Go to the David Rockefeller Lecture Series
"2005 U.S. Cultural & Heritage Tourism Summit"
(excerpts)
Mark A. Shugoll, Chief Executive Officer
Shugoll Research
L’Enfant Plaza Hotel
Washington, DC
October 7, 2005
"Missoula BCA Business in the Arts Award Luncheon" (excerpts)
John C. Hampton, Chairman of the Board
Hampton Affiliates
Broadway Building at St. Patrick Hospital
Missoula, Montana
January 16, 2004
J. Barry Griswell, President and CEO, The Principal Financial Group, Honored
by the National Academy of Design
(Presentation Remarks)
Judith A. Jedlicka, President, BCA
American Academy of Design
May 29, 2002
"Business-Arts Partnerships That Achieve Real Results" (excerpts)
Judith A. Jedlicka, President
BCA
Fairbanks Business in the Arts Awards Presentation -
Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce
March 20, 2001
"Why Business Should Support the Arts" (excerpts)
J. Joseph Hale, Jr., President
Cinergy Foundation
Kenan-Flagler Business School
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
August 9, 1999
"The Arts - Pittsburgh Couldn't Be Without Them" (excerpts)
William C. Byham, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer
Development Dimensions International
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
University of Pittsburgh
October 29, 1998
"Investments in the Arts Yield Returns for Business" (excerpts)
David R. Goode, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Norfolk Southern Corporation
The Fuqua School of Business
Duke University
February 24, 1998
"Investments in the Arts Yield Returns for Business" (excerpts)
David R. Goode, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Norfolk Southern Corporation
The Wharton School of Business
University of Pennsylvania
February 12, 1998
"Business Investments in the Arts Yield Returns for Business"
(excerpts)
John D. Ong, Chairman Emeritus
The BFGoodrich Company
The Fisher College
Ohio State University
November 7, 1997
"Challenges Facing Future Business Leaders" (excerpts)
James E. Rogers
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cinergy Corp.
Kelley School of Business
Indiana University
August 23, 1997
"Business Investments in the Arts Yield Returns for Business"
(excerpts)
John D. Ong, Chairman Emeritus,
The BFGoodrich Company
Graduate School of Business
University of Chicago
April 3, 1997
"The Art of the Deal: How Business and the Arts Can Join Forces to
Create Long-Term Economic and Cultural Value" (excerpts)
Eli Broad, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
SunAmerica Inc.
The Anderson School
University of California at Los Angeles
April 9, 1996
"Business Investments in the Arts Yield Returns for Business"
(excerpts)
John D. Ong, Chairman Emeritus,
The BFGoodrich Company
J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management
Northwestern University
October 18, 1995
"Moving Beyond the Profit Motive" (excerpts)
A. Thomas Young, Former Executive Vice President
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
April 5, 1995
DAVID ROCKEFELLER LECTURE SERIES
In 1997, on the occasion of its 30th Anniversary, the Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. established the David Rockefeller Lecture to honor its founder and advance his belief that the arts are essential to free enterprise and human achievement, and to encourage business to form alliances with the arts as an expression of their broader responsibilities to their communities. This invitational lecture is presented annually by a business leader who is internationally recognized for forging enduring links between business and the arts.
2003
Raymond D. Nasher, Founder and Chairman of the Board
The Nasher Company
Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers
New York, NY
October 1, 2003
2002
"Business Success as a Platform for Generating Private Philanthropy for the Arts"
Alberto Vilar, President and Founder
Amerindo Investment Advisors Inc.
Asia Society and Museum
New York, NY
October 2, 2002
2000
"The Corporation and the Community" (excerpts)
John H. Bryan, Chairman of the Board
Sara Lee Corporation
Chicago, IL
October 5, 2000
1999
"Business and the Arts: A Global Alliance"
John D. Ong, Chairman Emeritus
The BFGoodrich Company
Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers
New York, NY
October 6, 1999
1998
"Creating an Enduring Legacy: Why Corporate America Must Lead the Way
in Supporting the Arts" (excerpts)
Eli Broad, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
SunAmerica Inc.
The Getty Center
Los Angeles, CA
September 15, 1998
1997
"Reflections and Visions: Business-Arts Alliances" (excerpts)
David Rockefeller, Jr., Chairman, Rockefeller & Co., Inc.
The New-York Historical Society
New York, NY
October 14, 1997