Jennings A. Jones Chair of Excellence in
Free Enterprise
Chairholder Aubrey Harwell, left, talks with keynote speaker Greg Gonzales, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions, at the annual Jones College Economic Outlook Conference, cosponsored by the chair.
Dean Jim Burton presents the Jennings A. Jones Champion of Free Enterprise award to J. B. Baker, Spring Logistics LLC owner and Volunteer Express Inc. and Associated Companies board chair.
Ronnie G. Barrett, founder and CEO of Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc., accepts the 2013 Joe M. Rodgers Spirit of America Award from Jim Burton, dean.
Jennings and Rebecca Jones Chair of Excellence in
Urban and Regional Planning Visiting Chairholder Susan Whitaker, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development, was invited to MTSU as a visiting chairholder of the Jennings and Rebecca Jones Chair of Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning in partnership with MTSU’s Center for Historic Preservation to promote discourse about tourism and economic development. She spoke to classes about ongoing efforts at sustainable cultural tourism in the Smokies and statewide work for the Civil War sesquicentennial.
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