Frank E. Cuzzi
Undergraduate
college/major:
Arts and Sciences/Economics.
Affiliations
at Cornell:
Delta Upsilon, Varsity, Swimming Team, Quill & Dagger, Red Key,
Cheerleaders, Aquarius, and several committees.
Advanced
degrees: MBA in Marketing,
Career/occupation: Advertising/Marketing
to Professional Sports to College Professor.
Honors and
awards:
Elected to Chairman, Faculty Council at ASA Institute in 2010; Elected to Cornell
Board of Trustees 1991 to 1995; Elected President of Cornell Association of
Class Officers (CACO) in 1979. Honored by NYU in 1989 for
creating its Sports Management.
Important
affiliations: Twice
President of Cornell Class 1961;
Institute; Created Sports Career Training, LLC in 2007 with 80 courses and 10 majors; Created: Corner Kick
International Sports Company; Created a National Marketing Impact for Two
Professional Soccer Leagues; Developed the “best”, North American Soccer Magazine
to date.
Published work: The Handbook of Integrated Sports Management,
Marketing and Leadership updated in 2009 with Vengeo.com publisher. Wrote
articles on the sports business.
Marital Status: Married.
Spouse: Elise E. Cox.
Children: Alexandra
’06 and Ashley UC
Single
outstanding memory of Cornell (one sentence: Knowing and liking 11
Cornell Classes from 1957 to 1968 and enjoying trips to Cornell from 1962 through
“retirement” in 2007 from in depth Cornell involvement culminating in work for
the Board of Trustees.
How has
your life differed from what you expected? I never expected to be, and enjoy being,
a college professor. Teaching is exciting, fulfilling, and filled with promise e.g.
I have created a sports college to further help career oriented education in
the
Post-grad
Cornell activities:
Elected to Cornell Board of Trustees 1991 to 1995; Elected President of Cornell
Association of Class Officers (CACO) in 1979; Elected President Class 1961
twice.
Personal
reflections:
Cornell has really changed. In the past, the Cornell Fraternity System
developed many national leaders in corporate society plus great
friendships/networks. Students had to stick together. (Bragging that one-third
of your class would flunk out is not very desirable today.) So students had a common denominator as evidenced
by Frank Rhoade’s, famous commencement speech on “the Cornell school of
survival” that I witnessed. My teaching is for more students friendly and
inspirational. Cornell seems so liberal today; so politically correct; bragging
that the freshman class is 40% minorities does not make me feel Cornell is
better; Cornell coaches do not allow athletes to enjoy
the Cornell fraternity experience and make them live together; the President
wants to be Land Grant institution to the planet without acknowledging who will
pay for it. Our kids no longer get accepted. Cornell seems to be disconnected
from my reality today…no wonder