Alexander Julian to receive entrepreneurship honor – April 27

Alexander Julian, an award-winning fashion and furniture designer, will be honored on April 27 with the Elon University Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership. 

The presentation takes place at 5 p.m. in the LaRose Digital Theatre in the Ernest A. Koury, Sr. Business Center. A reception will follow. Sponsored by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, the program is free and open to the public.

The Elon University Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership is given to recognize an entrepreneur who is a leader in his or her industry and who exemplifies the values of Elon University, including integrity, innovation and creativity, passion for lifelong learning, and a commitment to building a dynamic community.

Julian has won every major award for design, including five Coty Awards, three Cutty Sark Awards, the Council of Fashion Designers of America Award, the International Color Marketing Award, the Pantone Award and the Worldesign Award. He is the first American fashion designer to personally create the majority of his own textile designs, for which he won seven awards. His textile design is part of the Smithsonian National Design Museum’s permanent collection. He is the only fashion designer to win the Pinnacle Award for furniture design and the only fashion designer to design for both Pro and college sports. He has been voted to the International Best Dressed list nine times. He and his wife, Meagan, live in Fairfield County, Connecticut and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is the proud father of seven children and four grandchildren.