3/14/05 Contact: Diane Townsend, 334/844-2342 (townsid@auburn.edu)
David M. Granger, 334/844-9999 (grangdm@auburn.edu)

FEDEX TRADE NETWORKS CEO TO ADDRESS AU AVIATION MANAGEMENT GROUP

AUBURN – G. Edmond Clark, president and CEO of FedEx Trade Networks, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. will address an Auburn University Aviation Management and Logistics group on Wednesday, March 16, at 7 p.m., as part of the Aviation Management Department's Distinguished Speaker Series.

Clark will address the group in Room 113 of AU's Lowder Business Building. The public is invited.

Clark is a 22-year veteran at FedEx and has headed FTN since its formation in 2000. He previously held a variety of management positions in finance and operations at FedEx Express. He is a two-time winner of the company's Five Star Award, FedEx's most prestigious internal award for employee performance.

Prior to joining FedEx, Clark worked as a design engineer for Exxon in Houston, Texas, and as an engineer/analyst for W. R. Grace & Company in Memphis.

A native of Shelbyville, Tenn., Clark holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Vanderbilt University and an MBA in Finance from the University of Houston.

FedEx, founded in 1971, is today a network of companies that includes FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, FedEx Kinko’s, FedEx Custom Critical and FedEx Trade. With more than 250 employees and contractors, FedEx offers a wide range of transportation services. Its revenue totals currently exceed $25 billion with an average daily volume of more than 5.5 million express, ground, freight and delivery shipments.

Auburn University is a pre-eminent land-grant and comprehensive research institution with nearly 23,000 students and 6,500 faculty and staff. Ranked among the top 50 public universities nationally, Auburn is Alabama's largest educational institution, offering more than 230 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs.

(Contributed by Diane Townsend.)

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