(Editor's Note: This article was written by John E. Greenfield '10)

More than 125 students who had returned early to campus for a comprehensive leadership-training program will now apply what they learned in an attempt to not only improve their own organizations but the entire campus.

Funded by Robert A. Fox '59, the annual Leadership Institute has provided students with a venue in which to grow since 2005, using the Social Change Model of Leadership Development.

As the former chief executive officer and president of seven companies, including Revlon and DelMonte, Robert A. Fox '59 knows a thing or two about being an effective leader.

On Wednesday, Fox returned to Colgate's campus -- the place he credits with giving him "the building blocks for success" -- to offer leadership advice to about 200 students taking part in a three-day leadership training program.

"Leaders are not born, they are created over time," said Fox during his keynote address in Love Auditorium, officially kicking off the Robert A. Fox '59 Leadership Institute.