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David Abney<\/P>
David and Sherry Abney of Atlanta, Ga., recently made a generous gift to Delta State University, which will help to enhance the International Business and Development program.<\/P>
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Abney, a 1976 graduate, currently serves as the President of UPS International and is responsible for the strategic development and management of UPS\u2019s international package division. As part of UPS\u2019s Management Committee, Abney is also responsible for overseeing UPS\u2019s international package services within the United States.<\/P>
A native of <\/SPAN>Greenwood<\/SPAN>, Abney received his bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration. It was while at <\/SPAN>Delta<\/SPAN> <\/SPAN>State<\/SPAN>, he began his career with UPS, as a part-time employee loading and unloading packages in 1974. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> Since that time, Abney has held various positions throughout his UPS career, including division manager in <\/SPAN>New Jersey<\/SPAN> and district manager in <\/SPAN>Utah<\/SPAN>. He also served as president of SonicAir\u00ae, UPS\u2019s same-day delivery service. While president of SonicAir, Abney was honored with the Professionalism in Services\/Support Management Award by the International Association of Services Management for demonstrating exemplary managerial characteristics. \u201cObtaining my degree from Delta State was like crossing the continental divide. I was the first in my family to graduate from a university,\u201d Abney offered. \u201cMy education at Delta State certainly helped prepare me for the \u2018real world\u2019 of business. It has been 29 years since I left Delta State, and as I now travel throughout the world, I proudly refer to Delta State wherever I go.\u201d<\/SPAN><\/P> The International Business and Development will be a new program to Delta State University this fall under the Division of Management, Marketing and Business Administration. This program is designed to prepare students for the constantly expanding world of business.<\/P> <\/P> \u201cStudents wishing to gain knowledge and understanding on the global possibilities available for business professionals will benefit from this new program,\u201d Dr. Cooper Johnson, Division Chair and Professor of Management, Marketing and Business Administration offered. \u201cA degree from Delta State University, with an emphasis in International Business, is sure to help in the opening of endless opportunities for graduates.\u201d <\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" David AbneyDavid and Sherry Abney of Atlanta, Ga., recently made a generous gift to Delta State University, which will help to enhance the International Business and Development program. Abney,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40577,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions\/40577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Prior to taking the helm of UPS\u2019s top international post, Abney led UPS\u2019s logistical and freight operations in <\/SPAN>Canada<\/SPAN>, <\/SPAN>Latin America<\/SPAN> and the <\/SPAN>United States<\/SPAN>. He later headed up the global operations of UPS\u2019s freight forwarding and customs brokerage operations. During his tenure, Abney oversaw UPS\u2019s largest acquisition in recent history – the Fritz Companies. <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P>
For more information on how to make a gift to Delta State please contact Director of Development George Miller at (662) 846-4708.<\/P>