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KU names search committee for dean of business

School of Business

Monday, November 1, 2010


University of Kansas Provost Jeff Vitter has announced a search committee to find a new dean for the School of Business.

Dean William L. Fuerst will step down in June 2011 after serving 11 years, the second-longest tenure of any business dean at KU.

The committee will conduct a nationwide search. The committee will be co-chaired by James P. Guthrie, the William and Judy Docking Professor of Business, and M.D. (Mike) Michaelis, president and chairman of the board of Emprise Bank.

Other members include:
• Christopher Anderson, associate professor of business
• Danny Anderson, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Audra Boone, associate professor of business
• Marnie Clawson, president, Clawson Benefits Concepts
• Fred Coulson, managing director, Five Elms Capital
• DaNeale Diggins, junior in accounting
• Michael Ettredge, Crown/Sherr Professor of Business
• Mary Lee Hummert, vice provost for faculty development
• Jennifer Jordan, director of Business Career Services
• Kissan Joseph, associate professor of business
• Laura Poppo, professor of business
• Joshua Rosenbloom, associate vice chancellor of research and graduate studies and professor of economics
• Susan Scholz, associate professor of business.

The committee will be assisted by R. William Funk and Associates of Dallas, Texas.

For more information contact:
Toni Dixon


tonidixon@ku.edu
(785) 864-4449

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