The Jesuits as a Business Model? Former seminarian and investment banker to discuss leadership Released: April 21, 2005 International author Chris Lowney will deliver a lecture based on his book Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World at Marquette University on Thursday, April 28 at 4:00 p.m. The annual Marburg Memorial Lecture is presented by the Marquette University Department of Economics and will be held in the Monaghan Ballroom on the third floor of the Alumni Memorial Union.  A reception will follow the lecture in the Henke Lounge on the second floor. In Heroic Leadership, Lowney draws on his unique background as a Jesuit seminarian and investment banker to identify leadership traits and skills.  He recounts early Jesuit experience through a corporate lens, and in so doing, he shows how the vastly different leadership challenges of religious orders and business enterprises nonetheless involve similar human experiences.  The manner in which early Jesuit leaders met the challenges of motivating themselves and others toward common goals reflects their way of proceeding and involves leadership formulas that still work today. Lowney currently serves as special assistant to the president of the Catholic Medical Mission Board, a leading U.S.-based Catholic charity providing health care programs to people in need around the world.  For more information about Mr. Lowney and his books and charities, see his web site: www.ChrisLowney.com. Interested media should contact Anne Broeker in the Office of Public Affairs. Office of Public Affairs Contacts Christopher Stolarski Media Relations Specialist Phone: (414) 288-1988 Send e-mail