Steph Pettit '89: Career success grows from football's lessons
BU welcomes back alums from many eras and with many interests for homecoming. Among those returning this year is a member of the class of 1989 who, in his heart, never really left Bloomsburg.
Stephan "Steph" Pettit is the owner and CEO of Clean Earth Systems Inc., a Tampa, Fla.-based company that manufactures and sells hazardous waste containers. He also was part of the 1985 Huskies football team that won the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference title and was the first team in school history to win 12 games.
Combining lessons learned on the gridiron with his success as an entrepreneur, Pettit established two football scholarships at BU with his wife, Diana - an annual scholarship awarded to a player selected by the head football coach and the Steph Pettit Legacy Football endowment in support of future Husky players.
"I owe most of my professional career to sports. There's the teamwork and the discipline and all that comes into play in business. I've said it many times - if it wasn't for football, I would not be where I am today," Pettit said, in the story, "Discipline and Drive," that appeared in Bloomsburg: The University Magazine's spring 2008 issue.
Pettit, one of BU's leading annual financial supporters, and his wife will be on hand to cheer the 2008 Huskies when they face the West Chester Golden Rams Saturday, Nov. 1, at 3:30 p.m. at Redman Stadium.