A Tasteful Evening of Inspiration HAROLD SMITH CULTURAL SERIES Special Guest, Warren Brown Inspirational Entrepreneur and Founder of CakeLove Warren Brown shared his story recently with students and community members at the Hubbard Welcome Center as a guest of the Harold Smith Cultural Series. Warren Brown was selected by a group of community and college leaders, charged with honoring Harold Smith’s intent to provide events free to the citizens of Butler County they might not otherwise be able to experience in this area. Warren Brown’s energetic and inspiring message resonated with the crowd. Brown is the founder and owner of CakeLove. His organization includes six retail storefronts in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. He left a career practicing law to start his bakery in 2002. He has been recognized for his entrepreneurial spirit by a number of local and national media outlets including the Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, NPR, CNN, and national advertisement campaigns for American Express and Dell computers.
Warren Brown's energetic and inspiring message resonated with the crowd.
HAROLD SMITH CULTURAL SERIES The Harold Smith Cultural Series was established following the death of Harold Smith in 1998. It has been responsible for bringing former First Lady and presidential mom Barbara Bush to the college in 2002 and Alan Mulally, president and CEO of Ford Motor company in 2008. Richard King, executer and attorney for the Smith estate, says Mr. Smith attended El Dorado High School and El Dorado Junior College before going away to college at Chicago’s Northwestern University in 1930. While in Chicago, he discovered an access to certain kinds of events that hadn’t been available in El Dorado. Never married, Smith lef t nearly his entire estate to local charitable organizations and Northwestern. He felt it would be nice “to give local people the opportunity to hear speakers they wouldn’t otherwise get to hear.” The Harold Smith Cultural Series was established to bring celebrated speakers to Butler Community College so Butler County area residents could attend at no charge.
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