Thomas Petzinger Jr. will present the Heffern Lecture on March 14 at 7 p.m. in Presser Recital Hall.

Petzinger is co-founder and chief executive officer of LaunchCyte LLC, a Pittsburgh-based biotechnology development company. Previously he spent 22 years as a reporter, editor and columnist with The Wall Street Journal. He earned a bachelor of science degree in journalism from Northwestern University, where he was a Richter International Scholar.

The Gordon Heffern Business Ethics Lecture was established by Mount Union College Trustee Gordon E. Heffern to encourage dialogue about the practical ways in which spirituality can transform the workplace. Heffern, a graduate of the University of Virginia, served as chairman of the board of Society Corporation before retiring in 1987.