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S. Travis Pritchett Investments Scholarship
Former Student Honors Dr. Travis Pritchett
During his junior year at Carolina, John Harloe (MBA '75), a history major, felt he had best diversify his education, and determined a minor in business administration would be beneficial to his future.
"Dr. Travis Pritchett taught the first class I took in the business school. By chance, I had another class with him the last semester of my senior year. I was always amazed at how much attention Dr. Pritchett gave his students....Shortly after mid-terms, he asked me to visit him in his office after class... He asked me what I planned to do with my life after I graduated, and then asked if I knew what an MBA degree was. At that moment I had never heard of an MBA degree. He gave me a careful explanation of what was required and what the benefits were. He told me to take the graduate admissions exam, and said he would like to sponsor my application for graduate studies in business.
"I followed his instructions and returned to his office with my scores. After finishing my last exam as an undergraduate, I arrived at the Russell House to clean out my mailbox for the last time. That was a sobering experience -- the cruel world awaited me -- but, inside that mailbox was my acceptance to the graduate school of business at USC!"
Harloe today is a small cap portfolio manager at Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney, & Strauss, where small cap assets under management exceed $1.6 billion and total assets under management exceed $62 billion.
"A great deal of who I am today is the result of my days at Carolina and the Moore School of Business, with Dr. Pritchett's direction," says Harloe. "For over thirty years it has been a goal of mine to honor Travis for the personal role he played in my life. I cannot tell you how wonderful the feeling is to give back to Carolina."
Harloe has chosen to honor Pritchett by establishing the S. Travis Pritchett Investments Scholarship, in the amount of $120,000, to support undergraduates interested in a career in investments.
"Every year one student with a major in investing will receive a scholarship in Travis' name reminding everyone of his great works and inspiring other professors at Carolina to make a difference in the lives of their students," says Harloe. "This gift will be matched by financier Darla Moore, magnifying its impact. A greater emphasis... on security analysis, portfolio management, and investment banking can only increase the Moore Schools' Wall Street placements and prestige.
"I hope others will join me in giving to the Moore School of Business."
During his junior year at Carolina, John Harloe (MBA '75), a history major, felt he had best diversify his education, and determined a minor in business administration would be beneficial to his future.
"Dr. Travis Pritchett taught the first class I took in the business school. By chance, I had another class with him the last semester of my senior year. I was always amazed at how much attention Dr. Pritchett gave his students....Shortly after mid-terms, he asked me to visit him in his office after class... He asked me what I planned to do with my life after I graduated, and then asked if I knew what an MBA degree was. At that moment I had never heard of an MBA degree. He gave me a careful explanation of what was required and what the benefits were. He told me to take the graduate admissions exam, and said he would like to sponsor my application for graduate studies in business.
"I followed his instructions and returned to his office with my scores. After finishing my last exam as an undergraduate, I arrived at the Russell House to clean out my mailbox for the last time. That was a sobering experience -- the cruel world awaited me -- but, inside that mailbox was my acceptance to the graduate school of business at USC!"
Harloe today is a small cap portfolio manager at Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney, & Strauss, where small cap assets under management exceed $1.6 billion and total assets under management exceed $62 billion.
"A great deal of who I am today is the result of my days at Carolina and the Moore School of Business, with Dr. Pritchett's direction," says Harloe. "For over thirty years it has been a goal of mine to honor Travis for the personal role he played in my life. I cannot tell you how wonderful the feeling is to give back to Carolina."
Harloe has chosen to honor Pritchett by establishing the S. Travis Pritchett Investments Scholarship, in the amount of $120,000, to support undergraduates interested in a career in investments.
"Every year one student with a major in investing will receive a scholarship in Travis' name reminding everyone of his great works and inspiring other professors at Carolina to make a difference in the lives of their students," says Harloe. "This gift will be matched by financier Darla Moore, magnifying its impact. A greater emphasis... on security analysis, portfolio management, and investment banking can only increase the Moore Schools' Wall Street placements and prestige.
"I hope others will join me in giving to the Moore School of Business."
December 2007