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John Carroll University’s Mellen Series on Publicly Held Ohio Corporations Presents:
National Interstate Corporation Founder and Chairman
Alan Spachman
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
5 p.m.
D.J. Lombardo Student Center, LSC Conference Room

Alan R. Spachman, founder and chairman of National Interstate Corporation.            
Mr. Spachman founded National Interstate Corporation in 1989, and served as president and CEO from 1989- 2007.  He directed the company’s evolution from a single product passenger insurer to a multi-line publicly traded entity.  Mr. Spachman holds a B.S. and M.B.A from the University of Rhode Island. 

Lecture: The Mellen Series on Publicly Held Ohio Corporations invites chief executive officers to discuss current and expected financial developments in their companies. 

LeRoy D. Brooks, Ph.D.
216.397.4508
or mellen@jcu.edu

John Carroll University, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a liberal arts university grounded in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition.  The university has some 3,100 plus undergraduates and just over 700 graduate students.  The U.S. News & World Report’s 2007 annual college guide ranks John Carroll University among the top 10 master’s-degree granting universities in the Midwest and first in average graduation rate. Originally founded as St. Ignatius College in 1886, the university was renamed in 1923 to honor America’s first Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland.  John Carroll is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities located in the United States.

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