TENNESSEE HASLAM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
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The Man Behind the Name A transformational gift, a man of integrity
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WINTER 2014–15
WINTER 2014–15
HASLAM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP STEPHEN L. MANGUM Dean
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ANNETTE L. RANFT
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Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
BRUCE K. BEHN
REVVING UP RESEARCH
Associate Dean for Graduate and Executive Education
DOUGLAS HAWKS
Summer Research Awards & Entrepreneurial Research Competition Recognize Research Endeavors of Faculty and Students
Assistant Dean for Financial Administration
MICHAEL “LANE” MORRIS
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Student Affairs
TANYA G. BROWN
Executive Director of Marketing and Public Relations
WILLIAM R. “CHIP” BRYANT
Executive Director of Development and Alumni Affairs
TENNESSEE ARCHWAYS ALUMNI MAGAZINE TANYA G. BROWN | Editor MEREDITH HULETTE | Development Coordinator
JESSICA LEIGH BROWN | Writer JILL KNIGHT | Graphic Designer CHARLES BROOKS | Photographer
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ON THE COVER: Jim Haslam. Photograph by Charles Brooks Photography.
IN THIS ISSUE
Tennessee Archways is published twice a year by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business. Printed by University Printing & Mail.
A Message from the Dean.. ..................................................... 2 Student News..........................................................................14 Student Brag Book............................................................15, 17 Department, Center, and Faculty News............................... 18 Faculty Focus.................................................................... 21, 25 Development & Giving Report............................................. 32 Contributors to The College................................................. 32 Donor Spotlight.. ............................................................. 34, 36 Sources & Uses of Funds.. ..................................................... 38 Alumni News. . ......................................................................... 47 In Memoriam. . .......................................................................... 51
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Celebration Dinner, at the home of Ann and Steve Bailey, October 4th
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Clockwise from top left: Chip Bryant and David Martin; Governor Bill Haslam; Steve Mangum and Jim Haslam; John Compton and Joe Crafton; Natalie Haslam; Guests gathered for dinner and toasts.
YES, IT’S GREAT TO BE A TENNESSEE VOL! We have much to celebrate. Our college having been founded in 1914, we celebrated our centennial year throughout 2014, culminating with our annual gala in November. A record number of alumni and friends of the college–more than 450–attended the celebration. In this our centennial year, we have joined the ranks of named business schools, bearing the name of one of our most accomplished alumni, James A. Haslam II. Also in our centennial year, our college endowment has surpassed the $100 million dollar mark–helping to ensure our future. As we celebrate our past and current accomplishments, it is appropriate to remind ourselves of some basics. There are two things that we “put first” as a college: the thought leadership of our faculty and the educating and launching into the professional world of high quality graduates of our various academic programs. We seek excellence in both. How can two things jointly occupy our attention as being “put first?” They are complementary rather than conflicting objectives. As a college, we organize ourselves to successfully pursue these twin, reinforcing objectives. How? We employ a mix of faculty appropriate to our defined mission. We seek and reward faculty having passion and appreciation for, and significant accomplishment in, both. As you read through this issue of Archways, we trust that you will see evidence of excellence and commitment to all that which we “put first.” We enter 2015 with a new name, a renewed sense of mission, and a set of four core priorities that will focus our attention and effort over the next few years.
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Haslam College of Business, Naming Ceremony November 14th
Those four core priorities are: THOUGHT LEADERSHIP: To increase the visibility and impact of our
knowledge creation activities. STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND SUCCESS: To enable students to achieve
higher value-added educational outcomes, employment, and career progression opportunities and to develop their leadership potential and capabilities. CONNECTIONS: To build our value enhancing partnerships and connections. INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SUCCESS: To enhance the work environment
supporting faculty, staff, and student success. Within these core priorities, the college has articulated specific goals that make these priorities operational and is now creating implementation plans. We are proud to be the James A. Haslam II College of Business. We appreciate the generosity of the Haslam family—a generosity aptly recognized in the Board of Trustees’ decision to recognize the philanthropic investment through the naming of the college. The faculty, staff, and students of the college will continue to work diligently to give honor to this extraordinary act by being persistent, creative, innovative, and successful in that which we “put first.”
Clockwise from top left: Four generations of the Haslam Family; Jim Haslam with business students; Jim Haslam and Chris LaPorte. Photos by Charles Brooks Photography.
With great respect and gratitude,
Stephen L. Mangum, Dean and Stokely Foundation Leadership Chair, Haslam College of Business
Centennial Gala, Knoxville Convention Center November 14th
Clockwise from top right: Genetta Pugh; Alan Wilson and Elaine Williams; Bill Lee and Alex Miller; Sarah Rabenold; Steve Mangum, Jim Haslam, and Jimmy Cheek; Dr. Joe DiPietro, president of the University of Tennessee; Joe Fielden; C. Warren and Annelle Neel. Photos by Shawn Millsaps Photography.
m a l s a H Jim THE MAN BEHIND THE NAME James A. “Jim” Haslam II calls the University of Tennessee’s recent decision to name its college of business for him the greatest honor of his life. To those who know him best, it’s a well-deserved recognition of a life well lived.
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obody deserves this as much as Daddy,” says Ann Bailey, one of Haslam’s three children and his only daughter. “He truly cares about the people at Pilot. He cares about his family, about his community, and his university.” Bailey says that “Big Jim” Haslam (HCB, ’52) has managed something in his eighty-three years
on earth that not many people accomplish— building a multi-billion dollar company from the ground up while staying true to the values he holds dear, which include a commitment to God, to family, to giving back, and to doing right by the people he has come into contact with throughout the years.
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Having the college he attended as an undergraduate named for him following a $50 million gift from three generations of the Haslam family is a just reward for a servant leader who has always put those around him first, she says. “He always told us it was most important to give back to the community and to our church,” Bailey says. “And that was way before he had much money. He truly believes he owes all his success to Knoxville and to the University of Tennessee.”
SETTING HIGH GOALS It was his father’s ailing health and his talent with the pigskin that ultimately landed Haslam in East Tennessee. A lover of sports and football in particular, he found himself playing his senior year of high school in St. Petersburg, Florida, after his dad–a veteran of both world wars–retired from the Studebaker Corporation and moved the family far south of their home outside Philadelphia. A coach on his high school team had played for the Tennessee Volunteers and told General Robert Neyland about young Haslam. Tennessee’s famed coach convinced the
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youth to come up to Tennessee to watch the Vols take on Vanderbilt University and the rest, according to Haslam, is given to history and pure luck. “I was seventeen years old,” he says, laughing heartily from the end of his expansive conference table at the Pilot Flying J headquarters in Knoxville. “It’s
“It’s not like I had a game plan. But General Neyland, he was a retired army general. Everything about him impressed me. I’d never been away from home. I came to UT as a boy and I left as a man.” —JIM HASLAM
not like I had a game plan. But General Neyland, he was a retired army general. Everything about him impressed me. I’d never been away from home. I came to UT as a boy and I left as a man. I learned leadership playing football. I was the first in my family to go to college, and that experience, it was good for me.”
To hear him tell it, his time at the University of Tennessee set into motion a defined path for which he is grateful. He sits back in his chair as he speaks and surveys the room. He wears wire-rimmed glasses and a plain gold wedding band. On his wrist is an inexpensive black and orange Ironman watch. When he moves, he’s jaunty. There’s the hint of age of course–at eighty-three there’s a hitch when he walks but his head is up and that smile that has been putting people at ease for decades is easily in place. He greets visitors with claps on the back and firm hand shakes. Haslam explains how, between practices and bowl games and the rigors of coursework in the business college pursuing a major in finance that he says he chose on a whim, he learned much more at Tennessee than just how to block and tackle. He learned time management, the principles of business, and a great deal about leadership. “You go to college to get prepared for life,” says Haslam. “That’s why you go to school instead of only taking courses on the Internet. You learn how to interact with people. That’s integral to business and to your life. You have to interact with your professors, the administration, and your fellow
A LEGACY: ENTREPRENEUR AND PHILANTHROPIST*
James A. Haslam II built Pilot Flying J from humble beginnings into the nation’s largest truck stop chain, and philanthropy permeates this journey from its earliest days. Pilot Flying J continues that spirit today, providing employees a full day off per year for volunteer service.
1958 Jim Haslam opens
first Pilot in Gate City, VA, paying $6,000 for an existing location.
1965 Marathon Oil Co. buys
half of the $2-million-a-year Pilot and loans it $4 million to build new locations.
1973 Pilot has more than 50 stations and annual sales of about $30 million.
1976 Pilot opens first
convenience store on Alcoa Highway in Knoxville.
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1976 Haslam becomes
1988 Pilot buys out Marathon
1977 Pilot buys Lonas Oil
1991-1993 Haslam becomes
Chairman of the Chancellor’s Associates. Co. in Knoxville.
1980 Haslam becomes a member of the UT Board of Trustees.
1981 With 100 convenience
stores and total annual sales of $175 million, Pilot opens its first travel center in Corbin, KY.
Oil’s one-half interest for cash and stores.
2003 Pilot acquires Williams Travel Centers.
2004 Haslam receives the
vice chair of the UT Board of Trustees.
Distinguished Alumnus Award, from the UT College of Business Administration.
1997 Pilot ranks 99th on Forbes
2005-2011 Haslam chairs the
list of the 500 largest privately held companies.
1998 Already the nation’s largest supplier of diesel fuel to overthe-road trucks, Pilot ranks as the 25th largest restaurant franchisee in the US.
statewide Campaign for Tennessee.
2006 Pilot goes international, opening its first travel center in Canada.
2008 Haslam Scholars program begins.
At right: Haslam while a football player at The University of Tennessee; A 1959 Pilot gas station.
students. And you have to do that well if you’re going to be a leader. You have to set high standards for yourself and high goals, and be accountable for those.”
