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Martin Luther King JR
Martin Luther King JR
TOPIC
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR : A YOUNG MINISTER
CONFRONTS THE CHALLENGES OF
MONTGOMERY
BILL GEORGE
William W. GeorgeisanAmericanbusinessmanandacademic.Heisprofessorof
ManagementPractice,
graduated with a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from the
Georgia Institute of Technology in 1964 He received and MBA from
Harvard University in 1966,
He started his career in the United States Department of Defense.
He later served as a senior executive of Honeywell and Litton Industries.
In 1989, he joined Medtronic as president and chief operating officer.
He is a full professor at the Harvard Business School in Boston,
Massachusetts
He has been named one of "Top 25 Business Leaders of the Past 25
Years" by PBS; "Executive of the Year2001" by the Academy of
Management;
And "Director of the Year20012002" by the National Association of
Corporate Directors.
RICK BUHRMAN
University of Notre Dame
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance & Business
Economics1997 2001
Harvard Business School
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)20032005
University of Oxford
CertificateinChristianApologetics,Theology
20052006
InvestmentDirector,UniversityofNotreDameInvestmentOffice
ANDREW N. MCLEAN
SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AT MEDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
GREATER BOSTON AREA PRIMARY/SECONDARY EDUCATION
EDUCATION
TUFTS UNIVERSITY
RACIAL SEGREGATION
DeathofaCivilRightsActivist
OntheeveningofApril4,1968,whilestandingonthebalconyofhismotelroomin
Memphis,Tennessee,MartinLutherKingwasassassinated
On December 10, 1965, Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1983, the US government declared that the third Monday in January would be made
a holiday to honour the life and ideals of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
THEBOYCOTTLASTEDFOR385DAYS,
THESITUATIONBECAMESOTENSETHATKING'SHOUSEWASBOMBED.
KINGWASARRESTEDDURINGTHISCAMPAIGN,
WHICHCONCLUDEDWITHAUNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURTRULINGIN
BROWDERV.GAYLETHATENDEDRACIALSEGREGATIONONALL
MONTGOMERYPUBLICBUSES.
KING'SROLEINTHEBUSBOYCOTTTRANSFORMEDHIMINTOANATIONAL
FIGUREANDTHEBEST-KNOWNSPOKESMANOFTHECIVILRIGHTS
MOVEMENT.