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Fisher College of Business Presents Cullman Award to Former United Airlines CEO Jack Creighton; Creighton Shares Thoughts on Crisis Leadership.

AScribe Business & Economics News Service, October, 2003

Byline: Fisher College of Business, Ohio State

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Fisher College of Business recently hosted its 11th biennial Cullman Symposium. Key worldwide business leaders participated in a day of panel discussions about "Guiding a Corporation Through Crisis Times." In addition, the college honored the 2003 Cullman Award recipient, Jack Creighton, for exemplifying management in the face of adversity. Creighton was the interim chair and CEO of United Airlines who guided the company from October 2001 through September 2002 during the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

In his acceptance remarks, Creighton cited Ernest Shackleton as the consummate leader under stress. Using examples from Dennis Perkins' book...

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