CALCULATED RISK He stresses that being a leader, a successful one, does not mean shying away from failure or risk. It’s another lesson he learned from General Neyland in 1952, when he was captain of the Volunteers, and one he says was driven home for him after college. Haslam left the university and went straight to the Korean conflict, where he led a battalion of men as a first lieutenant. He came off of active duty and turned down both a job in the new media of television (“I didn’t know if TV was going to make it. So I called that one, didn’t I?”) and a high school football coaching opportunity (“They wanted me for spring practice but I wouldn’t get paid until school started in August. I had a boy at home and a wife so that wasn’t going to add up!”). He took a chance on an offer to sell wholesale petroleum products, a business he knew nothing about, because the pay started immediately and the owner wanted someone with
a business degree. He recalls that his football pedigree also helped land the position for him since the owner hoped a former Vol might be able to find common ground with local businessmen who followed the team’s many winning seasons. In 1958, Haslam put his newfound experience and his finance degree to good use when he took another gamble by purchasing his first gas station in Gate City, Virginia, for the bargain price of $6,000. “I stopped in and the guy wasn’t selling any gas. He was just selling cigarettes and snacks, and I said, ‘Why don’t you just sell this place to me?’ He asked me for $10,000 and I offered him six. And he said, ‘Can you close on Monday?’” The decades spent building Pilot Flying J into a highly successful business have involved some trial and a fair amount of error, which is as it should be according to the veteran businessman. General Neyland taught him that the team with the fewest mistakes wins. It’s a lesson he feels today’s millennials would do well to learn. “General Neyland taught us that you’re going to make mistakes. If you don’t make mistakes, you haven’t played the game.
2009 James A. Haslam II
2013 Natalie L. Haslam Music
2010 Pilot Flying J created.
2014 UT names its college
Business Building named.
2010 Haslam becomes a lifetime member of the UT College of Business Administration’s Dean’s Advisory Council.
Center is dedicated.
of business the James A. Haslam II College of Business.
*Compiled from Pilot Flying J and UT websites and materials.
You can’t be afraid. You make mistakes and you learn from them.” He recalls a day many years ago when a banker friend helping him scout a new Pilot location questioned why Haslam always placed his gas pumps parallel to the road. He sits back and laughs at himself and the memory. “I said, ‘Well, that’s the way we’ve always done it,’ and he said, ‘Haslam, you’re confusing experience with bad habits.’” Today, pumps at Pilot Flying J locations are perpendicular to the highway, allowing patrons to pull their vehicles right up alongside a pump upon turning in off the highway, allowing for easier entry and exit by multiple cars. >>
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DEAN MANGUM ON HOW THE HASLAM GIFT WILL BENEFIT THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS This wonderful investment in the college by the Haslam family provides us with needed resources to advance a number of key strategic priorities within the college. The naming of the college also provides an opportunity for the college to leverage the gift through additional investments from other donors and through reallocation of existing college and university funds. We are a human capital organization. While a number of factors contribute significantly to our success, nothing is more fundamental than our ability to attract, support, and retain top-notch faculty and to attract, educate, and provide career management support to high quality students. The recently announced gift from the Haslam Family directly supports these most critical success factors. Specifically, this gift will make it possible for us to: • Invest in additional faculty capability and capacity, through the hiring of a handful of additional prominent faculty. • Increase our competiveness in retaining high performing, nationally visible faculty who operate in a national or international labor market and whose services would attract interest from a number of high quality academic institutions. • Seek out and attract additional high quality, high potential students who might not otherwise consider the University of Tennessee in their educational plans. In sum, by strengthening our ability to better attract the two primary contributing factors to success—the best of faculty and students—this gift will be transformational in moving the college forward in the accomplishment of its primary goal of being a widely-acknowledged Top 25 public business school. It will empower and assist the college in producing the mix of intellectual and programmatic impacts associated with such status. 8 | TENNESSEE ARCHWAYS
Friends in business and in his personal life assert that his ability to both laugh at himself and learn from others have helped Haslam be successful. Hank Bertelkamp (HCB, ’53), chairman of Bertelkamp Automation, Inc., has spent many years in the company of his friend. From pick up games when they were football and basketball team captains together at the university, to their children and grandchildren’s little league games, Bertelkamp says his friend has remained the model of a servant leader. “He never speaks ill of people, he just doesn’t,” says Bertelkamp. “He loves to tease and get teased. He’s a bit of a cut up. But he is honest, and he really wants things to be done well and to be done right. In my opinion, there is no one that has made a greater impact on this community than Jim Haslam.” Bertelkamp points to Haslam’s work with United Way, and his many leadership roles with fundraising campaigns and various charitable boards. A natural salesman, Haslam’s ability to put other donors at ease and help them see why giving is important is unmatched according to his friend of more than six decades. “Look at what he has done for the university,” says Bertelkamp. “He’s doing a lot to show other people that might have similar financial situations or talents that they need to get on board for the good of UT and the whole state. He’s not doing it for personal accolades. He does a great deal more that you and I don’t even know about.”
FOR THE LOVE OF FAMILY Haslam exemplifies the principle “Family first.” Ann Bailey recalls that the sudden death of their mother, Cynthia, to a stroke when she and her siblings were teens and young adults, reinforced his character and brought them yet closer. “What we went through with the death of Mom–he was our nurturer. He kept us together,” she says. “He’s been the rock of our family, always. He is very involved with his children and his grandchildren. He is always there when we need him.” On the day of the dedication ceremony for the Haslam College of Business in November 2014, Haslam waves several times to his great-grandson Wyatt, a preschooler who sits in the crowd of hundreds as the representative of four generations of the family his great-grandfather cherishes. His daughter, his sons, his wife, Natalie, her three daughters, and his many grandchildren surround Haslam. Theirs is a family built on decades of work, shaped by sacrifice and by, as he might say, fewer failures than successes. When the balloons have dropped and the photographers have gone, Haslam steps off the stage still smiling and asks, “Where is my wife?” Pointed in the right direction, he sets off toward Natalie and the family he holds so dear. At right: Balloons drop during the Haslam College of Business naming ceremony. This page: Students present Jim Haslam with a sack full of thank you letters.
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p u g n i v v e R RENEURIAL ARDS & ENTREP AW H C AR SE RE CH SUMMER COGNIZE RESEAR RE N O TI TI PE M O RESEARCH C FACULTY AND ENDEAVORS OF STUDENTS
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The motor hums.
WITH A FIRM GRIP ON THE HANDLEBARS AND SWIFT PRESSURE AGAINST THE GAS PEDAL, THE HASLAM COLLEGE OF BUSINESS REVS ITS ENGINE AND JOURNEYS DEEPER INTO THE WORLD OF RESEARCH.
Left to right: Matthew B. Shaner, Nastaran Simarasl, Laura D’Oria, HASLAM.UTK.EDU Jason A. Strickling, Tracie Woidtke, and Wendy Tate. Special thanks to Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson.
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ssociate Professor Wendy Tate’s research takes her to far-flung locales, including Brazil, Peru, the Netherlands, and Finland. “Most of my research focuses on purchasing,” Tate explains. “I’ve been traveling to many different countries, trying to gain an understanding of the differences and similarities in working with suppliers and to determine what decision criteria are being used in assessing the appropriate geographic location for manufacturing facilities and supply bases.” Since she started at UT, she has developed collaborative research partnerships in Brazil and many other regions of the world. Some of Tate’s other research focuses on environmental sustainability. “The goal is to better understand how companies motivate suppliers to adopt sustainability initiatives.” This research stream is also very collaborative and globally focused, with many opportunities to present interesting findings and ongoing research at various academic and practitioner venues. For Tate, the financial incentives are an invaluable help. “The research awards allow me to travel to work with academics from other parts of the world and also to disseminate my research in various locales to both academics and practitioners. I am grateful that UT is supportive of collaborative international supply chain research.”
