STANFORD FINANCIAL GROUP HEAD SPEAKS
AT UH’S BAUER COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
Stanford Financial Group Chairman R. Allen Stanford will talk about
leadership during the C.T. Bauer College of Business undergraduate
spring commencement address May 14.
After achieving his bachelor’s degree in finance from Baylor
University in 1974, Stanford pursued his career with his family’s
company. Stanford’s grandfather, Lodis, established the first
Stanford Company during the Great Depression in 1932 in the small
central-Texas town of Mexia.
As chairman of the private Houston-based Stanford Financial Group
of companies, Stanford leads a global wealth management and financial
services organization with offices spanning across North America,
Latin America, Europe and the Caribbean. Stanford companies operate
in relation with more than 50,000 clients from 91 countries. Based
on the founding mission, all Stanford companies strive to be active
supporters of important causes in their respective countries and
greater communities.
Stanford is a member of the Houston Board of Public Trusts and
supports several Houston-based cultural and sporting organizations,
including Theatre Under the Stars; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston;
Houston Polo Club; United States Polo Association and the ATP Professional
Men’s Tennis Association. Stanford is also an active member
of Caribbean Latin American Action (CLAA), which promotes private-sector-led
economic development in the Caribbean Basin and throughout the Hemisphere
and is a strong supporter and contributor to the Pan American Development
Foundation (PADF) and the Inter-American Economic Council (IAEC).
For more than 20 years, Stanford has flourished among the leading
investors in the Eastern Caribbean. He recently launched the $1.8
billion Stanford Caribbean Investment Fund, which is allocated for
upscale development projects aimed at the tourism sector.
Free parking will be available for graduates and guests in the
Robertson Stadium Parking Lot, located at Lot 15D. For more information
about the commencement ceremony, call (713) 743-4900.
WHAT: |
Bauer College Commencement Address |
WHO: |
Stanford Financial Group Chairman Allen Stanford |
WHEN: |
2 p.m., May 14, 2005 |
WHERE: |
UH Hofheinz Pavilion |
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