John Allison, chairman and chief executive officer of Branch Banking & Trust (BB&T), will visit Fayetteville State University (FSU) March 18, 2009 from 12:20 to 3 p.m. Allison will attend an invitation-only luncheon at 12:20 in the Rudolph Jones Student Center. After the luncheon, he will speak to students, faculty, and staff in Shaw Auditorium of the School of Business and Economics. That event is open to the public.
Allison's visit will also include a check presentation to FSU. Last year, BB&T announced it would make a donation of more than $1 million to the institution. A check will be presented to FSU Chancellor James A. Anderson and Dr. Assad Tavakoli, Dean of the School of Business and Economics. The donation is the largest corporate gift in the history of the institution. The money will be used to support the Lloyd V. Hackley Endowed Chair for the Study of Capitalism in the School of Business and Economics. Hackley is Chancellor Emeritus at FSU.
"We are pleased and excited that Mr. Allison will be on our campus," Tavakoli said. "BB&T long has been a friend of Fayetteville State University and the presence of Mr. Allison and the bank's monetary contribution demonstrates their commitment not only to our world-class business school, but also to our institution."
The media is invited to cover Allison's presentation in Shaw Auditorium. For more information, please call 910-672-1474.