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aslam’s faculty and students are experienced explorers in the world of innovative thought leadership, but with the 2014 expansion of the Summer Research Awards and the Anderson Center’s Competition for Entrepreneurial Research, they are receiving increased recognition for their research accomplishments. An emphasis on research links directly to the college’s mission statement, says Dean Stephen Mangum. “We have a two-pronged mission—creation of knowledge, which is what research is all about, and the dissemination of that knowledge. By supporting research endeavors, we’re encouraging our community to push the frontier of knowledge and communicate it to a variety of audiences. This year, we’ve expanded our reward programs to rival those at Top 25 institutions.” A research-friendly environment also fosters a healthy academic community, says Annette Ranft, senior associate dean of academic affairs. “We’re active participants in scholarship through our research, and it’s important to note that all of us, both faculty and students, are still on the path of learning.” This year’s Summer Research Awards and Entrepreneurial Research Competition winners represent a wide variety of disciplines and academic interests. Together, they propel the college forward toward new boundaries of knowledge. An assistant professor in the Department of Economics, Marianne Wanamaker explores
the past through her intensive research. “I’m particularly interested in family decision making and education, and the ways in which government policies surrounding education impacted individuals later in their lives,” she says. Her award-winning research investigates African-American economic progress in the 20thcentury American South, with a focus on how migration and education influenced long-run outcomes. Nastaran Simarasl, a fourthyear doctoral student in strategic management, studies minority issues in entrepreneurship. “My general area of research looks at women in business,” Simarasl says. “For the Anderson Center, I’m looking at how women entrepreneurs fare in rural Appalachia versus in urban Atlanta.” A native of Iran, Simarasl also is motivated to study the entrepreneurial success of immigrants to the US. “The most important aspect of my research is its application in the real world. I want to help minority entrepreneurs face challenges and find success.” A second-year doctoral student in management, Laura D’Oria recently took her research on the road, presenting at a conference in Madrid, Spain, in September. “I’m looking at entrepreneurial intentions at the top management team level inside corporations—and how those intentions can be translated into behaviors,” D’Oria says. Assistant Professor of Accounting James Chyz delves into the impact of income tax on business decisions with his research. “We’re trying to find scenarios where corporations can
“I get very excited when I see new talent coming through our doors. They’re revving up for the future of our research success.” —ANNETTE RANFT
pass on costs to their customers and avoid the effort and resources it takes to push their effective tax rates down,” Chyz says. “It’s one of the first studies in our discipline that looks at the impact of fundamental demand forces on tax policy choices.” He’s also enjoyed collaborating with a few doctoral students on another tax-related research project. “We want to see if we can determine how income taxes impact professional sports,” he says. “Reliable data is hard to come by in this area, so we’ve had to look carefully and put in a lot of effort.” Ramon DeGennaro, professor of banking and finance, also focuses on an area where quality data is sparse. “I’m interested in small-firm finance because so many economic theories break down with small firms, and almost all of the data we have are poor,” DeGennaro says. “For this study, I’m specifically looking at repeat investors: those who have cashed out on their first angel investment, for better or for worse, and want to try again.” Associate professor Tracie Woidtke’s research embraces
the challenges faced by larger corporations. “I primarily focus on institutional investors such as public pension funds or labor union funds, finding out whether institutions that are lobbying the SEC for greater rights for shareholders are having any impact on corporate governance and decision-making.” Other faculty members and students among this year’s award winners include Nawar Chaker, Jason A. Strickling, Bobby Mee, and Christian Vossler. They represent all six Haslam College of Business departments and cover an impressive array of research areas. “These individuals are assisting greatly in our journey to the Top 25,” Mangum says. “We are grateful for the support of alumni donors to make these awards possible. The most critical investments made in this kind of organization are those that reward and attract quality faculty members and students.” The college’s leadership hopes that the Summer Research Awards and Entrepreneurship Grants programs continue to expand in the coming years. “We’d love to have so many faculty doing impactful research that it strains our resources to award them all,” says Mangum. Ranft agrees, noting that many of the newer faculty members are carrying the torch of research into the college’s future. “A significant portion of our faculty are new hires,” she says. “I get very excited when I see new talent coming through our doors. They’re revving up for the future of our research success.”
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fourth-year doctoral student in the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain, Matthew Shaner’s research targets a unique area of entrepreneurship. “I’m looking at this phenomenon called the co-creation of innovation— essentially where companies are soliciting and polling customers to come up with ideas for new products.” Overseen by faculty member Charles Noble, Shaner’s dissertation research focuses on a New York-based company that only produces products suggested by potential customers. He performs a series of experiments where individuals evaluate the new concepts. “I have sales data on some of the products, so I want to see if, presented with a host of ideas, the test subjects can distinguish the products with sales potential from the ones destined to fail.” By exploring ways co-creation could work, Shaner is helping to solve practical business problems. “Right now, many co-creation companies are failing outright. What are they doing wrong, and how could they make it work? That’s what I want to uncover.”
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student NEWS hosted the fifth annual Barefoot 5K and Festival as part of a service-learning course. The event raised $5,500 for Samaritan Place, an emergency shelter for the elderly.
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Thirty-five high school students learned about office etiquette, personal finance, the business world, and potential careers at the seventh annual Business Education for Talented Students (BETS) summer camp program. This year’s participants were rising seniors with at least a 3.75 grade point average who were nominated by counselors or community members. The students represented twentyeight high schools and seventeen cities.
Haslam undergraduates Sarah Hallm, Jessica Burchfield, Max Waibel, Olga Lavrinovich, Bailey Webb, Patrick Clarke, Magan Berman, and Ricka Mitchell
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A group of rising seniors spent forty-five days of their summer vacation bicycling from Los Angeles, California, to Savannah, Georgia, to raise awareness about human trafficking and money to fight modern-day slavery. The Freedom Cyclers team included accounting majors Jason Elliott, Taylor Carlisle, and Jeff Maier, and Matthew Roelofs, a public relations major. The Alpha Lambda chapter of Beta Alpha Psi has been recognized by its parent organization as an internationally Superior Chapter for its excellence in academics, professionalism, and leadership.
GLS student Sammie Herold has been named one of five finalists for the Womenetics 2014 Advancing Aspirations Global Scholarship. The scholarship promotes the global advancement of women and encourages future leaders to think critically about the business issues affecting women today.
T. Boone Pickens, American business magnate and financier, participated in a roundtable with Global Leadership Scholars, MBA and supply chain doctoral students, Torch Fund student managers, Bredesen Center students, and Chancellor Honors and Haslam Scholars. Pickens founded Mesa Petroleum in 1956 and later became famous for acquiring other oil and gas companies including Gulf Oil and Phillips Petroleum. In 1997, he founded hedge fund BP (Boone Pickens) Capital Management, which he chairs today. The class of 2014 presented Dean Steve Mangum a check in the amount of $29,363, closing the college’s 2014 Senior Impact Campaign. “We had an aggressive participation goal of 25 percent this year,” said Chip Bryant, executive director of development for the Haslam College of Business. “Last year’s participation rate was 18.5 percent.” The class of 2014 exceeded its goal, with more than 26 percent of students participating.
ANDERSON CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION Winners in the 2014 Spring Vol Court completion were Dave Seeman, senior in mechanical engineering, and Christopher Saah, junior in mechanical engineering. Seeman won first place for Willow List, an innovative gift registry that uses crowdsourcing to fund gifts. Saah’s
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BRIAN RANDOLPH Business Management with a Collateral in Marketing
WHETHER HE’S tackling an opponent on the football field or evaluating market research in a business course, Brian Randolph knows how to excel. Randolph grew up near Atlanta, Georgia, and decided to attend The University of Tennessee after a campus visit. “I was born and raised in Marietta,” says Randolph. “I wanted to find a university that wasn’t too far away.” He found what he was looking for at UT, where the campus culture made an immediate impression. “I loved the environment here. I sensed that the professors and students valued excellence and wanted me to succeed.” Now a junior with a business management major and a collateral in marketing, Randolph divides his time between coursework and football practice. Armed with a degree from the Haslam College of Business, he anticipates a range of career choices. “I chose the combination of business management and marketing because there are so many options—
you can become an entrepreneur, join a small company, or work for a corporation.” Football claims a large fraction of Randolph’s time, effort, and attention. It’s been this way since he joined the sport as a third grader. “I’ve played on a team since I was 13,” he says. “I love it because you have to work together to succeed, and it creates a lot of memories.” The 2014 season marks Randolph’s third as a safety on the UT football team. Every summer, Randolph joins other members of the Vols football team for a meaningful community project. “We work with Habitat for Humanity to build a house for a family in need, right here in Knoxville,” Randolph says. It’s an important way to give back while strengthening the bonds between teammates as they join forces to help those in need. When he’s not on the football field or attending classes, Randolph enjoys a range of activities including bowling, video games, and fishing. “My friends and I enjoy trying various fishing spots in the area,” he says. He doesn’t give away his best locations but does give a hint. “Most recently, we drove up to Morristown.” Randolph hopes to find professional football in his future. “I definitely want to play at the next level.” If that doesn’t work out, Randolph’s business degree equips him for another dream: returning to the Atlanta area to pursue a career in pharmaceutical sales.
“I chose the combination of business management and marketing because there are so many options.” —BRIAN RANDOLPH
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company, MyPTshop.com, is a web application that allows fitness professionals to start and manage an e-commerce fitness shop. The winners receive $1,000 and $500 respectively and support from mentoring companies to advance their business strategies. The seventh annual Undergraduate Business Plan Competition winners were: Lifestyle Category: First Place—Christopher Saah (mechanical engineering) with MYPTShop.com, a business that simplifies creating and running an e-commerce business for personal trainers. Second Place—Zach Lee (hospitality management) and Ayron Hall (finance), founders of Southern Gentlemen Charm and Southern Belle Charm, complementary online retailers offering a wide array of high-quality jewelry and accessories at a $10 price point. Third Place—It’s About Thyme, a personal chef service founded by Andrea Hayes (nutrition), with the intent to “give time back” to families while also ensuring access to healthy, home cooked meals. High Growth/ Tech-enabled Category: First Place—Catalyst Wheels founded by Justin Clark (computer science), Nick McCormick (mechanical engineering), and Zach McCormick (economics/ statistics). Catalyst Wheels has designed, and is having manufactured, carbon-fiber wheel covers and interchangeable wheel fairings that significantly reduce bicycle equipment expenses for competitive cyclists. Second Place—Ben Miller (business analytics), Andrew Belt (math/physics), and Benjamin Brock (computer science/math) for crypXch, a company that facilitates the exchange of cryptocurrencies. Third Place—Ryan Maginn (supply chain management), Wilson Waller (economics), and Max Wibel (supply chain management) with The Cloud Vendor, a company focused on improving the bottom line
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of small to medium-size companies that manage vending machines.
BUSINESS ANALYTICS AND STATISTICS COURSE HIGHLIGHT Dr. Hamparsum Bozdogan’s Statistics 563 Probability and Mathematical Statistics class. Graduate students in fifteen different crossdisciplinary areas from biochemistry to physics take this course. Presently the course has more than thirty students from eight different countries including the US, China, Iran, South Korea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, India, and Canada. The course covers basic probability theory and mathematical statistics but integrates the theory with the student’s application areas so that they attain a working knowledge of how to handle statistical problems in their own research domains.
