CEO Tobias To Speak at RRPI

Randall L. Tobias, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Eli Lilly and Co., the Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical company, will give the second annual address in the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute's Whitman Series on the New Global Economy.

His presentation on "Global Transformations and the Lessons for American Business" will take place at Radcliffe's Cronkhite Graduate Center, 6 Ash St., on Tuesday, May 5, at 5:30 p.m.

"Randy Tobias has been a leader among CEOs in examining and addressing the family and societal impact of the way business is organized and conducted," said Paula Rayman, the director of the Institute. "We are honored that he has accepted our invitation to be this year's Whitman lecturer."

The Whitman Lecture Series, made possible with the support of the Marina and Robert Whitman Foundation, brings to Cambridge experts who have examined the global economy and its impact from a variety of perspectives. Last year's address was given by C. Fred Bergsten, the director of the Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C.

Tobias joined Lilly as chairman and CEO in 1993. From 1986 until 1993, he was vice chairman of the board of AT&T, where he had been an employee since 1964. He is a director of the Phillips Petroleum Co., Kimberly-Clark Corp., and Knight-Ridder Inc., and he is a member of the Business Council and the Business Roundtable. Tobias also serves on the Council on Foreign Relations, the U.S.-China Business Council, and the U.S.-Japan Business Council.

He is chairman of the board of trustees of Duke University, a trustee of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and vice chairman of the board of the corporate fund of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In 1996, Tobias was named CEO Family Champion of the Year by Working Mother magazine and Business Leader of the Year by the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce. He received the Norman Vincent Peale Humanitarian of the Year award, and was named one of Business Week's top 25 Managers of the Year in 1997.

The event is free and open to the public; however, seating is limited. Doors will open at 5 p.m. For more information or to reserve a seat, contact the Institute at 496-3478.