{"id":16648,"date":"2018-11-30T13:02:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T18:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/?p=16648"},"modified":"2018-11-30T13:02:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T18:02:14","slug":"tusculum-alumnus-honored-by-kingsport-chamber-of-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/alumni-featured\/2018\/tusculum-alumnus-honored-by-kingsport-chamber-of-commerce\/","title":{"rendered":"Tusculum Alumnus honored by Kingsport Chamber of Commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16649\" src=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp-38x50.jpg 38w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>We are pleased to share Larry Estepp, an alumnus of Tusculum University and a former longtime member of the institution\u2019s Board of Trustees, has earned the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Member Award.<\/h3>\n<p>The prestigious award goes to an individual who has made an enormous contribution to the chamber and the community throughout his or her life.<\/p>\n<p>Estep serves as president of Citizens Bank in the Tri-Cities and has distinguished himself throughout his career. Prior to joining Citizens Bank as executive vice president for commercial lending, he provided stellar leadership as a regional president for First Tennessee Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Tusculum benefited from his business acumen during his 12 years on the Board of Trustees. He also received a bachelor\u2019s degree in organizational management from the university.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe congratulate Larry on this well-deserved honor and wholeheartedly endorse his selection,\u201d said Dr. James Hurley, Tusculum\u2019s president. \u201cHe contributed significantly to Tusculum\u2019s continuing development as a premier academic institution, and we will always be grateful for his service to our university.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16649\" src=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp-75x100.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/drhurley_larryestepp-38x50.jpg 38w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>We are pleased to share Larry Estepp, an alumnus of Tusculum University and a former longtime member of the institution\u2019s Board of Trustees, has earned the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Member Award.<\/h3>\n<p>The prestigious award goes to an individual who has made an enormous contribution to the chamber and the community throughout his or her life.<\/p>\n<p>Estep serves as president of Citizens Bank in the Tri-Cities and has distinguished himself throughout his career. Prior to joining Citizens Bank as executive vice president for commercial lending, he provided stellar leadership as a regional president for First Tennessee Bank.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/alumni-featured\/2018\/tusculum-alumnus-honored-by-kingsport-chamber-of-commerce\/\"> Read the full article&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[91,7,19,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tusculum Alumnus honored by Kingsport Chamber of Commerce :: Tusculum University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www3.tusculum.edu\/news\/alumni-featured\/2018\/tusculum-alumnus-honored-by-kingsport-chamber-of-commerce\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tusculum Alumnus honored by Kingsport Chamber of Commerce :: Tusculum University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are pleased to share Larry Estepp, an alumnus of Tusculum University and a former longtime member of the institution\u2019s Board of Trustees, has earned the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Member Award. 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