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Allen Questrom is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of J. C. Penney Company, Inc., one of America's largest department store, drugstore, catalog, and e-commerce retailers. Questrom joined JCPenney in August 2000, from Barneys New York, Inc., where he was appointed chairman, president, and chief executive officer in May 1999. Previously, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Federated Department Stores, Inc., the company at which he began his retailing career in 1964.

For the fiscal year ending January 2002, revenues for JCPenney rose to $32 billion. The company operates 1,100 JCPenney department stores, located in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Mexico; 49 Renner department stores in Brazil; and 2,600 drugstores throughout the Southeast, Sunbelt, and Northeast regions of the United States through its subsidiary, Eckerd Corporation.

Thursday, March 28, 2002
Presentation/Lunch: 12 p.m. (noon)

Fairmont Hotel
International Ballroom

The Management Briefing Series has provided the Dallas community with a forum of speakers influential in business, economic, and political arenas. Previous speakers have included former President George Bush, Alan Greenspan, Lee Iaccoca, Steve Forbes, Hugh McColl, Richard Grasso, and Donald Carty.

This event is open to the public. Individual tickets are $55 and $400 for a table of eight. To make reservations or for additional information on future programs and prices, please contact Andrea Smith at 214-768-4266 or visit our Website at http://www.cox.smu.edu/mbs.