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. [...]
Carolyn Buma is this year’s recipient of the David Eccles Award for Legacy. Carolyn serves as the Executive Director of Development and is responsible for cultivating and working with some the school’s most distinguished alumni. Carolyn has more than 20 years of development experience, and she has dedicated more than a decade of service to the David Eccles School of Business. She has helped changed [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
David Eccles Week has begun! 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 is Legacy. The legacy of David Eccles has lasted for generations. His vision, determination and business acumen set the standard for future business leaders in Utah and beyond. David Eccles started his business empire [...]
The David Eccles School of Business is celebrating its namesake and the values he embodied during the inaugural David Eccles Week. The week kicks off on Monday, Sept. 14 and goes through Thursday, Sept. 17. The biggest event of the week is the Spencer F. Eccles Convocation on Tuesday. It’s the time when you get to hear from business and government leaders to hear [...]
The David Eccles School of Business embodies the legacy of Utah’s first entrepreneur and the school’s namesake, David Eccles. Through four core values, David Eccles forged a path and paved the way for the state’s enterprising business success and the school’s culture. Leadership David Eccles was a skilled leader who founded more than 50 successful businesses in Utah and across the Intermountain West. He [...]