Distinguished Alumni Host Discussion on Management Skills in Sports and Entertainment Industries

Barry Frank

Robert Summer

Carnegie Mellon alumni Barry Frank (A'54) and Robert Summer (PM'55), senior executives in the sports and entertainment fields, will lead a discussion on management skills at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27 in the Alumni Concert Hall in the College of Fine Arts.

Frank and Summer are on campus this weekend to celebrate Homecoming and to receive Distinguished Achievement Awards from the university's Alumni Association.

Frank is senior corporate vice president for International Management Group and vice chairman of its parent company, Trans World International. One of the foremost sports rights agents and packagers, Frank has negotiated some of the most important contracts in sports television involving the International Olympic Committee, Major League Baseball, the NHL, the NBA, the International Skating Union and the United States Tennis Association.

He has created numerous made-for-television shows, including The Skins Game, The Battle of the Network Stars and American Gladiators. Frank represents many of the top television sports broadcasters, including John Madden, Bob Costas and Jim Nantz.

Summer has spent his career as a leader of the music industry. In June, he was named executive chairman of iMesh, a peer-to-peer music service. Prior to his current position, he was the executive chairman and chairman of the board of directors for World Theatre, Inc., where he led the company's efforts to initiate numerous content and distribution partnerships.

Summer formerly served as president of Sony Music International, president of RCA Records and as chair of the Recording Industry Association of America.

The talk is free and open to the public.

For more on this year's Homecoming Weekend, visit http://alumni.cmu.edu/homecoming/index.html.

October 24, 2005