David H. Murdock, chief executive of Dole Foods and visionary behind the North Carolina Research Campus, and The University of North Carolina at Charlotte will receive the Charlotte Regional Partnership’s 2009 Jerry Awards during the Partnership’s Annual Awards Luncheon May 28, 11:30 a.m., at the Charlotte Convention Center.

The Jerry Awards recognize individuals or organizations that have made significant, ongoing contributions to economic development within the 16-county Charlotte USA region.
 
UNC System President Erskine Bowles, who served as former President Bill Clinton’s White House chief of staff, will present the keynote address. Business and civic leader Ruth Shaw, current chair of UNC Charlotte’s board of trustees and former CEO of Duke Power Company, is serving as honorary chair of the event.

Details at www.charlotteusa.com.