Case Competition, hosted by the University of Alabama. This was a live, strategic competition in which the students had less than twenty-four hours to solve a business problem and develop a plan. All fourteen Southeastern Conference universities participated. Congratulations to Joseph Lammers, Whit Shofner, Rachel Hylton and Rachel McGill.
The Grads to Golf program, created by the Executive Women’s Golf Association, graduated its first class of University of Tennessee MBA students (above). The six-week program featured a series of female guest speakers from the business and golf industries and will be launched nationwide in December.
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Chelsea LeRoy received the Phillip Fulmer Masters Investment Learning Center Scholarship for students majoring in finance and working in the Masters Investment Learning Center. The learning center promotes financial literacy on campus and in the broader community.
GRADUATE AND EXECUTIVE EDUCATION (GEE) The full-time MBA program participated in the second Southeastern Conference MBA
George Frazier, Jonathan Blair, Korri Jones, and Varick Tucker represented the college at the National Black MBA Association annual case competition in Atlanta. This competition, sponsored by Chrysler, is an annual event during which students present their analysis and recommendations on real world problems. Team coaches are Dr. Randy Bradley and Dr. Bogdan Bichescu.
MANAGEMENT The student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) was named the most outstanding chapter worldwide, according to its parent organization. This is the third consecutive year the
chapter has been recognized with the honor. Shea Lowe was awarded an undergraduate scholarship and Christiana Goode a graduate scholarship from SHRM. Doctoral candidate Nastaran Simarasl won third place in the prestigious Global Development Awards and Medals Competition, earning a medal and $5,000 to fund research. Global Development Network, an international organization funded by the Japanese government to build research capability globally, sponsored the competition. The UT Student Management Society made a donation of $2,175 to Mobile Meals from its spring fundraising campaign. The donation was enough to pay for 640 meals.
MARKETING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT One year later, Rocky Top Drinkware, a GLS Supply Chain and Marketing group project by Liza Reineri, Georgia Ralston, and Andrew Curry is now for sale in all Vol Shop locations. Merchandise includes mason jars, wine glasses, and pint glasses. A team of Haslam supply chain students won the sixth annual Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) Logistics & Supply Chain Management Case Competition, hosted by the University of North Florida. The team members were seniors Corey Patton and Xiaofan Wang, and Heidi Faust and Andrew Currey, Global Leadership Scholar juniors. Eight of the major logistics/supply chain schools competed. Max Waibel, Kelly Hall, Katherine Hutcheson, and Martin Leamon participated in the inaugural Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad (BNSF) Supply Chain Management Undergraduate Case Competition. Of the four teams who participated in this invitationonly event, Waibel, who entered as a solo member team, came in first place, while Hall, Hutcheson, and Leamon came in second.
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A FLAIR FOR BUSINESS DESTINY SIRIVONG Marketing with a Collateral in International Business
JAZZ MUSIC ECHOES IN THE STUDIO AS dancers’ feet fly across the floor. Destiny Sirivong jumps, spins, and moves in synch to the upbeat melody, executing a masterful pattern of steps along with other members of the Boss Dance Company, a student-organized campus society. After cheering at sports games in her hometown of Antioch, Tennessee, for much of her childhood, Sirivong discovered the world of dance during her freshman year at the University of Tennessee. She auditioned for Strange Fruit Dance Company, a troupe in Knoxville. “Unexpectedly, I discovered a passion for it,” says Sirivong, who joined Boss Dance Company this year. Both groups include an array of dance types including contemporary, jazz, hip hop, and tap. This year, she spends time on the dance floor with Boss and applies her organizational savvy as a choreographer for Strange Fruit. A senior in marketing with a collateral in international business and a minor in tourism and hospitality, Sirivong excels as an event planner and marketer. She joined Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity as a freshman, where hands-on experience helped her find her niche. “I became part of their marketing team, and I adored the chance to express my creativity,” she says. Because of those firsthand experiences, Sirivong decided to major in marketing.
Her fascination with other cultures inspired her to choose a collateral in international business. “Eventually, I’d love to work in international business at a large corporation,” she says. Sirivong’s tourism and hospitality minor reflects her interest in event planning, honed by participation in several hospitalitybased campus programs, including Student Alumni Associates. “We’re official hosts for UT’s chancellor and president, and we continually work to improve relationships with alumni,” she says. “I have an eye for detail and I enjoy the planning process, which culminates with putting all that hard work on display.” Other student and university organizations that benefit from Sirivong’s participation include the UT Lead Summer Institute, Haslam College of Business Ambassadors Program, and Minority Enhancement for the University of Tennessee, where she serves as a team captain. “We recruit multicultural students from high schools across the region and invite them to a preview weekend on campus,” says Sirivong. “It’s exciting to interact and share my love for UT with prospective students.” As she prepares to complete her undergraduate career, Sirivong reflects with gratitude on her years at UT. “My professors and fellow students are highly motivated and driven toward success but supportive of each other’s endeavors. I’m very blessed that I can go to school with people who want to better the university and who make time to help others.”
“I’m very blessed that I can go to school with people who want to better the university and who make time to help others” —DESTINY SIRIVONG
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Each year we are priviledged to welcome new faculty who bring new energy to our beloved college. In the fall we welcomed this prestigious group that hails from the US and abroad, each member of which brings a unique and highly valued skill set.
MICHEL BALLINGS joined the Department of Business Analytics and Statistics this fall as an assistant professor. Applying his interest in machine learning and predictive analytics for social media, he completed his dissertation, “Advances and Applications in Ensemble Learning,” in April 2014 at Ghent University in Belgium. Ballings teaches marketing analytics, focusing on predictive analytics related to customer acquisition, retention, and development. His course combines statistics, programming, and functional marketing knowledge, equipping students to distill data into valuable insights. LAUREN (DREHER) CUNNINGHAM received her doctorate in accounting from the University of Arkansas. A licensed Certified Public Accountant, she joined the Department of Accounting and Information Management this year as an assistant professor. Prior to obtaining her PhD, Cunningham worked as an audit manager with Grant Thornton, LLP in Dallas, specializing in the real estate and technology industries. Her research interests include auditor characteristics, corporate governance, and the financial reporting process. Cunningham teaches audit and assurance services to both undergraduate and graduate students. Clockwise from top left: Haileab Hilafu, Michel Ballings, Alex Rodrigues, Erin Henry, Lauren (Dreher) Cunningham, Eric Kelley, and Alex R. Zablah (center).
ERIN HENRY became an assistant professor in the Department of Accounting and Information Management this fall after earning her doctorate in accounting from the University of Connecticut. Henry is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a master’s in taxation from the University of Memphis. She also is an appointed research economist for the Internal Revenue Service’s Statistics of Income division. Her research interests include the capital market implications of tax reporting and the impact of tax policy on firm behavior. HAILEAB HILAFU earned his master’s in statistics in 2011 and his doctorate in May 2014, both from the University of Georgia. He joined the Department of Business Analytics and Statistics this fall as an assistant professor. Hilafu’s research interests include statistical analysis of large and high-dimensional data sets and statistical computing, with the goal of developing statistical methods and applications for dimension reduction, visualization, classification, and cluster analysis. He teaches statistics to both undergraduate and graduate students. ERIC KELLEY joined the Department of Finance as an associate professor after eight years on the University of Arizona faculty. Kelley earned a doctorate in finance from Texas A&M University and a master’s in finance from Texas Tech University. His current research focuses on issues in empirical asset pricing and market microstructure, with particular emphasis on how information is incorporated into prices. Kelley has taught a variety of courses at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels.
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ALEX RODRIGUES received his doctorate in Supply Chain Management in 2004 at Michigan State University. Since 2009, he has been a professor of supply chain management at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. This fall, Rodrigues joined the UT Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management as a lecturer. His research interest areas are global logistics strategy and operations, humanitarian logistics, supply chain disruptions, inventory strategy and deployment, and empirical and theoretical modeling of supply chains. ALEX R. ZABLAH obtained his doctorate in business administration from Georgia State University. He joins the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management as an associate professor of marketing after serving in the same capacity at Oklahoma State University and George Mason University. His research explores manageriallyoriented questions within the marketing strategy domain. His primary area of expertise is on the customer-employee interface in sales and service contexts. Zablah has taught marketing management, marketing research, and businessto-business marketing courses.
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News from the faculty, departments, centers, and programs of the Haslam College of Business.
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Excellence in oversight About the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee The 21-person advisory committee, established in 2010, makes recommendations to the SEC as it seeks to protect investors, promote investor confidence and integrity in the securities marketplace, and maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets. Committee members include senior financial institution executives, institutional investors, investor advocacy groups, law professors, and former SEC commissioners.
Senior associate dean and Reagan Professor of Business, Annette Ranft, is the new vice president and program chair elect for the Southern Management Association (SMA). SMA, a domestic affiliate of the Academy of Management, has more than 1,200 management professors, doctoral students, and executives representing greater than 200 colleges, universities, and business firms in forty-three states and more than 30 countries. Sharon Edwards, CFO of Willis, became the first Executive in Residence speaker of the year. Executive in Residence is a joint program sponsored by Global Leader Scholars and the MBA programs.
About Joseph V. Carcello Carcello is the EY and Business Alumni Professor and head of the Department of Accounting and Information Management in UT’s Haslam College of Business. He also is executive director of the UT Neel Corporate Governance Center. Carcello has been an expert witness for the SEC. He currently serves on the Investor Advisory Group of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which advises on investors’ issues.
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Associate dean and Sarah Ellen Skinner Professor in Management Lane Morris was selected as one of forty-nine SEC representatives for the 2014-15 SEC Academic Leadership Development Program. Established in 2008, the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program identifies, prepares, fosters, and advances academic leadership. It allows SEC faculty the unique opportunity to address academic and administrative challenges at major SEC research universities.
