Gift from Helen Kennedy announced at event featuring author/financial analyst Harry Markopolos

Belmont University’s College of Business Administration (COBA) celebrated today a generous endowment received from civic leader and Belmont Trustee Helen Kennedy by naming its Center for Business Ethics in honor of her late husband, Edward Creasman Kennedy, a local businessman who exemplified the values the Center promotes. A graduate of Hume Fogg High School and lifetime deacon of Judson Baptist Church, Mr. Kennedy co-founded Ed’s Supply Company and was actively involved in many organizations related to the heating, cooling and refrigeration industry. Mr. Kennedy also served 12 years as a Belmont University Trustee.
“This naming allows a new tune to be hymned throughout Belmont,” said Mrs. Kennedy. “The Edward C. Kennedy Center for Business Ethics can provide a strong foundation on professional ethics for every University program.”
Tom Connor, a personal friend and former business partner of Ed Kennedy, attended the naming ceremony and shared his thoughts on Ed’s staunch ethical conduct in business matters. “Ed loved Belmont. I don’t think there’s a way he could be better honored than to have a center on this campus named for him and for it to be connected to ethics. And, I don’t believe Belmont could have selected a better or more ethical person to name this center after than Ed Kennedy.”