Cornell University and The Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise Program are pleased to announce Jeff Parker '65, M ENG '66, MBA '70 as Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2001
	The 2001 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Address will be held Friday, October 12, 2001 4-4:45 pm, Statler Auditorium.
Jeffrey P. Parker co-founded CCBN in 1997 and served as the company's Chairman and CEO from its inception to its sale in March, 2004.  Prior to founding CCBN, Jeff co-founded 38 Newbury Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on start-up and early stage companies.  As the creator and CEO of several successful financial services companies over the past twenty years, he brings an operating perspective to the companies in which he invests, as well as a wealth of financial expertise and an extended network of domestic and international business contacts. In 1980, Jeff founded Technical Data Corporation. In 1982, he became Chairman and CEO of Business Research Corporation, and in 1983 founded First Call Corporation.  He sold these businesses in 1986 to International Thomson, now the Thomson Corporation, and became Chairman and CEO of Thomson Financial, its financial services subsidiary.  Under his leadership, Thomson Financial became a major provider of proprietary financial information to the investment and corporate communities.  Many of his companies have been the subject of management case studies and are actively used in MBA programs throughout the country.   Prior to 1980, Jeff served as a Vice President and Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Fidelity Investments in Boston.  He has also held management positions at Smith Barney, Loeb Rhodes and A.G. Becker. Jeff is a Trustee Emeritus of Cornell University where he founded the Parker Center for Investment Research at the Johnson School.  An alumnus of Cornell, he earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1965, a Master of Engineering in 1966, and a MBA in 1970.  He has been recognized as a foremost benefactor of the University.  While a Trustee, Jeff served as a member of the University's Executive Committee and co-chair of the University's Committee on Alumni Affairs and Development.  In 2001, Jeff was inducted into the Johnson Graduate School of Management Hall of Honor, the Johnson School's highest award, and was also selected as the Cornell University 2001 Entrepreneur of the Year. Jeff is an active instrument-rated private pilot, as well as an active speaker on entrepreneurship.  He is married and has four children.