Union Pacific’s CFO to lecture at Clark Atlanta

Robert Knight Jr., chief financial officer for Union Pacific Corp., will serve as the guest lecturer in the Dean’s Executive Lecture Series on Wednesday. The topic is: “Don’t Miss the Train: The Value of the Railroad Industry.” The program starts at 10:50 a.m.at the Thomas W. Cole Jr. Research Center for Science and Technology Auditorium, 223 James P. Brawley Drive, S.W. Knight has been CFO at Union Pacific since February 2004 and is responsible for all financial activities of both the corporation and Union Pacific Railroad. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Kansas State University and a master’s degree in business administration from Southern Illinois University.

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