UB Entrepreneurial Program to Hold Annual Dinner

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The alumni association of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) in the University at Buffalo School of Management will holds its annual black-tie dinner-dance for alumni and friends on Saturday, March 7.

Sponsored by Key Bank, the event will be held in the Saturn Club, 977 Delaware Ave. Cocktails will begin at 6 p.m. Dinner at 7:30 p.m. will be followed by dancing at 9 p.m.

The event will celebrate the positive contributions of entrepreneurs to the Western New York economy. It will feature acknowledgement of a $50,000 gift to CEL from former Western New York residents Irene and Frank Jellinek that will be used to launch an on-line, business-advice network for area entrepreneurs and a business-strategy library for the CEL.

"Entrepreneurs are one of Western New York's most valuable resources for economic growth," said Douglas Smith, president of the alumni association and of Fulfillment Systems International of North Tonawanda. "Programs and events that bring them together offer support for the risks of entrepreneurship and pay tribute to those who turn those risks into successes."

For more information or to register for the dinner, call 645-3000.