THE 34 TH ANNUAL
FEATURING Dr. Arthur C. Brooks
Harvard Professor, Bestselling Author
Thursday, September 12, 2024
kurt dirks
Dean, David Eccles School of Business
taylor r. randall
President, University of Utah
spencer f. eccles
Chairman, George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
Chairman Emeritus, Wells Fargo Intermountain Banking Region
Dr. Arthur C. Brooks
Harvard Professor, Bestselling Author
Keynote Speaker
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 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.
DAVID ECCLES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
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 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.
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 IN SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT
$13.7 Million IN FACULTY SUPPORT
$2.6 Million IN PROGRAM SUPPORT
DAVID ECCLES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
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
Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
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