Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. receives prestigious Beta Gamma Sigma Award
Robert B. Pamplin, Jr., who earned his MBA at the University of Portland in 1968, was a recent recipient of the 2012 Business Achievement Award, awarded by Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society.
The highly selective and noteworthy honor is awarded annually to no more than four international leaders who have made significant achievements in business while also enhancing a community and humankind through their generosity. Those selected have also shown ethical leadership throughout their careers and exemplify the integrity consistent with the ideals of Beta Gamma Sigma.
The award was announced on April 12 following a well-attended Bauccio lecture by Arthur Rubinfeld, Starbucks Coffee Company’s president for global development, given on the University of Portland campus in Portland, Ore.
“Out of all the many worthy nominations we received, Dr. Pamplin was a clear choice for this year’s award,” said James A. Viehland, Executive Director of Beta Gamma Sigma. “His accomplishments, commitment to community and extraordinary generosity exemplify the very best of Beta Gamma Sigma’s ideals. He is a role model for our 675,000 members worldwide, and for emerging business leaders everywhere. There aren’t many people able to do what he’s done and be successful.”
Broad array of accomplishments
Pamplin is a businessman, philanthropist, farmer, minister, educator, historical preservationist and author of 13 books, including two Book-of-the-Month-Club selections.
He has earned eight degrees, including two doctorates, in business, accounting, economics, education and theology (B.S. Bus. Ad., B.S. Acctg., B.S. Econ., M.B.A., M.Ed., M.A. Theology, Ph.D. Bus., D.Min. Theology) and is a tenured professor.
He is chairman, president and CEO of the R.B. Pamplin Corporation, a family-owned company with annual sales of $600 million, and founder of the Portland Tribune newspaper and Columbia Empire Farms. Pamplin has served on Presidential and State Commissions, and as chairman of the board of trustees for three colleges and the Portland Art Museum.
He has been awarded many honorary degrees and national awards, including the Distinguished Leadership Medal from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, the National Caring Award from the Caring Institute, the Herman W. Lay Memorial Award for being the outstanding
Entrepreneur of the Year, the Woodrow Wilson Center Award for Corporate Citizenship, America's Outstanding Individual Philanthropist by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and Volunteers of America National Volunteer of the Year.
In Oregon, he has been honored with the Governor's Arts Award, Governor's Gold Award, named Entrepreneur of the Year, Portland's First Citizen, and selected by the Portland Business Journal as one of 20 leaders of change over the past 20 years. Pamplin has been featured in national magazines, newspapers and on television.
He has delivered many commencement addresses and speeches, including the opening prayer to the United States Senate and a speech on ethics at the Pentagon.
In addition to the lecture, the Pamplin School of Business also inducted two new members into its Hall of Fame, bringing the total to ten. The new inductees are Ralph Miller and Stephen L. Shepard, both of whom serve on the University’s Board of Regents.
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