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John Scully
It started innocently enough.
The year was 1997.
John Scully, six years removed from a National Football League career, had been working in and around the music business since his retirement from football.
Once he was done with the Atlanta Falcons, Scully and his wife Annette (she’s a sister of former Notre Dame offensive lineman Tom Thayer) moved to Joliet, Ill., to raise their two girls.
He’d been collaborating with writer and Grammy Award-winning producer Jim Tullio on a variety of musical projects, including corporate videos and national commercials. Scully worked out of a home music studio, did some volunteer work around Joliet and enjoyed the casual lifestyle that allowed him to take his girls to and from school most days.
As Scully describes it, the ’90s were his Peace Corps years, “like an old Pepsi commercial.”
Scully and Tullio had finished a successful project for the NBA, and they were looking for a next venture. Scully suggested doing something for Notre Dame—but Tullio was a little skeptical. After all, it’s not like the music at Notre Dame wasn’t
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John Sculley
American businessman
"Sculley" redirects here. For others with the surname, see Sculley (surname). For other uses, see Scully and Skully.
For other people with similar names, see John Scully (disambiguation).
John Sculley III (born April 6, 1939) is an American businessman, entrepreneur and investor in high-tech startups. Sculley was vice-president (1970–1977) and president of PepsiCo (1977–1983), until he became chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple Inc. on April 8, 1983, a position he held until leaving on October 15, 1993. In 1987, Sculley was named Silicon Valley's top-paid executive, with an annual salary of US$10.2 million.[3]: 412
While Sculley was at Apple, Apple's sales increased tenfold from $800 million to $8 billion. However, many attribute his success to the fact that he joined the company just when co-founders Steve Jobs's visions and Steve Wozniak's creations had become highly lucrative.[4] His stint at Apple remains controversial due to his departure from Jobs's sales structure, particularly regarding Sc
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John Scully
John R. Scully’s teaching career began in 1990 when he joined the University of Virginia. As the current Charles Henderson Endowed Chaired Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and the co-director of the Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering, Scully has mentored 35 PhD students, 36 MS students, 13 post-doctoral scholars, and numerous undergraduate research students and visiting scholars.
Scully’s research focuses on standards of living and safety through understanding the scientific mechanisms of corrosion while preventing and protecting against corrosion phenomena. From his career with Sandia National Laboratories and the Naval Research and Development Center from 1983-1990 to his position as a visiting scientist at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Scully’s career in science has covered many topics.
Among his many honors, Scully is a Fellow of ECS, National Association of Corrosion Engineers, and American Society for Metals; received the H. H. Uhlig Award from ECS, and was presented the A. B. Campbell and W. R. Whitney Awards from NACE.
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