10/11/95
Bob Lowry (lowrygr@mail.auburn.edu)
CRACKER BARREL CHAIRMAN TO SPEAK TO AU BUSINESS STUDENTS
AUBURN -- Dan Evins, chairman and chief executive officer, of the highly successful Cracker Barrel restaurant chain, will speak to Auburn University College of Business students on Friday, Oct. 13.
Evins will be on the AU campus as part of the College of Business' Visiting Executive Program.
He will participate in an undergraduate student roundtable discussion, starting at 10:10 a.m. in Room 202 of the Lowder Business Building, and will meet with graduate students in Room 009 at 11:10 a.m.
There will also be a faculty reception for Evins from 9:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. in the Alabama Power Company Room.
Evins, 60, in 1970 co-founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., which is based in Lebanon, Tenn. He previously was president and CEO of Consolidated Oil Co., Inc.
The Marine Corps veteran is a graduate of Castle Heights Military Academy and is a member of the board of directors of Knoxville, Tenn.-based Clayton Homes, Inc.
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CONTACT: Dean's office, College of Business, 334/844-4030.