November of that year. In 2009, the Westfield Symphony Orchestra presented the world premiere of his composition "Celebration for Orchestra". Games Awards In 2003, Briggs was named software "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young, and in 2004 he was named "CEO of the Year" by Baltimore SmartCEO magazine. He was awarded the Bernard and Rose Sernoffsky and Louis Lane Prizes for Music Composition at the Eastman School of Music (1978, 1979), the Haimsohm Prize for Musical Composition at the University of Memphis (1980),the ASCAP Award for Young Composers (1984), and a MacDowell Colony Fellowship (1986). References External links Jeff Briggs' home page Jeff Briggs Named 'CEO of the Year' by Smart CEO Magazine, Firaxis press release 1957 births 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American composers 21st-century American male musicians American chief executives American male composers American video game designers Living people MicroProse people People from Florence, Alabama Role-playing game designers Video game composers