| Jackson, Tenn. - Robert
Alsobrook, senior executive vice president and managing
director at Grenzebach Glier & Associates, Inc. in
Chicago, Ill., will serve as 51ÉçÇø's vice
president for institutional advancement, effective Aug.
1. "Bob Alsobrook brings a remarkable depth of
experience to his new role at Union," Michael
Duduit, Union's executive vice president, says. "He
has served as a senior officer with one of the nation's
top development consulting groups and has managed capital
campaigns for some of the nation's largest and best
universities. We are blessed to have someone of Bob's
talent and experience serve in this critical leadership
role at Union."
In his new role, Alsobrook will provide strategic
leadership and direction for Union's efforts in financial
development. One of his primary responsibilities will be
management of Union's current $35 million capital
campaign, which is the largest such effort ever
undertaken in West Tennessee (outside Shelby County).
Alsobrook's extensive development experience includes
service at Tulane University as vice president for
medical center development, and at the University of
Chicago as director of medical center alumni development.
He also served as assistant dean for administration at
the University of Memphis School of Law.
Alsobrook was named administrator of the year at the
University of Memphis in 1979. He has also completed
Tennessee's Gibson County Leadership Program and was
honored by the Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership
fraternity.
As a business leader in Humboldt in the late 1980s,
Alsobrook was chairman of the Humboldt United Way
Campaign in 1989 and 1990, first vice president of the
Humboldt Chamber of Commerce in 1991, and chairman of the
Humboldt Public Library Board from 1988 to 1991.
Alsobrook, his wife Jessica and their three sons are
members of First Baptist Church, Humboldt, Tenn.
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