Former Investment Banker to Speak at USU Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Dean's Convocation
LOGAN – A former investment banker who teaches at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management will be the next Utah State University Dean's Convocation speaker Wednesday, Oct. 17, at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business .
The 12:30 p.m. speech, in room 215 of the George S. Eccles Business Building, is free and open to the public.
David Stowell will be a familiar face for some of USU's business students. The professor of finance at the Kellogg School of Management also teaches an online class at USU in the fall on hedge funds and private equity, and he teaches an investment banking class spring semester.
The Jon M. Huntsman School of Business also plans to present Stowell with a Professional Achievement Award on Wednesday. The Professional Achievement Award is given in "recognition of individuals who achieve extraordinary success in their careers and demonstrate uncommon leadership in their communities."
Stowell has titled his remarks for the convocation, "Debating Shakespeare, and Lunch with Warren Buffett: A Tour of the Global Financial Markets."
Stowell plans to share some of the things he has learned since graduation and talk with the students about opportunities in and outside of Utah. Stowell will also relay an experience of how he once took 50 students from the Kellogg School of Management to meet with Warren Buffett for a three-hour question-and-answer session.
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Dean Douglas D. Anderson said Stowell has gained valuable insight in his work around the world, and the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business has benefited from that experience through the classes Stowell has taught. Stowell teaches classes at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business through Blackboard, an Internet-based system that allows students to post presentations, interact with each other and take tests. He also travels to Utah to teach his class in person three times a semester.
Before Stowell joined Northwestern University in 2005, he was a managing director at JP Morgan, responsible for the firm's Midwest investment banking business based in Chicago. Stowell has also worked at UBS, one of the world's leading financial firms, and for Goldman Sachs in New York and Tokyo.
Stowell graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor's degree in economics and from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business with an MBA in finance.