A $1 million endowed gift from alumnus Gregg Sherrill and his wife, Sabine, will help establish a new research center at the IU Kelley School of Business at IUPUI to focus on manufacturing in Central Indiana and across the nation.
“The success of the American economy has been driven, in large part, by manufacturing, and throughout my 40 years in the manufacturing sector, I’ve seen time and again the need to adapt and change as manufacturing changes. Business leaders today face increased competitive pressures globally, challenging economic conditions, a dynamic political landscape and an unprecedented rate of technological change,” said Gregg Sherrill, executive chairman of the board of Tenneco Inc. and past chair of the National Association of Manufacturers board. He received his MBA from Kelley in 1991.
The directorship for the IU Kelley School Center for Excellence in Manufacturing is being named for Gregg and Sabine Sherrill. The new center will provide strategic and leadership training for Kelley Evening MBA and undergraduate students to develop executive talent ready to lead globally competitive manufacturing enterprises.
More information about the center and the Sherrills’ gift, as well as insight from Idalene “Idie” Kesner, dean of the Kelley School and the Frank P. Popoff Chair of Strategic Management, are available online.
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