Connie Lanzl, CCES Associate Head for Advancement, Introduces Billy Campbell ’78

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Billy Campbell’s Keynote Address

At this point I want to introduce to you our speaker today, Mr. Billy Campbell, Class of 1978.

CCES, Harvard, Harvard Business School:
....These are the schools he’s graduated from.

Head Acolyte, Member of Honor Council, Sports Editor for Cavalier Express, Student representative to the Board of Trustees, Student Council:
...Things he did while at CCES.

Vice President of Student Council, Captain of Varsity Football and Basketball teams, Rector’s (now Chaplain’s) Award, Sports Hall of Fame:
...CCES honors he won.

CCES ’77 State Championship Football, CCES varsity basketball, CCES varsity baseball, Harvard basketball, Chinese University of Hong Kong basketball:
...Teams he’s played on.

Greenville, Boston, Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, China:
...Places he’s lived.

Financial Analyst, Senior Vice-President, Executive Vice President, President:
...Job titles he’s held.

Mergers and acquisitions, TV programming, TV series development, Media Advertising, Broadway producer:
...Careers he’s had.

Smith Barney, ABC, Warner Brothers, CBS, Miramax, Discovery Network US:
...Companies he’s worked for.

China Beach, ER, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Everybody Loves Raymond, Trading Spaces, What Not to Wear, Project Greenlight, Planet Earth:
....Shows he’s developed, produced or overseen.

Ted, Ben, Matt, Mehmet, Lance, Steve:
...Billy’s personal friends, otherwise known to the rest of us as Ted Koppel, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Dr. Oz,
...Lance Armstrong, and the late Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter.

The 1978 CCES Hellenian summed it up best:
...Quote: “Oh, Billy, what haven’t you done?”


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