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April
11, 2002 (Lexington, Ky.) -- The
University of Kentucky Alumni Association and the
Graduate Women in Business will host the Jane Morris
Lecture Series featuring Myra Tobin on April 11, 2002,
at the UK Student Center at 5 p.m. A reception and
networking will immediately follow the lecture.
Tobin will
speak on "The 21st Century Woman in the Workplace:
Constantly Reinventing Yourself" at the premiere lecture
of the Jane Morris Lecture Series.
Tobin,
president of the UK Alumni Association in 1991 - 1992,
received her home economics degree in 1962 from the
College of Human Environmental Sciences.
Among her
many accomplishments, Tobin was the first woman with
an M.B.A. hired by Marsh and McLennan Companies Inc.,
a New York-based insurance brokerage firm.
Tobin was
selected Insurance Woman of the Year by the Advancement
of Professional Insurance Women in 1984; honored as
the Helen Garvin Outstanding Achiever by the National
Association of Insurance Women in 1988; and chosen
to receive the National 4-H Alumni Award in 1994.
In May
2000, Tobin retired as managing director of Marsh
and McLennan Companies Inc. and is still active in
the industry.
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