Message-ID: <31264743.1075840235710.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 02:19:00 -0700 (PDT) From: rahm@missouri.edu To: kenneth.lay@enron.com Subject: RE: Bio for Davenport Program Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: "Rahm, Charles E." X-To: "'Kenneth.Lay@enron.com'" X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Kenneth_Lay_Dec2000\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: LAY-K X-FileName: klay.nsf Sorry! I will place it below in the body of this message. -Charlie (Ken Lay bio for Davenport program) Kenneth L. Lay is the chairman and CEO of Enron, based in Houston, Texas. Enron, one of the largest integrated natural gas and electricity companies in the world, operates one of the world's largest natural gas transmission systems and is the world's largest supplier of electricity and natural gas in North America. Under Lay's leadership, the company has grown to $31 billion in annual revenues. For the past four years, Fortune magazine has named Enron the most innovative company in America. Lay, a Missouri native, earned bachelor's and master's degrees from MU in 1964 and 1965, respectively, garnering Phi Beta Kappa distinction as an undergraduate. He completed a PhD degree in economics from the University of Houston in 1970. After serving as an officer in the U.S. Navy, Lay joined Pinkney Walker as his technical assistant in Washington, D.C., in the early 1970s. At that time, Walker had just been appointed a commissioner of the Federal Power Commission. Lay later served as deputy undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Interior. Lay is a member of the President's Council on Sustainable Development, the Business Council, the National Petroleum Council and the American Enterprise Institute. He is a member of the board of trustees of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment. He is also a director for Compaq Computer Corp., Eli Lilly and Co., and Trust Company of the West. Lay received the college's Alumni Citation of Merit in 1990 and an honorary Doctor of Law degree from MU in 1992. He received the Private Sector Council's 1997 Leadership Award, was inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame in 1997, and was presented a Horatio Alger Award in 1998. -----Original Message----- From: Kenneth.Lay@enron.com [mailto:Kenneth.Lay@enron.com] Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 9:17 AM To: Rahm, Charles E. Subject: Re: Bio for Davenport Program OOps, I can't seem to open it!! "Rahm, Charles E." on 09/11/2000 08:58:56 AM To: "'Kenneth Lay'" cc: Subject: Bio for Davenport Program Dr. Lay: We need a bio of you to include in the program for the Herbert J. Davenport program on October 13. I have attached the bio of you that we used in the brochure announcing the Pinkney C. Walker Endowment. Perhaps, with a few adjustments, it will be suitable for this current need. Please review the bio and send me any changes you would like made as soon as possible. Thank you very much for your prompt attention to this. Sincerely, Charlie Rahm senior information specialist MU College of Business 573-884-1726 (fax) 573-884-1675 (See attached file: C.DTF)