Kenneth Langone, Co-Founder of The Home Depot, to speak at Adelphi University on April 22

Kenneth Langone, the founder and CEO of Invemed Associates LLC and co-founder of The Home Depot Inc. will give the lecture “Langone’s Lessons for Life” on April 22, 2015, at 6:00 p.m., at Adelphi University’s Performing Arts Center, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, New York. The lecture, co-sponsored by the William E. Simon Lecture in American Civilizations and Values and the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, is free and open to the public.

Frequently referred to as a self-made man, Langone grew up on Long Island, the son of a plumber and a cafeteria waitress. He worked at several blue-collar jobs before graduating from Bucknell University and heading to Wall Street where he worked his way up to become president of the financial service company R.W. Pressprich & Co. He subsequently launched Invemed Associates LLC, a boutique investment banking firm. Invemed helped raise the funds to start The Home Depot Inc. in 1978. Langone served as a lead director of Home Depot and a member of the executive committee of its board until 2008.

Langone currently serves on the board of overseers of the New York University Stern School of Business as well as the board of trustees at NYU. He is chairman of the trustees of New York University Medical Center, renamed the NYU Langone Medical Center in April 2008. He serves on the boards of Unifi, Inc., Micell Technologies, Inc., Relationship Science LLC, Geeknet, Inc., and Juice Press.

In addition, Langone is vice chair of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, serves on the boards of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, The Ronald McDonald House New York, the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc., and the Harlem Children’s Zone and its Promise Academy.

The William E. Simon Lecture in American Civilization was endowed some 25 years ago by U.S. Treasury Secretary Simon with the goal of creating a permanent forum focusing on the culture and beliefs that have shaped America.

The Robert B. Willumstad School of Business is an AACSB-accredited school of business with a mission of preparing undergraduate and master’s students to become innovative and ethical leaders with a global perspective..

For further information, please call the Adelphi Cultural Events Hotline at (516) 877-4555 or visit http://events.adelphi.edu/newsevent/langones-common-core-lessons-for-life-kenneth-langone/.

About Adelphi University: Adelphi is a world-class, modern university with excellent and highly relevant programs where students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, College of Nursing and Public Health and the School of Social Work—the coeducational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. As a nationally-ranked, doctoral research university, Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 students from 43 states and 45 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and its centers in Manhattan, Suffolk County, and Poughkeepsie, the University, chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies, in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.