Earlier this week, the David Eccles School of Business hosted the 28th annual Spencer Fox Eccles Convocation and had the pleasure to host honorable keynote speaker Gail Miller. The impressive business woman discussed her triumphs as she evolved from being a timid housewife and stay-at-home mom to successfully owning and running 60 car dealerships, the Utah Jazz, the Salt Lake Bees, Megaplex [...]
The 2017-2018 academic year marks a major milestone here at the David Eccles School of Business. We're celebrating 100 Years of Impact and all that we've accomplished in the last century! We also take this time each year to honor the legacy and memory of David Eccles, our school’s namesake. We’re celebrating him — and our 100th anniversary — next week with a full schedule [...]
The fourth and final Eccles School value honored during David Eccles Week is Excellence. Excellence is a value our school's namesake thoroughly embodied. David Eccles wasn’t content to be successful and simply do a good job. He was exceptionally dedicated, received accolades and respect from his peers and amassed great wealth, both personally and professionally. He constantly strived for excellence in every endeavor he [...]
As David Eccles Week enters its third day, the David Eccles School of Business honors its namesake by looking at Leadership, another value Utah’s first entrepreneur has brought to the school. David Eccles was a skilled leader who founded more than 50 successful businesses in Utah and across the Intermountain West. David Eccles showed his strong leadership as he helmed many of the companies he founded, [...]
On its second day, David Eccles Week honors the value of Perseverance. Engage in perseverance by scaling a rock wall on the Emma Eccles Jones Plaza from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. While the Eccles School community tries to make it to the top of the wall, our namesake, David Eccles, showed his perseverance in many other ways. When David Eccles left this world as a [...]
David Eccles Week is here! The David Eccles School of Business is honoring our namesake by highlighting the four values Utah’s First Entrepreneur brings to our school. The first value the Eccles School honors is Legacy. David Eccles' legacy has lasted for generations. His vision, determination and business acumen inspired future business leaders in Utah and beyond. David Eccles started his business empire by [...]
The David Eccles School of Business is celebrating its namesake and the values he embodied during David Eccles Week, which kicks off Monday, Sept. 12 and goes through Thursday, Sept. 16. The biggest event of the week is the Spencer F. Eccles Convocation on Wednesday. It’s the time when you get to hear from a top business thought leader. This year, it's John G. [...]
This week the David Eccles School of Business has celebrated its namesake, David Eccles, by honoring four values his life and example have contributed to the school: Legacy, Leadership, Perseverance and Excellence. Those values, depicted on the front of the new David Eccles Coin along with the bust of David Eccles, represent rich traditions and a lasting legacy here at the Eccles School. Five [...]
The final Eccles School value honored during David Eccles Week is Excellence. Excellence is a value thoroughly embodied by our school’s namesake. David Eccles wasn’t content to be successful and simply do a good job. He was exceptionally dedicated, received accolades and respect from his peers and amassed great wealth, both personally and professionally. He constantly strived for excellence in every endeavor he undertook [...]
David Eccles Week has reached the halfway mark, and we continue to push through the celebration as we honor the value of Perseverance. When David Eccles left this world as a very wealthy man at age 63 in 1912, he was mourned, honored and celebrated. His success, and reason for admiration, had as much to do with his personal grit and diligent hard work [...]