Bowling Green, Ky. - Business leader Bill Gatton will visit Western Kentucky University’s Gordon Ford College of Business on April 6 for the Hays Watkins Visiting CEO Professorship Lecture Series.

Gatton, CEO of Gatton Chevrolet Cadillac, will discuss “The Road to Success” at 11:15 a.m. at the Grise Hall Auditorium.

Born and raised on a farm near Bremen in Muhlenberg County, Gatton graduated valedictorian of Sacramento High School in 1950. The namesake for the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky, Gatton received a bachelor of science degree from UK and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

He is the owner/founder of Bill Gatton Chevrolet Cadillac, which includes auto dealerships in Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee and Texas. Gatton also serves on numerous financial boards and has banking and real estate development interests in several states.

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For information, contact Paula Newby at (270) 745-6311.

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