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Dateline: 9/29/2009

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE
Dale Goodwin, Director
Peter Tormey, Associate Director

Thompson to speak at Dean's Business Forum Oct. 15


Thatcher Thompson. Photo courtesy of The Capital Group Companies.
Thatcher Thompson. Photo courtesy of The Capital Group Companies.

Please join Clarence H. Barnes, dean of the Gonzaga University School of Business Administration, and the Dean's Business Forum for this breakfast presentation. The Capital Group Companies investment analyst Thatcher Thompson will discuss how "Bad Markets Create the Best Opportunities," at 7:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 15 in the Gonzaga University Jepson Center Wolff Auditorium. Cost is $15 and includes breakfast, which begins at 7 a.m., a half-hour before his presentation. Please RSVP by Oct. 9. For more information contact Kyndrin Tenny at (509) 313-7036 or via e-mail. Visit the following link to register online

Thompson is an equity investment analyst with more than 15 years experience in the financial services industry. He covers U.S. small- and mid-cap companies for Capital Research Company. Prior to joining the company in July 2006, he was a managing director in the equity research department at CIBC World Markets, vice president of equity research at Merrill Lynch, and also worked at Dain Bosworth. 

A chartered Financial Analyst®, Thompson holds a Bachelor of Arts in accounting from Gonzaga and is based in New York. 

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