Jeff Webb, founder and CEO of Memphis-based Varsity Brands Inc., will be the new president and chief operating officer effective Jan. 1 at Herff Jones Inc., a manufacturer of graduation-related items like yearbooks, rings, caps and gowns.

2. Herff Jones Inc. Gets New Chief Operating Officer - Thursday, December 13, 2012

Jeff Webb, founder and CEO of Memphis-based Varsity Brands Inc., will be the new president and chief operating officer effective Jan. 1 at Herff Jones Inc., a manufacturer of graduation-related items like yearbooks, rings, caps and gowns.

3. Wharton, Fullilove & Conrad Re-Elected -- Harris-Ford to Runoff - Friday, October 07, 2011
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. won a full four-year term of office as mayor Thursday, Oct. 6, two years after he claimed the mayor’s office in a special election.

And all 12 of the Memphis City Council members seeking re-election won new four year terms in the city election cycle, marking the largest return of incumbents to the 13-member council in the 43-year history of the mayor-council form of government.

4. Varsity Brands Merges with Herff Jones - Friday, July 29, 2011

Memphis-based Varsity Brands Inc., a provider of education training and equipment for the school spirit market, has reached an agreement to merge with Herff Jones, a manufacturer and publisher of educational products, recognition awards and graduation-related items.

5. 4 Council Members - All 3 City Court Judges To Run Unopposed In Oct. Elections - Friday, July 22, 2011

Four incumbent Memphis City Council members and all three incumbent City Court Judges were effectively re-elected at the Thursday, July 21, noon deadline for candidates to file their qualifying petitions for the Oct. 6 Memphis ballot.

6. MCS Board Votes To Surrender Charter - Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The Memphis City Schools (MCS) board has approved surrendering the school system’s charter subject to a referendum by Memphis voters early in the new year.

The resolution was approved on a 5-4 vote by the MCS board after hours of often emotional debate in which even Supt. Dr. Kriner Cash took a stand.

7. MCS to Consider Charter Surrender Resolution - Monday, December 20, 2010

Memphis City Schools board members may make the most important decision of their tenures Monday night with a resolution to surrender the school system’s charter.

If the resolution passes and is then sent to the Shelby County Election Commission, the charter would go to Memphis voters for a referendum sometime in March.

8. Whalum and Webb Draw Challengers In School Board Races - Friday, August 20, 2010

Memphis school board members Betty Mallott and Martavius Jones were unopposed at Thursday’s filing deadline for the four Memphis school board races on the Nov. 2 ballot. Noon was the deadline for candidates to file their qualifying petitions in the school board races as well as three sets of municipal elections in Bartlett, Collierville and Germantown.

9. Applicants Submit Resumes to Head CCC - Thursday, April 08, 2010

A search for successors to departing Center City Commission president Jeff Sanford has generated significant local interest.

Out of more than 70 applicants who submitted resumes to the CCC’s executive search team, the field appears to be narrowing to around 20 people who most closely fit the job description.

10. Tutor Receives Transplant Nursing Excellence Award - Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Dr. Ruth Tutor has received the 2007 Transplant Nursing Excellence Award from the International Transplant Nurses Society. Tutor is a Critical Care/Transplant Advance Practice Nurse at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute. She has worked with transplant patients since 1985. She joined the nursing staff at the Transplant Institute in 2004.

11. Attorney Webb Brewer Named Public Service Attorney of the Year - Wednesday, February 01, 2006

The Tennessee Bar Association and the Access to Justice Committee have named attorney Webb Brewer 2005 Public Service Attorney of the Year. Brewer has been director of advocacy and general counsel for Memphis Area Legal Services for 26 years.

12. Recruiting Agency Finds Unique Niche - Thursday, December 08, 2005

Over the last year, Greg Webb has built a new employment pipeline for the country's pharmaceutical industry, a service that's being used by scores of young college graduates with million-dollar smiles, toned physiques and persuasive charm.

13. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, June 29, 2005
ABWA Presents Business and Community Involvement Awards

Orchestral Society Names New Board Members

The Memphis Orchestral Society Inc. named Jeff Sanford chairman of its board of directors, effective July 1. Sanford, president of the Center Ci...

14. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Rhodes Psychology Professor to Serve as Diversity Delegate at Leadership Conference

First Horizon Exec Named to Fed Advisory Council

J. Kenneth Glass was appointed to a one-year term on the Federal Reserve Boards Federal Advisory Council. Glas...

15. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, June 16, 2003
Calendar of Events June 16-22

Calendar of Events June 16-22

June 17

Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women, 6225 Humphreys Blvd., presents You and Your Medications from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. as part of the Dr. Sam P. Patterson Library Seminar Serie...

16. Archived Article: Law Briefs - Thursday, June 12, 2003
Incoming American Bar Association

Incoming American Bar Association president Dennis Archer addresses the Tennessee Bar Associations 122nd annual convention at a luncheon from noon to 1:30 p.m. today at The Peabody, 149 Union Ave.

Archer, a fo...

17. Archived Article: Tech Briefs - Wednesday, June 11, 2003
The Memphis Bar Association offers Executive Compensation Arrangements Tuesday from 1:30 p

The Memphis Bar Association presents Executive Compensation Arrangements from 1:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Tuesday in the MBA conference room, One Commerce Squar...

18. Archived Article: Law Briefs - Thursday, June 05, 2003
Memphis Light, Gas and Water

Memphis Light, Gas and Water Divisions board luncheon begins at noon today at 220 S. Main St. in the administration buildings first floor auditorium. Service awards will be presented to Herman Morris Jr., Larry Thomps...

19. Archived Article: Standout - Friday, March 28, 2003
Risky business

Risky business

By ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

It was her new, or different, way of tackling problems as a social worker that led Pearson Uhlhorn Crutcher into a circle of individuals who make their livings by thinking creat...

20. Archived Article: Varsity Chg - Wednesday, May 07, 1997
New York company New York company buys Varsity Spirit By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News New York-based Riddell Sports Inc. and Memphis-based Varsity Spirit Corp. announced Tuesday they have entered a definitive merger agreement in which Riddell wi...

21. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, February 19, 1997
Deb Gerace Minor has been named vice president and manager of mortgage lending for Victory Bank in Cordova Deb Gerace Minor has been named vice president and manager of mortgage lending for Victory Bank in Cordova. She most recently was with Union P...

22. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, April 17, 1996
memos 04-17 George Menendez has been named vice president of strategic planning at Buckman Laboratories, in addition to his current duties as vice president of marketing. Menendez joined Buckman in 1976. He has a bachelors degree in chemical enginee...