policy makers, entrepreneurs, in-house counsels, business attorneys and legal academics about the ways law influences economic growth and prosperity in the United States.”
John Allison’s Forbes.com profile: http://people.forbes.com/profile/john-a-allison/10776