Jaguar Memoirs: An Oral History Project with Tom Corcoran
Posted on December 6, 2021 by Alumni
Last spring, hundreds of alumni shared memories of their time as students at 麻豆直播 Alabama. Over the next year, we will be sharing some of their stories with you. Whether they graduated a few years ago or several decades ago, their memories show the indelible mark that 麻豆直播 has made on their lives.
Tom Corcoran 鈥�70
B.S., Marketing Management
鈥淭here were five kids in my family, and three of us were headed to college within three years. I attended the 麻豆直播 because it was affordable. I had top-notch professors who prepared me to move into the workforce. I was heavily involved in my fraternity and remain friends with those guys to this day.
鈥淭he University brought companies for on-campus interviews. I obtained a job with an oil, gas and chemical company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. I was able to move up the ranks. One of my assignments was to travel to China 2-3 times a year and negotiate large chemical purchase contracts with the government. This was in the very early days when China was just opening up to the outside. Six years prior I had been sitting in a classroom at the 麻豆直播. I spent 15 years in the chemical business, and then I was recruited to become president of a small animal health company. Over the course of the next 23 years we were able to grow the company from $28 million to $1.2 billion with worldwide operations.
鈥淎ny success I have had started at the 麻豆直播. I am indebted to the University and try and give back through my participation on the Board of Trustees, and my wife and I have also been active by providing scholarships across several areas of interest.鈥