Awards & Recognition
★Horatio Alger Award (1988)
★Laetare Medal from University of Notre Dame (1993)
★Irish America magazine's first Irish-American of the Year (1993)
★Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002)
★Inducted into Junior Achievement National Business Hall of Fame (2003)
★Inducted into Irish America Hall of Fame (2010)
★Presidential Distinguished Service Award from President of Ireland (2013)
★Multiple honorary doctorates
Notable Facts
→Former President and COO of Coca-Cola Company (1981-1993)
→Chairman Emeritus of Allen & Company investment banking firm
→Key figure in the 'New Coke' failure and recovery
→Served on boards of Berkshire Hathaway, McDonald's, Washington Post Company
→Close friend and business associate of Warren Buffett
→Author of 'The Ten Commandments for Business Failure' with foreword by Warren Buffett
→43-year career with Coca-Cola starting in 1950
→Died February 24, 2015 at age 88
→Major philanthropist to University of Notre Dame