Distinguished Alumnus Steven W. High to Deliver Crummer School Commencement Address on August 26

Summer commencement ceremonies for the Rollins College’s nationally ranked Crummer Graduate School of Business will be held on Saturday, August 26, 2006, at 10 a.m., in the Knowles Memorial Chapel on the Rollins campus. Steven W. High, Crummer School class of 1981 MBA, will deliver the commencement address to the School’s 72 graduates of the Professional and Saturday MBA Programs.

High is president of H. J. High Construction, a commercial and industrial construction firm founded by his father in 1936. The company manages $80 million in projects annually throughout the state of Florida; projects are primarily schools, churches and hospitals. High holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Stetson University, an MBA from the Crummer School and a small company management degree from Harvard University. He was a founding member of the Crummer School Corporate Council and is currently chairman of the Crummer School Board of Overseers.

The Crummer Graduate School of Business was founded in 1957 at Rollins College. Today, the Crummer School offers four personalized MBA programs which are fully accredited by the AACSB International, the premier accrediting agency for business schools. Because of the Crummer School’s high admission standards, focus on real-world experience, curriculum tailored to meet today’s business needs, small classes and rigorous instruction by a distinguished senior faculty, graduates of the Crummer School consistently receive job offers with the most prestigious national and international organizations.

Founded in 1885, Rollins College is Florida’s oldest recognized college, and is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of “America’s best colleges.” The Crummer Graduate School of Business is consistently ranked by Forbes magazine among the best business schools for return on investment and Forbes recently ranked the MBA program number one overall in Florida.