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Dowling Hosts 2006 Annual Conference of the Northeast Business and Economics Assoc.
LI Wine Industry Pioneer to Speak
Dowling College will serve as the academic host of the 2006 Annual Conference of the Northeast Business and Economics Association (NBEA), taking place October 12-14, 2006 at Danford's on the Sound in Port Jefferson, NY. The NBEA conference provides a venue for a wide range of academic and practitioner papers addressing all areas of business, economics, and information systems.
One of the highlights of the conference will be when Louisa Thomas Hargrave, co-founder of the Long Island wine industry, addresses conference attendees at the luncheon on October 13. Louisa first planted wine grapes on the North Fork in 1973 and since then, Hargrave Vineyards wines have won numerous awards and accolades. In 1999, Louisa sold her winery and became a writer, columnist, wine judge and consultant.
In July 2005, Louisa was named Director of the Stony Brook University Center for Wine, Food and Culture. Louisa is a founder and a member emeritus of The Long Island Wine Council. She has served on the New York State Governor's East End Task Force, the Blue Ribbon Commission to Preserve Agriculture in the Town of Southold and the East End Economic and Environmental Institute. Furthermore, she is a member of the Long Island Regional Planning Board and Les Dames d'Escoffier International. She has been a trustee of both the Oysterponds Historical Society and the Cutchogue Library, and is currently a trustee of The Old House, Cutchogue (a national historic landmark). Louisa frequently speaks on and writes about the wine industry. She is the wine writer for the Suffolk Times and The News Review, and a columnist for The Wine Press. In 1986, she authored The History of Wine Grapes on Long Island for the Long Island Historical Journal. Her memoir, The Vineyard, was published by Viking Penguin in May 2003.
The cost to attend the conference is $225, which includes printed text of the proceedings, all-conference sessions, events and hospitality. Students with a valid, current identification card enjoy a discounted conference rate of $100. For more information, please contact Dr. Maureen L. Mackenzie, Conference Chair and Assistant Professor of Management at Dowling, at Tel: (631) 244-3245; Fax: (631) 244-5098; or e-mail: mackenzm@dowling.edu.
About Dowling College
Dowling College is an independent, coeducational college that serves more than 6,500 students at
its historic Rudolph Campus on the banks of the Connetquot River in Oakdale, NY, and the 105-acre
Brookhaven Campus in eastern Long Island and a business center located near the Nassau-Suffolk
border in Melville. Dowling offers Bachelor′s, Master′s, and Doctoral degrees in several
disciplines through its four schools: Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Education.
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