C. WARREN NEEL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CENTER The Warren Neel Corporate Governance Center Distinguished Speaker Series welcomed Governor Bill Haslam to speak on the difference between public and corporate leadership. The governor encouraged students to find a public service model that works for them and to involve themselves in public service either by running for office or actively supporting a candidate.
ACCOUNTING AND INFORMATION MANAGMENT (AIM) Joe Carcello, EY and Business Alumni Professor, was named to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee. He is the only business school professor appointed to the committee of twenty-one. (See sidebar at left.) Jan Williams, dean and professor emeritus, received the Academy of Strategic and Entrepreneurial Leadership’s John J. Fernandes Strategic Leadership Award. The award is presented to a dean, provost, president, or other senior academic leader who models significant, successful leadership.
ANDERSON CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION Bill Fox has been chosen as the recipient of the
Ergen Professorship. The Ergen Professorship was established with a gift from Charlie and Candy Ergen of Denver, Colorado, founders of Dish Network.
Rhonda Reger was appointed director of research for the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER The UT Construction Industry Research and Policy Center received $20,000 from Amerisure Insurance Company to fund projects related to reducing workplace injuries and fatalities. Amerisure provides workers’ compensation and general liability insurance for construction contractors.
FINANCE Laura Cole, senior lecturer and director of the Master’s Investment Learning Center, has been selected by the Greater Knoxville Business Journal as one of Knoxville’s “40 Under 40,” a program that highlights Knoxville’s future leaders in business and the community. continued on p. 24 >
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ON THE MOVE WITH FORCEFUL GRACE, HAILEAB Hilafu kicks a soccer ball across the field, sending opponents and teammates scurrying. He makes it look easy but he’s had a lot of practice. As a young boy in the small African nation of Eritrea, Hilafu was constantly on the move. He competed in long-distance running events and played on the soccer team at school. Now an assistant professor in UT’s Department of Business Analytics and Statistics, Hilafu still indulges a passion for the sport, playing on a recreational team several times a week. “I never quit soccer,” he says, smiling. Hilafu never quit mathematics, either. “As a child, I liked solving math problems and intended to major in math as an undergraduate,” he says. His fascination with numbers and patterns took a new turn when he learned about the field of statistics. “One of my childhood friends studied geographical information systems and took some statistics classes. He suggested I try a statistics course to see if I liked it, and I did.” Exposure to statistics deepened Hilafu’s interest in math. “I realized I could use math to solve practical problems,” he explains.
“That’s an important element for me.” He also was interested in job opportunities in the field. Eritrea had recently opened a National Statistics Center, and Hilafu dreamed of working there until he decided to change the direction of his career—a change that would take him across a continent and an ocean. “I realized that I could go overseas to further my education,” he says. “After taking the necessary exams in Eritrea, I applied and gained admission and a graduate assistantship at the University of Georgia.” In 2009, Hilafu relocated to Georgia and began his graduate studies. He earned both his master’s and doctoral degrees in statistics, graduating in 2014. “I started applying for a job in October 2013, and I interviewed at UT in December,” he says. “I had multiple options but I saw that the department at UT is thriving, and I wanted to be part of it. I also appreciated the focus on using data analytics to address real challenges that businesses face.” With his specialization in high-dimensional data analysis, Hilafu is still on the move at UT, conducting valuable research and teaching students to solve real-world problems.
HAILEAB HILAFU Department of Business Analytics and Statistics
“I had multiple options but I saw that the department at UT is thriving, and I wanted to be part of it.” —HAILEAB HILAFU
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SUPPLY CHAIN PROGRAM RANKED BY GARTNER AND U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
A consulting company with a detailed approach, Gartner evaluates supply chain management programs in terms of scope, size, and industry value. U.S. News & World Report bases its rankings on program reputation. In 2014, UT’s supply chain program proudly emerged with a No. 3 ranking in both contests.
A STEADY CLIMB With sure steps and perfect balance, the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management is climbing the ladder of success. According to 2014 reports from industry giant Gartner, UT’s supply chain management program ranks at No. 3 nationally. U.S. News & World Report rated the supply chain program fourth nationally and third among publics. The industry-specific Gartner report placed UT’s program at third place in both undergraduate and graduate categories, seven slots higher than last year’s No. 10 ranking. “Gartner considers three areas in its report: program scope, industry value, and program size,” explains Shay Scott, managing director of UT’s Global Supply Chain Institute. “We fared well this year in all three categories.” An emphasis on sharing information has helped propel the department toward greater heights, Scott says. “We’ve created a hub of knowledge with open lines of communication between faculty, students, and the advisory board— which includes the majority of Gartner’s top 25 supply chain companies. We offer a portfolio of solutions, helping to draw new students and industry partners into our network.” Faculty members, including department head Mark Moon,
affirm the numbers as important signals of success. “The rankings are indicative of our program’s achievements, and they will help to drive future success by giving us more exposure,” says Moon. Earning high marks from both outlets will generate interest from different sources, he explains. “The U.S. News rankings tend to influence students and parents, attracting more high quality applicants, whereas Gartner rankings will influence industries, garnering more corporate partners and recruiters.”
“The rankings are indicative of our program’s achievements, and they will help to drive future success by giving us more exposure.” —MARK MOON
A BROAD APPROACH TO SUCCESS Although the stellar rankings created a celebratory spirit in the department, they didn’t come as a tremendous surprise to faculty members who have worked tirelessly to improve the program. Moon credits recent curriculum changes for the jump. “When we shifted from marketing and logistics to marketing and supply chain management three years ago, we began a significant redesign of undergraduate and graduate programs, incorporating all aspects of supply chain
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management and delivering much more content to students.” Moon says the information hub Scott refers to stems from the faculty’s conscious effort. “We’ve created this vision that we call demand-supply integration, seeing demand and supply in the same picture,” he says. “By combining marketing and supply chain in a single department, we stand out from other programs.” UT’s Global Supply Chain Institute is another reason for the high rankings, says executive director Paul Dittmann. “These forum members represent large corporations such as Wal-Mart, Amazon, and IBM,” he says. “We consistently ask them how we can improve the program and make it more relevant. Their advice is valuable, and they’ve spread the word about the quality of our program.” While this year’s rankings foretell a bright future, Dittmann recognizes that the department must continue to move forward to keep pace with the everchanging world of supply chain management. “We keep raising the bar on ourselves because our field is getting broader and broader,” says Dittmann. “It’s amazing because when I started it was trucks and warehouses. Now it’s end-to-end business strategies.”
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> continued from p. 20 Ramon P. DeGennaro, professor of banking and finance, produced an eighteen-lecture course, “How the Stock Market Works,” for the Great Courses Company.
News from Global Supply Chain Institute studies The Effect of Outside Risks on Supply Chains Outside risks can stretch supply chains’ capabilities to the breaking point, but executives who run them often fail to develop risk contingency plans, according to a study from the Global Supply Chain Institute. Ninety percent of the firms surveyed do not measure supply chain risk when outsourcing production, and none use outside expertise to help assess supply chain risks, according to the study. Among other findings, the research determined that normal day-to-day challenges of doing business—unexpected delays, cybersecurity,
90% OF FIRMS DO NOT MEASURE SUPPLY CHAIN RISK.
supplier failures and warehouse shortages—often overwhelm executives, giving them little if any time to plan for major interruptions such as natural disasters or geopolitical disruptions. Managing day-to-day challenges becomes a barrier to the ability of supply chain professionals to prepare comprehensive plans for risk identification, prioritization, and mitigation. The report, “Managing Risk in the Global Supply Chain,” was sponsored by UPS Capital Corporation.
Deborah Harrell, investments professor, earned the Sharon Miller Pryse/Trust Company of Knoxville Outstanding Finance faculty award. Kathy Price retired as an administrative specialist after spending nine years in the department. Jeannie Goodman, who has been in the Department of Management since 2011, has stepped into the position. Tom Boehm is now the Goodner Professor of Finance. The professorship is generously supported through the estate of David Coleman.
Debbie Mackey was selected as the 2014 National Faculty Advisor of the Year by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and also awarded the society’s highest honor, the James House Williams Award. The award recognizes her as the top human resource professional in the state.
MARKETING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT The Global Supply Chain Institute conducted a study on the influence of outside risks on supply chain performance. (See sidebar at left.)
MANAGEMENT Russell Crook, along with co-authors David Ketchen (Auburn University) and Christopher Craighead (Penn State University), suggests that 3D printing and other changes have pushed modern-day supply chains to the threshold of a revolution—the rise of “supply ecosystems.” In their Journal of Business Logistics article titled “From Supply Chains to Supply Ecosystems: Implications for Strategic Sourcing Research and Practice,” the authors describe how the interactions and interdependencies within supply chains parallel biological ecosystems where organisms, such as plants, compete for scarce resources like water. Michael J. Stahl is the recipient of the new Jerry and Kay Henry Endowed Professorship.
