34th Annual Spencer Fox Eccles Convocation

T H E 3 4 TH A N N U A L

F E AT U R I N G

Dr. Arthur C. Brooks Harvard Professor, Bestselling Author

Thursday, September 12, 2024

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Welcome kurt dirks Dean, David Eccles School of Business

Introduction of Spencer Fox Eccles taylor r. randall President, University of Utah

Introduction of Dr. Arthur Brooks spencer f. eccles Chairman, George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Chairman Emeritus, Wells Fargo Intermountain Banking Region

Keynote Address Dr. Arthur C. Brooks Harvard Professor, Bestselling Author

THE 34TH ANNUAL SPENCER FOX ECCLES CONVOCATION

K eynote Spe a k er The 34th Annual Spencer Fox Eccles Convocation Speaker is Dr. Arthur C. Brooks, the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Public and Nonprofit Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses on leadership, happiness, and social entrepreneurship. In 2022, Brooks DR. ARTHUR C. BROOKS was named the first Impact Scholar at the David Eccles School of Business’ Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, in this role he participates in guest lectures, roundtable discussions with state and local officials and consults with university and community leaders. He is also a columnist at The Atlantic, where he writes the popular “How to Build a Life” column. Brooks is the author of 13 books, including the 2022 #1 New York Times bestseller From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life and the 2023 #1 New York Times bestseller Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier with co-author Oprah Winfrey. Brooks is one of the world’s leading experts on the science of human happiness, appearing in the media and traveling the world to teach people in private companies, universities, public agencies, and faith communities how they can live happier lives and bring greater well-being to others.

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History

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The annual Spencer Fox Eccles Convocation, now in its 34th year, launches the academic year at the David Eccles School of Business. It salutes Mr. Spencer Fox Eccles (BS ‘56 Banking & Finance) for his decades of unparalleled commitment to his alma mater and his vital role in working with his aunt Emma Eccles Jones to establish a $15 million endowment to benefit the University’s business school.

Spencer F. Eccles, chairman emeritus of the Intermountain Banking Region of Wells Fargo, holds a bachelor’s degree in Banking & Finance from the University of Utah and a master’s degree from Columbia’s Graduate School of Business. For nearly two decades as chairman & CEO of First Security Corp. (1982-2000), he carried on the Eccles’ leadership of the nation’s SPENCER F. ECCLES oldest operating multi-state bank holding company, a distinction it still held at the time of its 2000 merger with Wells Fargo. As chairman & CEO of the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation and a board member of five other Eccles family foundations, he is also one of the most active leaders in Utah’s philanthropic community.

Spencer Fox Eccles’ contagious enthusiasm and campuswide support for the University of Utah are legendary. He is a member and former chair of the U’s National Advisory Council and serves on the Eccles School Advisory Board as well as many other state and national banking and civic boards.

THE 34TH ANNUAL SPENCER FOX ECCLES CONVOCATION

Emma Eccles Jones Endowment

In 1991, the Emma Eccles Jones Endowment was established by Spencer Fox Eccles and his aunt Emma Eccles Jones. Over the past 33 years, the Emma Eccles Jones Endowment has enabled the David Eccles School of Business to enrich the quality of the student experience through scholarships and program support as well as attract and retain world-class faculty.

The last surviving child of David Eccles, Mrs. Jones’ landmark gift was recognized through the naming of the school in honor of her father - David Eccles - one of Utah’s most notable pioneering industrialists and a leading figure in teh economic growth of Utah and the Pacific Northwest in the late 1800’s.

Since 1991, the fund has generated the following support for the Eccles School:

$10.9 Million

$13.7 Million

IN SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT

IN FACULTY SUPPORT

$2.6 Million IN PROGR AM SUPPORT

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Pa st Con vocation Spe a k er s 2023 CYDNI TETRO

CEO, Brandless Founder & President, Women Tech Council

2022 RYAN SMITH

Founder and Executive Chairman, Qualtrics Owner, Utah Jazz and Real Salt Lake

2021 BLAKE MURRAY

CEO and Co-Founder, Divvy

2020 JOEL PETERSON

Founding Partner, Peterson Partners Adjunct Professor, Stanford University Graduate School of Business

2019 GREG GOFF

Executive Vice Chairman Marathon, Petroleum Corporation

2018 GAIL MILLER

Owner and Chair, Larry H. Miller Group of Companies

2017 DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group

2016 DICK KOVACEVICH

Chairman Emeritus, Wells Fargo & Company

2015 NORM WESLEY

Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fortune Brands Inc.

2014 BILLY CAMPBELL

Television Executive and Producer

2013 GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY

70th Governor of Massachusetts 2012 Republican Nominee for President

2012 NOLAN D. ARCHIBALD

Executive Chairman of the Board, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

2011 ROBERT A. MCDONALD

Chairman of the Board, CEO, & President, Procter & Gamble

2010 JOHN A. MORAN

Retired Chairman, Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corp.

2009 RANDAL QUARLES

2008 GEORGE L. STRIKE

Chairman, Martin Franchises, Inc.

2007 DR. SAMUEL STEWART Founder, Chairman & CEO, Wasatch Advisors

2006 PIERRE LASSONDE Director and Chairman, Franco-Nevada

2005 KENNETH “HAP” KLOPP Founder, The North Face

2004 DICK KOVACEVICH Chairman, Wells Fargo & Company

2003 DAVID NEELEMAN

Founder, JetBlue Airlines

2002 DR. JOHN E. WARNOCK Founder and Chairman, Adobe Systems

2001 IAN M. CUMMING

Founder and Chairman, Leucadia National Corporation

2000 WILLIAM H. CHILD Chair, R.C. Willey

1999 JON M. HUNTSMAN

Founder and Chairman, Huntsman Corporation

1998 SCOTT S. PARKER

President Emeritus, Intermountain HealthCare

1997 SPENCER F. ECCLES

Chairman and CEO, First Security Corporation

1996 BRENDA C. BARNES CEO, PepsiCo

1995 J. WILLARD MARRIOTT, JR. Chairman and CEO, Marriott International

1994 M. ANTHONY BURNS Chairman Emeritus, Ryder Systems, Inc.

1993 RAYMOND NOORDA Founder, Novell

1992 DENNIS WEATHERSTONE Former Chairman and CEO, J.P. Morgan & Company

1991 RICHARD K. DAVIDSON Chairman Emeritus, Union Pacific Railroad

Managing Director, The Carlyle Group

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