Marriott Establishes Leadership Center at Howard University in Memory of Late CEO Arne Sorenson
Photo Credit: The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation will provide $20 million to launch the Marriott-Sorenson Center for Hospitality Leadership, named for the late CEO Arne Sorenson (pictured) at Howard University. Marriott International
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Arne Sorenson's legacy lives through a program created with a $20 million Marriott grant that aims to create much-needed diversity in leadership in the hospitality industry.
The Marriott family’s charitable foundation launched an endowment Wednesday to establish a hospitality leadership program at Howard University, one of the nation’s most prestigious historically Black colleges and universities.
The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation will provide $20 million to launch the Marriott-Sorenson Center for Hospitality Leadership — named for Arne Sorenson, Marriott’s late CEO who died earlier this month after a nearly two-year battle