Chad Autry was promoted to full professor. Chad Autry, John Bell, and Bill Rose had their article “Reconsidering the Supply Chain Integration-Performance Relationship: In Search of Theoretical Consistency and Clarity,” accepted in the Journal of Business Logistics. Randy Bradley, John Bell, Ben Hazen (UT research affiliate), and Brian Fugate (a UT alum now on faculty at Colorado State) had their paper “Logistics Information System Evaluation: Assessing External Technology Integration and Supporting continued on p. 29 >
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AT HOME IN KNOXVILLE CONSTANT ACTIVITY SURROUNDS THE picturesque Fort Sanders home of accounting professor Erin Henry and her family. Along with her husband, John, and their two young sons, Eli (2) and John Ross (6 months), she appreciates their close proximity to campus and downtown. “We love piling our kids into the stroller and taking them to Market Square or World’s Fair Park on the weekends,” Henry says. “We spent a lot of time at the splash pad this summer.” The family relocated in May after Henry earned her doctorate from the University of Connecticut. A Memphis native, she set her sights on Knoxville as a first-year doctoral student. “When I arrived at UConn, one of my advisors asked, ‘What’s your dream job?’ and I said, ‘I want to be a professor at UT.’” Henry’s dream became reality when the university offered her a faculty position in the Department of Accounting and Information Management this year. “My husband and I knew this would be a great place to raise a family,” she says. The road to this destination had a few forks near the beginning. As a young student, Henry did not discover her passion for accounting immediately. “I started my undergraduate career in electrical engineering at Mississippi State University but quickly realized that the field
didn’t match my personality.” Henry transferred to the university’s accounting program, where she found her calling. “In my first accounting class, I felt an immediate sense of relief,” she recalls. “I knew I belonged in this discipline.” Since then, she hasn’t looked back. A first generation college graduate and the first member of her family to enter graduate school, she completed her masters at the University of Memphis while working full-time as a CPA. In 2009, she began her doctorate at UConn. “I kept going, and that’s a big deal to my family,” she says. Henry shares her love for accounting with her husband, a fellow CPA. “John and I met on my first day of work at an accounting firm in Memphis.” She saw him on the elevator, wondered who he was, and soon discovered that they shared a workspace. “My desk was right beside his cubicle.” As a faculty member and mom to two young children, Henry says she lacks time for many personal hobbies but enjoys the variety of fun events offered in her new town. “We do love going out to eat and attending bluegrass and indie music events,” Henry says. “Knoxville is an ideal place to pursue both of those interests.”
ERIN HENRY Department of Accounting and Information Management
“ . . . one of my advisors asked, ‘What’s your dream job?’ and I said ‘I want to be a professor at UT.’” —ERIN HENRY
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NEW FRONTIERS FROM DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, OPERATIONS,
AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS AND STATISTICS
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Digital information instantly traverses continents and oceans. Companies can track customer activity like never before, producing huge amounts of data. Interpreting that data into practical results that can drive corporate decision-making is the primary focus of a developing field known as business analytics. In response to the burgeoning demand for analysts and interpreters, the Department of Statistics, Operations, and Management Science has adopted a fresh title: the Department of Business Analytics and Statistics.
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he department’s new moniker reflects a curriculum change and a trend toward discipline integration, both of which have been in progress for several years. “In 2010, we were the first college of business to create an analytics program,” says former department head Kenneth Gilbert. “From the start, we aspired to make it the best.” Faculty members also created an atmosphere of open communication. “Although the management science program joined statistics a decade ago, the two remained separate on a practical level,” department head Chuck Noon explains. “Faculty members’ offices were on different floors, and our degree programs were essentially distinct.” Five years ago, that changed. “We moved onto the same floor and became much more integrated.”
Curriculum That Connects Because faculty members are connected with corporate leaders via the Business Analytics Forum, important curriculum decisions are based on the needs of prospective employers in a digital era. “In general, there’s a move toward data-driven decision making,” says Noon. “The plumbing is already in place. Companies have end-to-end information systems with the ability to capture every transaction and every look at a webpage. The data is starting to flow, and there’s a growing need for individuals who can extract it, do valid analysis, and communicate it to leaders to drive decisions.” To better equip business analytics graduates, Gilbert says the department recently hired several new faculty members who specialize in data analysis including Haileab Hilafu, Michel Ballings, and Julie Ferrara. “The new hires reflect the changing focus of this discipline,” he says. “For example, Ferrara specializes in digital analytics, digital marketing, and website usability. Traditionally, those elements would not be part of a statistics department, but they’re very relevant in the current world of business analytics.”
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DEPARTMENT HEAD CHUCK NOON
Training Graduates to Succeed
huck Noon joined the Haslam College of Business faculty in 1987, a new convert to the world of business management. “My bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD were all in industrial engineering,” he says. Attracted to management science because of its use of applied quantitative models, Noon immersed himself in practical research. “By the mid1990s, I was doing funded research through the college on transportation analysis for alternative fuel supply chains with sponsors such as TVA, the Electric Power Research Institute, Martin Marietta, and the Department of Energy.” In the late 1990s, his interest shifted again when he became part of the team of faculty that developed the Physician Executive MBA (PEMBA) program. Sixteen years later, Noon continues to teach in the PEMBA program and he’s written a leading book on emergency department improvement. He’s also worked with hundreds of healthcare systems and hospitals to improve their emergency rooms through UT’s executive education programs, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and private consulting. “Healthcare has particular characteristics that make it distinct,” he says. “It’s a service operation and has a high amount of variation, so it’s very different from other types of businesses and begs new models and approaches.” Noon assumed a new role in June 2014. He became head of the newly titled Department of Business Analytics and Statistics. “After twenty-seven years on the faculty, I’m more excited than I’ve ever been about my home department,” he says. “We’ve made tremendous gains in the past few years and have positioned ourselves well.” Gilbert, Noon, and other long-time faculty members kept their ears open to the thoughts and concerns of corporate leaders as they implemented change, and that awareness paid off. “In some ways, the department happened to have the right sets of skills (management science and statistics in the same department) and the right background (an emphasis on applied research) to succeed. We also were riding a worldwide tailwind of interest in business analytics. We were fortunate that these elements were in place, but it took Ken’s leadership and commitment to strategically position the department. I take no credit for it. I inherited a great situation.” When he’s not teaching or researching, Noon enjoys outdoor sports such as soccer, kiteboarding, sailing, and backpacking with his family. “I also play an occasional poker tournament in Las Vegas.” He laughs. “It’s a real-life application of applied probability.” Noon looks forward to the future of the department. “The strides we’ve made in the last few years have positioned us to be a leader in the area of business analytics. I want to make sure we reach our potential.”
Ferrara is interested in the psychology behind successful online marketing. “I want to understanding what makes people click on a website,” she says. “If we can grasp the cognitive psychology behind that, we can identify what persuades customers to complete a desired action.” When coaching students, Ferrara emphasizes the need to focus on practical application. “There is so much data available to catch their attention. I try to teach them to keep their minds focused on the questions they set out to answer and how their analyses impact the company’s overall performance.” Ballings, whose research includes predictive analytics for social media, agrees that the huge volume of available data calls for a strategic approach to analytics. “Business analytics has been rapidly evolving because of ever-increasing amounts of data, especially with the advent of smartphones,” says Ballings. “To be able to cope with the enormous amount of data heading toward us, we need a much broader skill set, so this field is becoming much more collaborative and multidisciplinary. The researcher cannot stay within a small field anymore.” With his focus on analysis of highdimensional data sets, Hilafu recognizes that old methods for statistical analysis don’t work in this developing world of electronic data collection. “As time goes on, this field will only become more complex,” he says. “In a large data set, the goal is essentially to find a lower-dimensional signal in high-dimensional data. For example, that might mean looking at groups of customers and examining their traits to see which characteristics lead to repeat sales and which do not.” That kind of applied analytics is where the department wants its future graduates to excel. “We want them to be equipped to go into a business, to understand its challenges, decisions, and operations, and to be able to say, ‘Aha! I see how analytics can help you succeed,’” Noon says. “We’re not creating isolated analysts. We’re training people who can go out to businesses and apply analytics in a practical way.”
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> continued from p. 24 Organizational Learning” accepted at the Journal of Business Logistics. This paper was the result of a project that the authors did with Pilot Flying J. Mark Collins, who teaches in the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, earned his PhD in business administration with a concentration in organizations and strategy, offered by the Department of Management. Anne Smith, Flaskerud Professor in Business, was his committee chair. Stephanie Noble and Carol Esmark published “Managing Closing Time to Enhance Manager, Employee, and Customer Satisfaction” in Business Horizons.
Lisa Murray was promoted to senior lecturer.
Stephanie Noble was promoted to full professor. She also was named to the Academic Council for the American Marketing Association. Charlie Noble, Proffitts Professor in Marketing, co-authored the article “What Unhappy Customers Want,” published in MITSloan Management Review. A Global Supply Chain Institute study found organizations that closely integrate their purchasing and logistics functions deliver better business results. (See sidebar at right.)
Shay Scott was promoted to senior lecturer. Ted Stank, Bruce Chair of Excellence, Diane Mollenkopf, McCormick Professor in Supply Chain Management, and Wendy Tate, along with Andrea Lago da Silva from Brazil, co-authored the article “Building Organizational Value Through Demand and Supply Integration,” which has been conditionally accepted at Sloan Management Review (a Financial Times 45 outlet).
News from Global Supply Chain Institute studies Purchasing and Logistics Integration Organizations that closely integrate their purchasing
Professor Emeritus Bob Woodruff was recognized by the State of Tennessee Hospital Association with its Annual Service Excellence Award for his volunteer efforts at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Mary Holcomb received the inaugural Center for Transportation Research Faculty Fellowship. The Center for Transportation Research’s new Faculty Fellows Program serves as a way to recognize leading faculty and help improve the level of research and collaboration between researchers. The Haslam College of Business’s inaugural summer Research Award recipients are: James Chyz, assistant professor, Department of Accounting and Information Management, Bobby Mee, William and Sara Clark Professor of Business, Department of Business Analytics and Statistics Wendy Tate, associate professor, Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Christian Vossler, professor, Department of Economics, Marianne Wanamaker, assistant professor, Department of Economics, Tracie Woidtke, David E. Sharp/Home Federal Bank of Tennessee Professor in Banking and Finance. The Research Awards recognize the scholarship of tenure-track continued on p. 30 >
and logistics functions deliver better business results, according to a study from the Global Supply Chain Institute. The study, involving more TED STANK
than 180 supply chain
professionals, also shows that many firms fail to capitalize on this opportunity and have supply chains where purchasing and logistics operate in “silos” with little cohesion. “Together, purchasing and logistics can account for 70 percent of an organization’s costs and influence 80 percent of its working capital through inventory and accounts payable,” said Ted Stank, Bruce Chair of Excellence and one of the study’s authors. “Clearly,
impact the firm’s overall
“Together, purchasing and logistics can account for 70 percent of an orgnization’s costs . . .”
performance.”
