greater owensboro chamber of commerce
Vol 18/Issue 7
CHAMBER MATTERS 2020
JULY
Remote Rooster Booster to be held this Thursday The Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce will host Rooster Booster remotely this Thursday, July 2 at 7:30 a.m. CST. Sponsored by Kentucky Wesleyan College, the morning’s featured speaker will be legendary collegiate and professional basketball player Dan Issel, president of the Louisville Basketball Investment and Support Group, also known as NBA2LOU.
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There is no cost to attend the remote July 2 Rooster Booster, which will be streamed on Facebook Live and Zoom.
Join us via Facebook Live @gochamber To join via Zoom, visit chamber.owensboro.com to complete a registration form. Registrants will be emailed an access link and instructions.
Dan Issel to virtually address Kentucky Wesleyan College helps Rooster Booster viewers build the fabric of our community From Batavia, Ill., Dan Issel was the most prolific scorer in the University of Kentucky basketball history under legendary Coach Adolph Rupp from 1966 to 1970. During his three varsity seasons at center, Issel scored 2,138 points, a record that stands today, and was twice named a first team AllAmerican. In 1970, Issel was drafted by the NBA’s Detroit Pistons and the ABA’s Kentucky Colonels and signed with the Colonels. He was named the ABA Rookie of the year in 1971. The following season, Issel made the All-ABA First Team and was named MVP of the 1972 ABA All-Star Game. In 1975, Issel’s Colonels won the 1975 ABA championship. He continued to play pro basketball with the NBA Denver Nuggets 1977 through 1985. He played in the NBA All-Star game in 1977 and, in 1985, received the NBA’s
J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award for his outstanding service to the community. In 1992, Issel returned to the Nuggets as head coach and led them to the playoffs in 1994. That year, the Nuggets pulled off the biggest upset at that time in NBA playoff history, knocking off the Seattle SuperSonics in five games (the firstever eighth seed to beat a first seed in the first round). He returned in 1998 as president and general manager, naming himself head coach again in December 1999. His tenure ended in December 2001. He was part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1993. Issel currently is president of the Louisville Basketball Investment and Support Group, also known as NBA2LOU, which was founded in 2016 to pursue an NBA franchise.
Kentucky Wesleyan College is proud to be a part of a community that has such prominent institutions of higher education, and it is dedicated to furthering its mission of preparing students intellectually, spiritually and physically to achieve success in life. From accounting to zoology, every student at Wesleyan is offered superior preparation for career success through a personalized journey that begins when they arrive on campus. They find support as they explore and find a major that fits their passion in a rigorous academic setting. Kentucky Wesleyan College has earned an enviable reputation for the many students sent to medical, dental, law and graduate schools. Our graduates remain a
part of the fabric of our community, and are seen throughout our community as leaders in business, education, health care and more. In recent years, the College has introduced innovative pre-professional partnerships with the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky College of Medicine-Bowling Green, Western Kentucky University Gordon Ford College of Business and the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Owensboro has been our campus home for almost 70 years - We are proud to live here. Give us a call at 270-852-3120 or visit kwc.edu to learn more about getting on your Wesleyan Way today!
Leadership Owensboro celebrates the graduation of the Class of 2020 The 2020 Class of Leadership Owensboro completed their final session last week, followed by a graduation celebration, presented by German American Bank, at the Holiday Inn Owensboro-Riverfront patio. This class has adapted and innovated to complete the program and their class projects throughout the past months.
Congratulations to the 2020 Class of Leadership Owensboro! See more Leadership Owensboro graduation photos on page 4.