Thomas J. Murrin, a 36-year executive with Westinghouse Corporation and distinguished service professor at Duquesne University, will meet with several classes to discuss the impact of globalization on business during Elon University’s Legends of Business program, March 6-8. Murrin will also be the featured speaker during a lunch at the City Club in Greensboro at 11:45 a.m., Thursday, March 7.
The Legends of Business program, sponsored by the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business at Elon, is designed to allow corporate and business leaders the chance to interact with students. Through classroom lectures and informal discussions, students have a chance to learn from important and influential executives.
Murrin joined Westinghouse as a graduate student in 1951. He came up through the ranks and served in a variety of positions, including vice president of manufacturing, senior vice president of the defense and public systems group and president of Westinghouse’s energy and advanced technology group. He retired from Westinghouse in 1987.
Murrin served an 18-month term as deputy secretary of the Commerce Department under President George H. Bush. He was involved in a variety of activities, including the modernization of the National Weather Service and the new Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center program.
He served as dean of the business school at Duquesne University from 1991-2000, developing innovative programs in the fields of global competitiveness, advanced technology and economic growth.