—TED STANK
purchasing and logistics have a huge impact but often won’t collaborate with each other to make decisions that will positively
The report, “Bending the Chain: The Surprising Challenge of Integrating Purchasing and Logistics,” was sponsored by IBM.
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> continued from p. 29 faculty members based on their research productivity over last three years. (See page 11 for a more on this topic.)
BUSINESS ANALYTICS AND STATISTICS
Cap and Gown Haslam College of Business Graduation Statistics & Awards The Haslam College of Business graduated 590 students during ceremonies held in both spring and summer 2014. STUDENTS GRADUATING REPRESENTED THE FOLLOWING MAJORS: Supply Chain Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
and Janet Heath, the goal of the fellowship is to enhance the relationship between the Haslam College of Business and the UT College of Engineering. BI Software Insight, an online hub for business intelligence-related news, named UT’s master in business analytics as one of the top big data and analytics programs in the country.
The Department of Statistics, Operations, and Management Science has a new name—the Department of Business Analytics and Statistics. “We wanted a department name that better reflects the programs we teach, the kind of research we conduct, and, most importantly, what our students can do,” said Chuck Noon, department head. (See page 27 for more on this topic.)
Stephen Few, one of the world’s renowned experts and thought leaders on business analytics, quantitative techniques, and data analysis, conducted an interactive half-day seminar on how to effectively present and analyze quantitative business data.
Hamparum Bozdogan, McKenzie Professor, had a publication, “Social Network Analysis of Scientific Collaborations Across Different Subject Fields,” selected as a featured article in an issue of Informed Librarian Online.
On September 18, 2014, Sharon Edwards (’87, Accounting), CFO of Willis, became the first Executive in Residence speaker. Executive in Residence is a joint program sponsored by Global Leader Scholars and the MBA programs. Other speakers this year included:
Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
GRADUATE AND EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Sept. 23 – Amy Miles (’89, Accounting), CEO, Regal Entertainment Group
Logistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Business Analytics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Human Resource Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Economics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Public Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Three business graduates became commissioned military officers. Thomas Chitwood (supply chain management) and Daniel Leininger (finance) were commissioned as second
590 NEW GRADUATES
lieutenants in the United States Army. Brandon Abrao (logistics) was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
Chuck Noon, Regal Entertainment Group Professor of Business, was named head of the department, replacing Ken Gilbert. Noon is an award-winning teacher and a curriculum innovator who has been with the college for twentyseven years. Ramón León retired after twentythree years with the college.
AWARD WINNERS AT THE MAY 2014 COMMENCEMENT INCLUDED: Top Graduate: James Darlington (business analytics)
Bank of America Leadership Award: Martin Leamon (supply chain management major, entrepreneurship minor)
The 2014 Bank of America Faculty Leadership Award: Joseph Carcello, EY and Business Alumni Professor Congratulations to all our new alumni and award winners. We are proud to call you our own!
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Russell Zaretzki earned the designation of Heath Faculty Fellow. Established by Ralph
Oct. 21-23 – Aaron Snyder (’87, Marketing), former AMEX VP, now a private consultant hired by Blackhawk Network for a project with InteliSpend Oct. 23 – Burt Chandler (’87, Finance), SVP, Iberia Bank Oct. 30 – Alan Wilson (’80, Communications), CEO, McCormick Nov. 4 - Greg Smith (’85 Finance), SVP Global Operations, Goodyear Tire & Rubber
The full-time MBA program is among the nation’s most popular business programs, according to the 2015 edition of U.S. News and World Report. UT ranked sixth nationally and second among public universities. This ranking focused on the percentage of students admitted to specific schools that choose to attend that school.
Katie Bahr is a writer/publicist. Both are new positions.
B FAMILY ORANGE
STAFF AND SUPPORT Belinda Carter retired in December after twenty-four years of service. Gail Chapman earned her Green Belt in the area of Lean Applied to Business Processes. She is the third person in the college to earn her Green Belt after GEE’s Molly Kinard and Tara Presnell.
g i
Trent Thurman joined the college as executive director for graduate programs. He oversees the college’s five full-time masters programs— master’s of business administration, accountancy, business analytics, economics, and human resources. Prior to joining the college, Thurman was director of the working professional MBA programs at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.
DEPARTMENT & faculty NEWS
The Physician Executive MBA program hosted its largest ever Alumni Symposium with 117 physicians attending.
CAMPAIGN College Pride Haslam College of Business Faculty & Staff Give Bigtime More than 90 percent of the college’s faculty and staff contributed to the Big Orange Family Campaign, which took
Nathan Etheridge has joined the college as director of operations for the Executive MBA for Strategic Leadership, Executive MBA for Healthcare Leadership, and Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain programs. He will oversee student recruiting efforts, business development initiatives, and program delivery and work with global business and domestic industry immersion seminars. Etheridge spent more than ten years in corporate leadership roles prior to joining UT. Kelly Harrison joined the college as an administrative specialist in the dean’s office, focusing on communications and event management.
place from February 17-March 14, 2014. The campus-wide average participation was 47 percent. Five departments/centers out of the eleven tracked in the college, Doug Hawks joined the college as assistant dean of finance and administration. He provides strategies for resource planning and allocation across academic programs, departments, centers and executive education operations. Hawks previously served as a senior auditor at the university and held positions at Southern Utah University, Sonic Innovations, Inc., Office Max, Inc., and Wells Fargo prior to his work at UT.
Melia Kendall had a paper published in the American Journal of Health-Systems Pharmacy titled “Design and Implementation of a Strategy for Preceptor Development in Multiple Residency Programs.” Molly Kinard was elected as the business subgroup representative for the UT Exempt Staff Council. Several new staff members have joined the Office of Marketing and Public Relations at the Haslam College of Business. Sara WhittLingerfelt is a web developer and
or nearly 50 percent, had 100 percent participation. Another four had more than 90 percent participation.
Recent Retirees Our faculty and staff have made the Haslam College of Business rise to the Andy White was selected as one of ten members on the Tennessee Aerospace and Defense Advisory Board. The board will execute strategic planning and lead development and outreach aimed at spurring economic development in the state’s aerospace and defense sectors.
top in so many ways. We would like to give heartfelt thanks and gratitude to our recent retirees as they launch into their next new adventure: Belinda Carter, Ramón León, and Kathy Price. Thank you for your combined sixty-one years!
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DEVELOPMENT giving REPORT CONTRIBUTORS TO THE COLLEGE
Listed on the following pages are those individuals, organizations, corporations, and foundations whose gifts of $100 or more were received by the Haslam College of Business in fiscal year 2013 (July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014). Each and every gift, regardless of amount, is sincerely appreciated. The generosity of our alumni and friends allows the college to provide the best possible educational opportunities for our students. Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of our list of contributors, we acknowledge that the following list may contain inadvertent errors; please contact us with any corrections. OVER $500,000 Anderson Family Anonymous James A. & Natalie L. Haslam II
$250,000-$499,999 Randal & Jenny Boyd Estate of John W. Fisher Chris & Donna Kinney King & Judy Rogers III
$100,000-$249,999 BB&T John Harrigan Boll Ray & Joan Myatt Jr. Gerald Thomas Niedert Regal Entertainment Group Foundation William & Kay Stokely III
$50,000-$99,999 James B. Baker Thomas D. Bell Jr. Farm Bureau Insurance Companies of TN Walter Edwin Frazier III George J. Green & Wilma Jordan Home Federal Bank of Tennessee Cheryl S. Massingale F. Stewart McCorkle Jr. Joseph & Barbara O’Donnell
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Pilot Flying J Pro2Serve Professional Product Services Greg & Lisa Smith Mark L. Venrick Michael & Tiffiny West Brenda T. Wood
$25,000-$49,999 Kelvin & Shery Ault Joseph & Carole Ayres James & Patricia Bernal Michael & Nancy Berry Raymond & Barbara Bible Bill & Melba Blevins R. Stanley Bowden II Gary & Marsha Clayton Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP G. Mack & Nancy Dove Charles W. Duggan Robert & Deborah Hyde Bob & Molly Joy Michael & Pamela Koban Jr. Lawler-Wood LLC Richard & Patricia Mallicote John & Kathy McLeod George & Margaret Melton Dan & Amy Miles C. Warren & Annelle Neel Robert G. Parks Jr. Richard & Deborah Perry Pershing Yoakley & Associates PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Joseph & Sharon Pryse Will James Pugh David & Sharon Ramsey Martin & Carol Robinson Brett W. Rousch
Dane & Margaret Scism Scott & Kathryn Selbach R. Andy Taylor Sharon Mullinax Taylor Arthur & Hasseline Thompson Jr. Charles & Nancy Wagner III William B. Stokely Jr. Foundation Edward & Anne Wilson Kim Wood
Saks Inc. Operations Center Richard & Ann Smith Staples Inc. Estate of Arthur B. Stowers Tetra Recycling Inc. VACO LLC William L. Vallett Jr. Timothy W. Williams
$10,000-$24,999
Leonard & Laura Berlik BNY Mellon Boeing Company Boise Cascade Holdings L.L.C. Mark & Karen Bowling James & Diedra Brogan David A. Brown II Martin & Ann Brown Steven & Jill Brown James & Celeste Butler Capital One Services Inc. Samuel & Sharon Carter Jr. Caterpillar Inc. Robert James Cerfolio James & Mira Craine Michael D. Easterly David Kent Ecklund David Myers Evans Lie-Jen Fan Fidelity Investments Joseph & Ruth Fielden Brian & Heather Foley Ronald D. Ford James & Marcia Foxworthy Ken & Peggy Gilbert Paul & Patricia Green Allen Pillow Halliday William P. Halliday III Steven & Jane Harb Jimmy & Dee Haslam William & Cristen Haslam Robert & Sharon Huette Robert & Beverly Johnson Dean & Laurie Jones
Amerisure Insurance Bill F. Breeding Jr. Aubrey R. Burleson Ernest & Bonnie Cadotte Citizens Bank Tri-Cities Foundation Ltd Cornerstone Foundation of Knoxville Joe R. Crafton Jr. Crossmark Pete & Cindi DeBusk John & Brenda Dittmann Allen R. Elkins Frito-Lay North America Douglas & Carla Harris W. Blaine Hawkins David & Deborah Ingram Glenn & Dottie Irwin Nat R. Martha M. Knaster Charitable Trust Paul & Tammy Koonce William & Pamela Lee Steve & Troba Mangum A. David & Sandra Martin Janet L. McKinley John R. Moore Jim & Kathy Newsome III Jerald & Kimberly Nine Jr. Family Foundation Frank & Elaine Ozburn Jr. Kiran M. Patel Patricia G. Pratt
$5,000-$9,999
SAVE THE DATES!
