{"id":6857,"date":"2013-11-13T10:13:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T15:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/?p=6857"},"modified":"2013-11-13T10:13:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T15:13:22","slug":"steve-ferguson-63-named-business-leader-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2013\/11\/13\/steve-ferguson-63-named-business-leader-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Ferguson '63 named Business Leader of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Ferguson ’63<\/strong>,\u00a0chairman of Bloomington-based Cook Group Inc., has been named Business Leader of the Year by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce<\/strong>. As Chairman of Cook Group, Steve\u00a0oversees a company that employs 11,000 workers and generates annual sales of approximately $2 billion.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0annual awards dinner was held on November 12.\u00a0 \u201cSteve Ferguson is a class act and has a thoughtful and calming way about him. He is a perpetual optimist and has a good way of getting people to focus on the right things, the task at hand and getting it done,\u201d offers Indiana Chamber President and CEO Kevin Brinegar. \u201cI think we all should aspire to be like Steve in terms of his approach to business and in particular his approach to interpersonal interactions.\u201d\u00a0 Click here <\/a>to read the details of the\u00a0 award and Steve’s accomplishments.<\/p>\n

Congratulations, Steve!<\/p>\n

Addendum added November 21:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Steve\u00a0is the cover story for the Nov\/Dec issue of Indiana Chamber of Commerce Bizvoice<\/em> magazine.\u00a0 Click here<\/a> to read the entire story, an interactive magazine on the web site, so you will be able to read the actual magazine pages.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Bizvoice.<\/em><\/p>\n

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