DINNER RAISES A GLASS TO HONOR SPEC’S
AND OTHER PARTNERS OF THE
UH WINE & SPIRITS MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
The University of Houston Wine & Spirits Management Institute
will toast the Rydman Family, owners of Spec’s Wines, Spirits
& Finer Foods, at a reception and dinner at 6:30 p.m., Monday,
Aug. 15 at the UH Hilton. The company, a founding partner of the
Institute, has announced it is endowing the Spec’s Charitable
Foundation Professorship.
“It has been our great fortune to have the support and friendship
of the Rydman family,” Glenn Cordúa y Cruz, Director
of the UH Wine & Spirits Management Institute, said. “Their
leadership has been instrumental in the success of the Institute
and, by extension, the industry.”
JeAnna L. Abbott will become the first Spec’s Charitable Foundation
Professor and will teach a course on responsible service of alcoholic
beverages at eating and drinking establishments. She currently is
a professor in the UH Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant
Management and teaches hospitality business law and ethics.
Congressman Tom DeLay, a UH alumnus, will deliver the keynote address
for the private event. Jay Gogue, president of the University of
Houston and John Bowen, dean of the College of Hotel and Restaurant
Management, will join Cordúa y Cruz in recognizing all the
founding partners of the Institute.
The Wine & Spirits Management Institute (W&SMI) is a collaborative
effort by the UH College of Hotel and Restaurant Management and
leaders in the alcohol beverage industry. Created in 2001, the partners
include Spec’s Wines Spirits & Finer Foods, DIAGEO, Glazer’s
Family of Companies, Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery, Beringer Blass
Wine Estates, Brown-Forman, futurebrands, Robert Mondavi and Allied
Domecq Spirits & Wine North America. Industry leaders created
the program curriculum to meet the needs of the industry. Classes
includes Bar and Beverage Management, Wine & Spirits Category
Management and Sensory Evaluation of Alcohol Beverages.
For more information on the UH Wine & Spirits Management Institute,
please visit www.wsmi.uh.edu/index.htm
WHAT: |
The University Of Houston Wine & Spirits Management
Institute’s Reception and Dinner
Honoring the Rydman Family |
WHEN: |
Monday, Aug. 15, 2005
Reception, 6:30 p.m.
Dinner, 7:30 p.m. |
WHERE: |
UH Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management
Please visit http://www.uh.edu/campus_map/buildings/CHC.html
for directions and parking information |
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