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Delta State Alumnus David Abney, Head of UPS, Praises Alma Mater in “Atlanta Business Chronicle” Article

By July 8, 2019Alumni, College of Business
Dr. David Abney ’76 and ’15, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of United Parcel Service, speaking in October 2018 at the 14th annual International Business Symposium, which he co-founded with his wife, Sherry, in 2006.

We know the value of Delta State University. So does Dr. David Abney ’76 and ’15, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of United Parcel Service.

In a July 4 feature in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, he reflects on Delta State, the International Business Symposium he founded 14 years ago at DSU, and his 45-year career at UPS—a career he began in the Mississippi Delta to help pay his way through college.

Read the article here.