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| Mark Willes: the Career, the Controversy, the Compassion, and the Candor |
| In his 59 years, Mark Hinckley Willes has shaped a
high profile, successful career for himself. His has been the kind of
career which many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints would see as a model for balancing success with church and
family responsibilities and which, next month takes a typical LDS
turn for a successful executive: a three-year missionary assignment,
when Mark Willes reports to serve as President of the Honolulu Hawaii
mission. |
| Zions Bank Honors its Founder, Brigham Young, with Scholarship Program |
| In recognition of the 200th birthday of
Brigham Young, the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, Zions Bank has announced the creation of the
"Zions Bank Founders Scholarship Program." This new scholarship
program will award a four-year, full-tuition scholarship to each of
11 Utah high school students annually, with one scholarship bring
awarded to a student who will be attending each of the state's
institutions of higher learning -- Brigham Young University, College
of Eastern Utah, Dixie State College, Salt Lake Community College,
Southern Utah University, Snow College, University of Utah, Utah
State University, Utah Valley State College, Weber State University,
and Westminster College. In addition to the full-tuition scholarship
provided to each student, Zions Bank will honor the scholarship
recipients in an annual luncheon and will be involved with the
students as they progress through their years in higher education.
"This award is in honor of our founder Brigham Young and his
commitment to education," said Scott Anderson, president and chief
executive officer of Zions Bank. |
| MSI: Swift Transportation Added to MSI, Index Up 1% |
| Mormon News subscriber Justin Warner reports
that Swift Transportation CEO Jerry Moyes is an LDS Church member,
leading Mormon News to add his company to the Mormon Stock Index. But
while the index rose last week along with the Nasdaq, Swift
Transportation fell more than 4%. The rise in the Mormon Stock Index
was anything but uniform, however, as 13 stocks rose for the week,
while 16 others fell. |
| School of Business awards Executive of the Year |
| Stephen W. Gibson received the annual Executive of
the Year award at BYU-Hawaii's School of Business Banquet on June 8.
Gibson is the founder of the non-profit Academy for Creating
Enterprise, which since 1999 has trained 125 Filipinos each year on
how to start and grow their own businesses. |
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