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Three of Atlanta's most recognized business leaders were inducted into Georgia State University's 2000 Business Hall of Fame on April 6 at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Atlanta. The year 2000 inductees are:
- James E. Copeland Jr., chief executive of Deloitte & Touche/Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu;
- Juanita Baranco, co-owner and executive vice president of Baranco Automotive Group; and
- Charles Brady, executive chairman of the board and chief executive officer for AMVESCAP PLC, which includes the investment management firms INVESCO and AIM.
Celebrating its 16th year, the Georgia State University Business Hall of Fame is the highest recognition given by the college to Atlanta-area business leaders for their efforts in advancing the principles of the free market system. The J. Mack Robinson College of Business Board of Advisors and BellSouth sponsor the Business Hall of Fame.
"James Copeland Jr., Juanita Baranco and Charles Brady embody the type of leadership and achievement to which our students aspire," said Sidney Harris, dean of the J. Mack Robinson College of Business. "In addition to their business accomplishments, these three outstanding individuals are active in civic and nonprofit organizations, and they have had a significant positive impact on our community, setting a fine example for all of us to emulate," he said.
"As a graduate of Georgia State and a strong supporter of the College of Business, I am proud and honored to recognize these Hall of Fame inductees," said Krista Tillman, vice president of organizational effectiveness for BellSouth Corporation.
"There is growing entrepreneurial spirit I see everyday and it's because of the efforts of these three leaders, and others like them that the Atlanta area is thriving with thousands of business success stories."
James E. Copeland Jr.
James E. Copeland Jr. was elected chief executive officer of Deloitte & Touche in the United States in May 1999, and chief executive officer of its global parent, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, at its world meeting in April 1999. Previously, Copeland served as managing partner of Deloitte & Touche since 1994. He joined Deloitte Haskins & Sells in 1967, and in 1975 organized one of the firm's first Emerging Business Services Groups to serve rapidly growing businesses. He was admitted to the partnership in 1977, and when the firm merged with Touche Ross, was named Southeastern group managing partner of the new firm, Deloitte & Touche. He was selected as vice-chairman in 1992.
He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the U.S.-Japan Business Council. His directorships and affiliations also have included Chairman of the Board of the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta; President of Research Atlanta; President of the Alumni Association of Georgia State University; and Treasurer of the Woodruff Arts Center.
Copeland is an active community volunteer who has received the Jewish National Fund's Tree of Life Award for outstanding community service and the Distinguished Alumnus award from Georgia State University. He was the first recipient of the Logan Award, in recognition of 20 years of service to the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta.
Juanita Baranco
Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, Juanita Baranco holds Bachelor of Science and Juris Doctorate degrees from Louisiana State University. Since the founding of the first Baranco dealership in the metropolitan Atlanta area in 1978, Baranco has served the community in many areas. She has served as chairman of the DeKalb County Education Task Force, the Education Committee for the 1996 Olympics and as a director for First Union Bank. Since 1991, she has served as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, including as the board's vice chair and chair.
Baranco is a board member of the Georgia Power Company, the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia and serves on the executive committee of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. She is a director for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the John H. Harland Co. and the Woodruff Arts Center.
She has received numerous awards for her business and community activities, including recognition by the Dow Jones Company for entrepreneurial excellence; the first Trumpet Award from Turner Broadcasting System for entrepreneurial excellence; Entrepreneur of the Year by the Atlanta Business League; and she has been elected to the YWCA Academy of Woman Achievers.
Charles Brady
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Charles Brady is a 1957 graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology and also attended Advanced Management School at Harvard University. He served two years in the United States Navy as a reserve officer aboard a destroyer based in the Mediterranean Sea. After leaving the service in 1959 he was employed in the brokerage business until 1964, at which time he joined a regional bank to establish an investment unit.
As head of this investment unit, he built the largest staff of portfolio managers and analysts in the Southeastern United States, which became INVESCO. Brady and the professional staff acquired INVESCO from the bank in 1978. In 1988, Brady merged this company with the U.K. listed and domiciled Britannia Arrow Holdings PLC and was appointed deputy chairman of the group in charge of all U.S. operations. In April 1993, he was appointed executive chairman.
Brady is active in local charities. He is a director of the Atlanta College of Art, Trustee of the Georgia Tech Foundation and the Carter Library, Director of the National Bureau of Asian Research, and is a member of the Atlanta Society of Financial Analysts.
Past Business Hall of Fame inductees include Kenneth D. Lewis, president of Bank of America (1999); Kent "Oz" Nelson, retired chairman and chief executive officer of United Parcel Service (1998); Ted Turner, Time Warner Inc. (1997); Bill Dahlberg, Southern Company (1997); Ron Allen, Delta Airlines (1996); Robert P. Forrestal, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (1995); B. Franklin Skinner, BellSouth Telecommunications (1994); Ivan Allen, Jr., Ivan Allen Company (1993); Bennett A. Brown, NationsBank Corporation (1992); and William "Billy" Payne and Andrew Young, The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (1991).
The J. Mack Robinson College of Business is one of the most heralded business schools in the Southeast. The College's part-time MBA program has been listed in the top ten by U.S.News & World Report for the past five consecutive years. In addition, Business Week listed the College's Executive MBA program as one of the top 20 leading programs in the country; and Forbes has named the College as one of the best business schools for return on investment. With approximately 8,200 students, the College is one of the nation's largest accredited business programs.
BellSouth is a $25 billion communications services company. It provides telecommunications, wireless and wireless long distance communications, internet and data services, advertising and publishing, and video and entertainment services to nearly 37 million customers in 20 countries worldwide.
For more information, contact:
Peg Bernhardt, 404/249-3195 BellSouth
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