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Langfan Oratorical Contest Winners Nov. 2007

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Students Hone Skills at Oratorical Competition

First place Langfan winners are (l to r) John Huang, Janie Ni, Jenni Snape, Amy Charbonneau, Beth Carney, and James Menezes.

Three teams of undergraduate students competed in the Langfan Oratorical competition held November 20 in Lumpkin Auditorium, 8th floor of the Moore School of Business. Students were assigned a realistic current business issue– this year's topic was Airline Passengers Bill of Rights – and were tasked with giving case presentations.

The teams were then judged by experts in the field and awarded prizes. The first-place team received $1,000 and the Langfan medal. The second-place team was awarded $500, and the third-place team received $250.

Pictured are graduate case team members (l to r) Kavita Maheshwari, Tara Loescher, Josh Canfield, and Mike Messermith.

The William and Marion Langfan Constitutional Oratorical Prize was established in 1999 by an endowment from William K. Langfan. Langfan, an attorney, received his undergraduate degree in business from the Moore School in 1943. While a student at USC, he was a member of the Euphradian Society, and won the prestigious Gonzales Medal for Oratorical Debate. Since 2006, the Moore School has awarded first-place recipients with the Langfan Medal for Oratory Excellence.

The prize reflects Langfan’s belief in the importance of oratory as an educational tool, especially for lawyers and businesspeople who must think on their feet, and his recognition for the substance of constitutional law. Langfan has established similar competitions at the Cordoza School of Law at Yeshiva University, Cornell Law School at Cornell University, and at Horace Mann High School, a private school in New York.

Judges (L to R) Thomas Kennaday, (MIBS/JD '99) Attorney, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Jodie McLean, President and CIO, Edens & Avant; and  Chuck Henderson, Deputy Director, Columbia Metropolitan Airport.

Judges for this year's event included Chuck Henderson, Deputy Director, Columbia Metropolitan Airport; Thomas Kennaday, Attorney, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP; and Jodie McLean, President and CIO, Edens & Avant.

First-, second-, and third-place team members are:  First Place -- Amy Charbonneau, Beth Carney, Jenni Snape, Janie Ni, John Huang, and James Menezes .  Second Place -- Jeremy Rabon, Lindsey Miller, Andy Schwark, Whitnie Sturkie, and Tracy Prohoniak.  Third Place -- Regina Duck, Amy Wike, Josh Sutherland, Trevor Hartley, and Jesse Barbaro.

Gail Crouch
November 2007