The Durland Memorial Lecture
History of the Lecture
Roy H. Park, the late chairman of Park Communications, Inc., and a past member of the Johnson School Advisory Council, was instrumental in creating the Lewis H. Durland Memorial Lecture Series. Park and a group of supporters endowed the Durland Memorial Fund in 1983 in honor of Lew Durland, former treasurer of Cornell University. Before Durland's retirement in 1973, he spent twenty-five years directing Cornell's financial life. While he was treasurer, Cornell's investment portfolio grew from $45.2 million to $322 million.
The Durland Lecture is the Johnson School's most prestigious business speaking event. Each year, the dean of the school invites a distinguished business leader to the campus to meet with students and faculty members and to deliver a major address. Income from the fund is used to conduct the lecture and supporting speaker programs.
- Lecture Founders
- Robert and Ruth Abbett
- Margaret Arnold
- John B. Babcock
- Borg-Warner Foundation
- Wendell L. Bryce, M.D.
- Martin Colladay
- ConAgra, Inc.
- Gilbert Croll
- Margaret C. Durland
- D. Wayne Fleming
- Katharine Heasley
- William and Mary Lee Herbster
- John Hirshfeld, M.D.
- E. E. Husted
- The Kettering Fund
- Calvin S. Koch
- Deane W. Malott
- Morse Chain
- The Triad Foundation
- F. Van S. Parr
- Walter Phillips Jr.
- Precision Gear
- Robert W. Purcell
- Arlene Sadd
- SCM Corporation
- Security Norstar Bank
- Arnold B. Tofias
- Orrin J. Van Dyk, M.D.
- Gil Wehmann
