THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED - PROFESSOR SHROPSHIRE RUPTURED HIS ACHILLES TENDON.  THE EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED IN THE FALL.  WE APOLOGIZE FOR THIS CANCELLATION AND ARE OFFERING A REFUND.

"Negotiation Lessons from the Sports Industry"  
Special Commentary on Chicago's Bid for the Olympics
Thursday, April 30th, 6:00pm, Union League Club  

Kenneth Shropshire is the Director of the Wharton Business Initiative and the David W. Hauck Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and he will address the Wharton and Penn Clubs of Chicago on the topic of "Negotiation Lessons from the Sports Industry".  We'll start off with a wine and cheese reception where you'll get a chance to connect with other Wharton and Penn alums and then move onto the presentation by Professor Shropshire. 

Kenneth Shropshire Bio:

Wharton: 1986-present.(Director, Wharton Sports Business Initiative, 2004-present; named David W. Hauck Professor, 2001; Chairperson, Legal Studies Department, 2000-2005; Pitney Bowes Term Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, 1986-91). University of Pennsylvania: (Acting Director, Afro-American Studies Program, 1997-98).

Other Positions
Attorney, General Business, Sports and Entertainment Practice, 1982-86; Assistant Vice President, Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, 1982-85; Associate, Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Tunney, Los Angeles, 1980-82

Representative Publications
Being Sugar Ray: The Life of Sugar Ray Robinson, America's Greatest Boxer and the First Celebrity Athlete. Basic Ciritas Books, 2007 (with S. Rosner)
The Business of Sports. Jones and Bartlett, 2004.