Smeal College Alumni Society Announces Recipients Of Its Emerging Professional Awards

The Smeal College Alumni Society will recognize seven outstanding alumni of Penn State's Smeal College of Business Administration as the 2000-2001 Emerging Professionals award recipients. The event is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m., Friday March 23, in the Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom in conjunction with the G. Albert Shoemaker Program in Business Ethics.

"The emerging professional awards recognize young graduates of the Smeal College of Business Administration for career and community service achievements. These individuals serve as role models in business for students and younger alumni," says Renee Marks, alumni director for Penn State's Smeal College of Business Administration.

Each award recipient has graduated from the Smeal College within the last 15 years, has been involved in distinguished and diverse service to the community, and has attained significant career advancement. A committee consisting of the Alumni Board Executive Committee and one faculty representative select the awardees. The recognition includes an engraved crystal award and departmental display.

This year's Emerging Professional Awards recipients are:

• Henry Adkins, a 1991 graduate with a bachelor's degree in finance and vice president in the newly formed J.P. Morgan-Chase & Co in New York City

• Jayme A. Goldberg, a1992 graduate with a bachelor's degree in insurance and real estate and a real estate investment analyst for General Motors Asset Management Corporation (GMAM) in New York City.

• Andrew W. Hannah, a 1987 graduate with a bachelor's degree in accounting and Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer for Internet Venture Work, a venture operating company in Pittsburgh, PA.

• Michelle Harmon-Madsen, a 1989 graduate with a bachelor's degree in marketing and sales development manager for Gruner and Jahr Publishing Company in New York City.

• Cheryl A. Kent, a 1985 graduate with a bachelor's degree in business logistics and vice president of Transportation for CSI, a global-leading third-party provider of temperature-controlled supply chain management, distribution, and logistics services in Liberty Corner, NJ.

• Daniel Patterson, a 1991 graduate with a bachelor's degree in quantitative business analysis and is director of Application Development at HSR Business to Business in Cincinnati, OH.

• Frederik Wenzel,a 1991 graduate with a bachelor's degree in management abd executive vice president and Chief Information Office for Weidmüller Holding AG & Company KGaA in Detmold, Germany.

The G. Albert Shoemaker Dinner and the 2000-2001 Emerging Professional Awards immediately follows the G. Albert Shoemaker Program in Business Ethics, which features guest speaker Frank Vogl. Vogl is president of Vogl Communications, Inc. Vogl's lecture takes place at 4:30 p.m. in Room 112 of the Kern Graduate Building, located near the Nittany Lion Inn.

The G. Albert Shoemaker Program In Business Ethics was established in 1985 through a $100,000 gift from the late G. Albert Shoemaker and his wife Mercedes. The Shoemakers made the donation to the Smeal College because of the importance with which they regard ethics in corporate conduct and management decision-making. The gift created an endowment to encourage academic and corporate interest in business ethics. The centerpiece of the program is the Shoemaker Lecture that brings together faculty members, students and members of the business community to consider current perspectives in business ethics. The Shoemaker program also supports scholarly research in business ethics and a series of publications based on the Shoemaker Lecture.

For more registration information, contact the Smeal College Alumni Office at 814-865-7831.