News Release
Beta Gamma Sigma Awards Kenneth
R. Bartee the Medallion for Entrepreneurship
 Beta
Gamma Sigma, the international business honor society, recently
named Kenneth R. Bartee, former president, McDonald Bradley Inc.,
a recipient of its 2009 Medallion for Entrepreneurship. The award
is presented annually to individuals that contribute significantly
to the strength of the economy, combining innovative business achievement
with service to humanity.
“We are pleased to bestow this honor on Mr. Bartee,”
said George E. Stevens, president of Beta Gamma Sigma. “His
accomplishments in business and contributions to the community are
highly commendable.”
Bartee was nominated for the Beta Gamma Sigma Medallion for Entrepreneurship
by James Madison University, where he received a bachelor’s
degree in Information Systems in 1983. He is one of five recipients
of this year’s award. The other 2009 honorees are Charlie
Amato, chairman, Southwest Business Corporation; Gary Dudley, president,
Southwest Business Corporation; Robert Carr, chairman and CEO, Heartland
Payment Systems; and Mary Lou Quinlan, founder and CEO, Just Ask
a Woman.
Under Bartee’s leadership, McDonald Bradley Inc. became a
leading information and IT solutions provider to the federal government
and one of the fastest growing companies in the Washington D.C.
area by increasing its revenues 10-fold and successfully completing
acquisitions that have expanded the company’s competencies
and client base.
In addition to his corporate achievements, Bartee has also been
a longtime advocate of charitable causes. He has supported the Teardrops
to Rainbow organization that funded upgrades to the pediatrics oncology
unit at Fairfax Inova Hospital for Children and was the corporate
chairperson of the Loudon County Light the Night Walk for the Leukemia
and Lymphoma Society.
Beta Gamma Sigma established the Medallion for Entrepreneurship
in 1994. Individuals are nominated by Beta Gamma Sigma deans, faculty
advisors and members of the board of governors. They are selected
based on their long-term, proven ability to overcome risk in new
venture development, adapt to markets and competitive environments,
provide service to humanity, and establish themselves as models
of ethical business leadership. Recipients are and announced to
the Society during the International Honoree Luncheon at the Annual
Meeting of AACSB International each spring.
About Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honor society serving business
programs accredited by AACSB International – The Association
to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Membership in Beta Gamma
Sigma is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in
the world can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB
International.
Beta Gamma Sigma has established 486 collegiate chapters in 19
countries and territories around the world, and inducted more than
625,000 outstanding students into membership since its founding
in 1913. These members have served in corporate, government, non-profit,
educational, and other management positions at every level of responsibility.
Members currently reside in all 50 U.S. states and more than 160
countries around the world.
For more information, visit www.betagammasigma.org
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