{"39680":{"#nid":"39680","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises, John Brock, to Speak at Commencement","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EApproximately 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students will be participating in Georgia Tech\u0027s 233rd commencement ceremonies this weekend.  John F. Brock III, CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises, will address the undergraduate ceremony Saturday, May 2, in the Georgia Dome at 9 a.m. and Erroll B. Davis Jr., chancellor of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, will address the doctoral and master\u0027s ceremony on Friday, May 1, in the Georgia Dome at 7 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrock was born in Moss Point, Mississippi, and earned bachelor\u0027s and master\u0027s degrees in chemical engineering from Georgia Tech in 1970 and 1971, respectively.  After graduation, he joined Procter \u0026amp; Gamble and in 1983 was recruited by Cadbury Schweppes to head technical and operational functions in North America. In 1988, he was promoted to the head of marketing for global beverages at Cadbury Schweppes.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe was named chief operating officer of Cadbury Schweppes and chairman of Dr Pepper\/Seven Up Bottling Group\u0027s Board of Directors in 2000. Later that year, he was named Beverage Industry\u0027s Executive of the Year.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2003, Brock was named CEO of Interbrew, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. In 2004, he and his team orchestrated the combination of Interbrew with AmBev of Brasil to form InBev, the largest brewer in the world by volume, and Brock was named CEO. Global brands of InBev include Stella Artois, Becks and Brahma.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrock joined Coca-Cola Enterprises as CEO in April 2006. The largest marketer, distributor and producer of Coca-Cola products in the world, Coca-Cola Enterprises sells approximately 80 percent of The Coca-Cola Company\u0027s bottle and can volume in North America. The company is the sole licensed bottler for products of The Coca-Cola Company in Belgium, continental France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco and the Netherlands. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn April 2008, Brock was named chairman of Coca-Cola Enterprises. He also serves as chairman of the Americas for the International Business Leaders Forum and as a trustee on the international IBLF Board. Brock previously served as a director of Dow Jones \u0026amp; Company, The Campbell Soup Company and Reed Elsevier, Plc in London. A distinguished alumnus of the College of Engineering, he has served on the Georgia Tech Advisory Board and is currently serving on the Georgia Tech Foundation Board of Trustees. He is also on the Board of Visitors for Owen Business School at Vanderbilt University.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the years, the Brock family has given generously in support of Georgia Tech. This philanthropy has resulted in the creation of the John F. Brock Endowed Scholarship in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and the Brock Family Chair and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Cancer Nanomedicine at Georgia Tech; and the Anise McDaniel Brock Chair and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Cancer Nanomedicine at Emory University. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBrock and his wife, Mary, have three children: Rebecca, John, and Major.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs chancellor, Erroll Davis is responsible for the state\u0027s 35 public colleges and universities, approximately 280,000 students, 40,000 faculty and staff, and an annual budget of $6.1 billion. The University System also has administrative responsibility for the Georgia Public Library Service, which manages the state\u0027s 58 public library systems.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDavis took office in early 2006. Previously, he had served as chairman of the board of Alliant Energy Corp. - an energy holding company with $8.3 billion in total assets and annual operating revenues of $3 billion - since 2000. Davis joined Alliant in 1998 as president and CEO. After retiring from those positions in 2005, he retained the chairman\u0027s post until his move to the University System.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to the creation of Alliant Energy, Davis served as president and CEO of WPL Holdings from 1990 to 1998. From 1978 to 1990, he rose through the senior management ranks at Wisconsin Power and Light Company, starting as vice president of finance and ending as CEO and president.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDavis\u0027 higher education experience includes serving as a member of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents from 1987 to 1994, and as a former chairman of the board of trustees of Carnegie Mellon University, of which he is a life member. He presently serves as a member of the Southern Regional Education Board and the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA member of the board of directors of General Motors BP PLC and Union Pacific Corp., Davis serves on the National Commission on Energy Policy in addition to numerous professional associations and civic organizations. He is a former member of the U.S. Olympic Committee Board (2004-2008).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDavis and his wife, Elaine, established the Davis Family Foundation, which makes annual grants to numerous students in need. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including recognition as one of Georgia Trend magazine\u0027s \u0022100 Most Influential Georgians\u0022 in 2007, the Atlanta Business Chronicle\u0027s \u0022100 Most Influential Atlantans\u0022 in 2006 and 2007, one of the \u002275 Most Powerful Blacks in Corporate America\u0022 in 2005 by Black Enterprise magazine, one of the \u0022Top 50 Blacks in Technology\u0022 at the Black Engineer of the Year 2005 Awards Conference, and the Carnegie-Mellon Alumni Distinguished Service Award in 2004.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENamed one of the \u002250 Most Powerful Black Executives in America\u0022 by Fortune magazine in 2002, Davis received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Chicago\u0027s Graduate School of Business in 1993, the same year he received a Bronze Medal in Financial World\u0027s \u0022CEO of the Year\u0022 competition. In addition, Davis was honored by the magazine U.S. Black Engineer as the \u0022Black Engineer of the Year\u0022 in 1988.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA native of Pittsburgh, Davis holds a bachelor\u0027s degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MBA in finance from the University  of Chicago.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Approximately 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students will be participating in Georgia Tech\u0027s 233rd commencement ceremonies this weekend.  John F. 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