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Robert Herndon

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LAWRENCE — Robert Herndon, Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and University of Kansas School of Business graduate, will deliver this year’s Anderson Chandler Lecture.

His lecture, titled “CLuEs from the Convicts: Life Lessons on Character, Leadership and Ethics From the Files of the FBI,” will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, at the Lied Center of Kansas. The lecture is open to the public.

Herndon was a key officer in the investigation that is the basis for the movie “The Informant,” starring Matt Damon. The case, an investigation of price fixing at Archer Daniels Midland Co., involved the highest-ranking corporate executive ever to turn whistleblower in U.S. history.

After graduating from the School of Business with degrees in business administration and accounting, Herndon joined the FBI as a special agent in 1986. In addition to working on the Archer Daniels Midland case, Herndon played a large role in the investigation and conviction of a Kansas City-area pharmacist who diluted chemotherapy drugs intended for cancer patients.

Herndon has received numerous awards in recognition of his outstanding work with the FBI, including the U.S. Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award, the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation and FBI Agent of the Year for the Kansas City division. Currently, Herndon is assigned to the White Collar Crime Squad in the Kansas City FBI Field Office.

The Anderson Chandler Lecture Series is offered each year by the KU School of Business. It began in 1997 and is made possible by School of Business alumnus Anderson Chandler. Chandler is CEO, president and director of Fidelity State Bank and Trust Co. of Topeka and vice president and director of First Bank of Newton. He has received the school’s Distinguished Alumni Award and has remained actively involved at the university and the School of Business.