Ann Moore, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Time Inc., to Speak at 90th Annual Bentley University Commencement

Ann Moore, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Time Inc., to Speak at 90th Annual Bentley University Commencement

Herbie Hancock, Jazz Pianist, Composer and Music Impresario, Addresses the Bentley McCallum Graduate School of Business

WALTHAM, Mass., April 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ann Moore, chairman and chief executive officer of Time Inc., will deliver the commencement address to approximately 1,000 Bentley University undergraduate students on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. on the south campus of Bentley University, with an expected 7,000 in attendance.

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Moore, who will also receive an honorary doctor of commercial science degree at the ceremony, oversees the world's leading magazine company. Globally, Time Inc. publishes approximately 115 magazines and 50 web sites. In the U.S., one out of every two American adults reads a Time Inc. magazine each month; one out of every six readers who are online visit a company web site (more than 25 million monthly unique visitors). Time Inc. accounts for nearly 20 percent of total advertising revenues of U.S. consumer magazines.

Herbie Hancock, jazz pianist, composer and music impresario, will deliver the keynote address to approximately 400 graduate students when McCallum Graduate School of Business degrees are conferred on the south campus at 3:00 p.m.

An icon of modern music, Hancock remains in the forefront of world culture, technology, business and music. With an illustrious career spanning five decades, he continues to expand the public's vision of what music, particularly jazz, is about today. Hancock will also receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree at the ceremony.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Ann Moore was appointed chairman and chief executive officer of Time Inc. in July 2002. She had previously served as executive vice president of Time Inc. since June 2001, responsible for the business and development operations for several of the most popular consumer magazines in publishing: TIME, People, In Style, People en Espanol, and Real Simple. In addition, she managed the consumer marketing division of Time Inc.

Moore joined Time Inc. in 1978 as a corporate financial analyst and subsequently served in key executive positions at Sports Illustrated, FORTUNE, Money and Discover magazines. She was the founding publisher of Sports Illustrated for Kids in 1989, until moving to People as its publisher in July 1991. She was named president of People in 1993. During her tenure, Moore took what was already the most profitable weekly magazine in the U.S. to new heights of success, both domestically and internationally. Under her guidance, People grew from a single title to the centerpiece of a thriving magazine family -- spinning off the Australian Who Weekly, followed by In Style, People en Espanol, and Real Simple, as well as In Style's growing international franchise.

A native of McLean, Va., Moore graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1971 and received her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1978. She joined Time Inc. later that year. Moore serves on the board of directors of Avon Products, Inc. and the Wallace Foundation. Her numerous awards and honors include appearing on FORTUNE magazine's list of "The 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business" for all 11 years of its existence. In 2003, Moore received the first annual Time Warner Civic Leadership Award, which recognizes a senior executive at the company who does the most to foster a spirit of employee volunteerism and corporate responsibility.

Herbie Hancock's creative path has moved fluidly between almost every development in acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B since 1960. He recorded as a solo artist on the legendary label Blue Note Records at age 20, and then joined the Miles Davis Quintet, securing his place in jazz history. After numerous successful jazz recordings and awards, he branched into an accomplished career composing and performing feature film and television music.

Hancock stepped full time into the electronic jazz-funk era with his band The Headhunters in 1973 and recorded the first jazz album to go platinum. The music he recorded then has been an inspiration for generations of hip hop and dance music artists to this day. In addition to numerous Grammy and MTV Award successes, Hancock won an Oscar in 1986 for scoring the film "'Round Midnight" -- in which he also appeared as an actor. His tribute album, "River: The Joni Letters" won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album to win the award.

In 1999, Hancock formed Transparent Music. This multimedia music company is dedicated to the presentation of barrier-breaking music of all types, at all tiers of distribution including recordings, films and TV, concert events and the Internet.

Hancock also maintains a thriving career outside the performing stage and recording studio. Since 1991, he has been the Distinguished Artist in Residence at Jazz Aspen Snowmass in Colorado, a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation and performance of jazz and American music; he also serves as chairman of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, the foremost international organization devoted to the development of jazz performance and education worldwide.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Commencement 2009 takes place on the south campus at Bentley. The undergraduate ceremony is held under the tent on the lacrosse field. Indoor viewing on large monitors is available in the Dana Athletic Center. The graduate ceremony takes place inside the Dana Center. Both events are held rain or shine. Buses will run from the parking lots on the main campus to the south campus.

Further details on Commencement 2009 can be found on the Bentley University commencement web site: http://www.bentley.edu/commencement/index.cfm.

BENTLEY UNIVERSITY is a leader in business education. Centered on teaching and research in business and related professions, Bentley blends the breadth and technological strength of a university with the core values and student focus of a close-knit campus. Our undergraduate curriculum combines business study with a strong foundation in the arts and sciences. The McCallum Graduate School emphasizes the impact of technology on business practice, in offerings that include MBA and Master of Science programs, PhD programs in accountancy and in business, and custom executive education programs. Located minutes from Boston in Waltham, Massachusetts, the school enrolls approximately 4,000 full-time undergraduate, 250 adult part-time undergraduate, 1,400 graduate, and 30 doctoral students. Bentley is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges; AACSB International -- The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business; and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), which benchmarks quality in management and business education.

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