Business, Community Leader Correll to Present First UMaine Distinguished Presidential Lecture
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — A.D. “Pete” Correll, a 1966 University of Maine graduate and retired president/CEO of Georgia-Pacific, will return to his alma mater on Wednesday, Sept. 17 to present UMaine’s inaugural Distinguished Presidential Lecture.
The presentation is scheduled for 4 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall.
“Pete Correll has reached professional heights rivaled by only a few graduates in UMaine’s long history,” says President Robert Kennedy. “Moreover, he has had an incredible impact on the lives of his fellow citizens — particularly near his home in Atlanta — through his visionary community leadership and philanthropy. He is an exemplary representative of the University of Maine, and we are pleased and proud that he has accepted our invitation to give this talk.”
The Distinguished Presidential Lecture Series was created to provide a forum for highly accomplished individuals with ties to UMaine to share their personal stories and their perspectives on important societal issues of interest to the UMaine community. Lecturers are selected and invited by the university president.
The title of Correll’s talk is “Lessons I Have Learned: Reflections on Higher Education, Economic Vitality and a Civil Society.”
In addition to 14 years (1991-2005) leading Georgia-Pacific, Correll has also served in volunteer leadership roles of several Georgia non-profit organizations, including Grady Memorial Hospital, the Carter Center, the University of Georgia Foundation, the Emory University School of Medicine, the Georgia Research Alliance and Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Georgia Trend Magazine named him Most Respected Business Leader in 2006.