Big Thinkers Series - Connecticut

It was a chance for us to get together with those that have the same base experience and you never know who you're going to run into and so it's always kind of fun. The university has an unsually high number of highly successful alumni who are making a big-time impact around the country and around the world so this is one good way of showcasing that and in a sense then you're marketing the university but it's also a great educational outreach service to alumni because the Big Thinkers series rotates successful alumns from various career sectors so that alumns who are interested in that sector or who are pursuing their own careers in that sector can come and really get the wisdom of the alumni speaker and meet the speaker and talk with him or her. I don't know anybody who more personifies our brand theme "Think Big. We do." because *** Harrington is certainly one of the biggest thinkers that I've ever known. "So over my history, over my eleven year history as CEO I basically baught and sold 45 billion dollars worth of assets, I actually added that up beforehand. It's actually kind of frightening to see it." I want to support URI, I really like what they're doing and my son is in the business program and I think this is tremendous. I love their "Think Big" attitude and I'm here to support that and learn. I always say to people that I thought going to URI was one of the greatest experiences of my life. There's no doubt they'll prepare me, not only for my job but for life in general. I've been vice president at URI for eighteen years and people ask me what's the best part of the job and I say the people, I mean I love our alumni. They're a lot of fun, they're good people, they're successful people, they're contributing people and it's just great to be out amongst them.