Mark your calendar now for great fall events: September 12 HCB Leadership Level Supporters Tailgate Invitation only.
October 10 HCB Leadership Level Supporters Tailgate Invitation only.
November 6
Alumni Awards Gala
For more information, call (865) 974-6083.
November 14 Homecoming BBQ Celebration Must RSVP and send registration.
$2,500-$4,999 Martin & Karyn Altshuler Glenn C. Andrews James H. Atchley Jonathan C. Bailey Adam John Bean Allen B. Bell Douglas & Lori Blalock Coleton Ellington Bragg Thomas P. Brown Anthony & Patricia Bryant Andrew N. Burns David L. Cannon David & Penny Carver Clayton Bank & Trust Michael & Kimberly Copperthite R. Terry & Juanita Cowles Marcus & Kelli Davenport Jeffery & Janet Davis Deloitte Kerry Allen Dodd Norman D. Estep Don & Sandra Fancher Lester E. Finnell Jr. Mark Scott Fleiner Emerson & Catherine Fly Kimberly B. Ford Thomas & Anna Ford Nan M. Given Kostyantyn L. Grabovskyy Thomas & Florence Graves Samuel & Leslie Grigsby Jr. Tom & Constance Hawkins Jr. John & Candace Hendrix W. Logan & Johnnie Hickman Jr. Giles David Hollins J. A. Fielden Co. Inc. Kevin & Tammi Janiga David & Jeanne Claire Jones KPMG Michael K. Littlejohn Ralph Masengill Jr. Frank & Mary McGregor Meridian Trust & Investment Co. Joseph & Penny McDonald Scot D. Miller Barbara Curtis Murphey Charles Wesley Pearson III
John & Mitzi Platillero James & Sandra Powell Sr. Richard & Jane Ray Jr. Rhonda K. Reger Piland Howard & Agatha Ray Regions Bank Eugene & Elizabeth Seymour Stewart & Ann T. Siewert Barrett & Betsy Simonis David M. Snapp Aaron Joseph Snyder Sourcing Interests Group Inc. David L. Sylwester Herman & Karen Tallman TeamHealth Inc. Willie O. Turner Jr. US Bank James & Connie Vavalides Watson Foundation Inc. Milburn & Sandra White Jan & Elaine Williams Morgan & Kathryn Zook
$1,000-$2,499 John & Donna Adams Olumuyiwa O. Adeboye Edward Sanford Albers Jr. Ronald & Jean Alexander Howard & Wendy Allenberg Anonymous Todd E. Archer Theodore E. Arnold IV John & Leeann Bailes Bechtel Group Foundation Becker Professional Education Bruce & Julianne Behn John Patrick Behrens Lewis Rogers Belote III Robert G. Berry John & Denise Billings Jr. David Birdwell Kimberly Keightley Black Randy Blackburn David W. Blackwell Christy April Blalock Jerry Donald Bostelman Christi Michelle Branscom Shirley Pih Broadbery Michael L. Brookshire Andy Bruner Fred D. Bryan Chip & Kym Bryant R. Lee Burleson Joseph & Terri Carcello Richard & Nancy Cardin Kevin M. Casey Thomas Cervone & Susan Creswell Howard & Debra Chambers Charles Koch Foundation Stanley Chervin & Barbara Richards James Anthony Chyz Kevin E. Clark Robert L. Clark CNS Y-12 Charles H. Coffin continued on p. 40 >
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Russell L. Lamb Christopher & Quinita LaPorte Jon & Toni Lawler McCormick & Company Inc. Jack & Patricia Mills David L. Nelson Regal Entertainment Group Rodefer Moss & Co. PLLC Scott A. Roe William & Jane Salter Jennifer S. Banner & James Schaad Scripps Networks Interactive Taylor & Jean Simonton State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. David & Deborah Stevens Michael & Rebecca Sutton Sr. Frank & Jane Venable Jr. James C. Ward III
Marcus Jeter, dual MBA/MS Business Analytics student, and T. Boone Pickens.
T. BOONE PICKENS TALKS SUCCESS WITH HASLAM STUDENTS American business magnate and financier T. Boone Pickens participated in a roundtable discussion with Haslam College of Business students on October 14. Pickens addressed a range of topics in a question and answer session held at the Howard H. Baker Center on the Knoxville campus. He met with students from several Haslam disciplines and programs, including: Global Leadership Scholars, MBA and supply chain doctoral students, Torch Fund student managers, Bredesen Center students and Chancellor Honors and Haslam Scholars. Students in attendance were given valuable advice for life and business. Pickens told the group that he would trade the wealth he’s accumulated for a chance to be back in the same stage of life they currently occupy. “What a life you have in front of you,” he said. “What opportunities you cannot imagine that you’re going to see as your life unfolds.” Pickens said a good work ethic was a key to his success. “With a good work ethic and a good education, you can’t miss,” he said. He encouraged attendees to make a positive impact and forge good relationships in their business and personal endeavors. “Leave a record that you’re proud of wherever you go and whatever you do,” he said. Pickens began his career as a junior geologist before founding West Texas-based Mesa Petroleum, which would become the world’s largest independent oil company. He later acquired other oil and gas companies, including Gulf Oil and Phillips Petroleum. In 1997, he founded BP Capital. A proponent of developing an energy plan for the United States, Pickens also shared his insights on the topic. “We’re the only country in the world that does not have an energy plan,” Pickens said. In July 2008, he introduced a plan that he summarized as “get on our own resources” and “get off OPEC oil.”
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VOLUNTEERS FOREVER CHRIS AND DONNA KINNEY
Chris and Donna Kinney with (left to right) research grant recipients Tracie Woidtke, Wendy Tate, and Christian Vossler.
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DONOR SPOTLIGHT
DESPITE LIVING OUTSIDE out of state for almost two decades, Chris and Donna Kinney are dedicated Volunteers. “We’re an all Vol family,” says Chris, explaining that their son, Phil, and daughter, Liz, both chose to pursue undergraduate degrees at the University of Tennessee. Avid football fans, the Kinneys relish being part of the Vol Navy. “Going to games by boat is a special tradition,” Chris says. “That’s always been our connection to Tennessee, returning for football games and meeting family and friends there. We have a lot of orange clothing in our respective closets.” Both finance majors, Chris and Donna graduated a year apart, with Chris walking across the stage in ’81 and Donna in ’82. “Ironically, we didn’t know each other at UT, although we must have run in the same circles,” says Chris. Instead, the couple met at work at a local bank and married after graduation. Chris pursued a successful career with stops at a few employers including JP Morgan Chase, Barclays Capital, and eventually, the City of Knoxville. Donna went on to work at General Electric, where she remained until their first child was born. Chris served as Senior Director of Finance for the City of Knoxville from 2004–2006, a treasured milestone in his career. “I had taken a hiatus from my banking career, and then MayorElect Bill Haslam asked me to join his administration during his first term, so I did,” says Chris. “My three years serving the City
of Knoxville were extraordinarily rewarding.” During his time in city administration, Kinney worked closely with UT, Knoxville, officials on the revitalization of the Second Creek greenway between Neyland Drive and World’s Fair Park,
“ . . . one of the keys to a higher national ranking is the quality of an institution’s faculty.” —CHRIS KINNEY
among other projects. “The folks in UT administration were congenial, encouraging, and professional. For me, that experience forged a deeper personal connection with the university.” In 2006, Chris struck out on a new endeavor—creating SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners, an investment management firm based in New York City. “I commuted back and forth from Knoxville to New York for three years, but in 2010, we decided to relocate to New Jersey.” Today, the Kinneys are back in Knoxville. “We’re currently in Friendsville, but we’d love to find a home near the heart of Knoxville.” The Kinneys share a passion for downtown and a personal investment in its success. “When I was financial director for the city, we negotiated the arrangement with Regal Cinemas to renovate the Riviera and open the first downtown movie venue in decades.” Chris and Donna also are devoted fans of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, where Chris serves on the board of directors. The couple believes in giving back to the university they love.
Recently, Chris and Donna established an endowment to help fund the summer faculty research awards at the Haslam College of Business. “I admire the administration’s courageous goal of becoming a Top 25 university and wanted to motivate faculty members to pursue valuable research,” he says. The summer awards provide financial incentives for faculty members conducting research in various disciplines within the college. “I’m a firm believer
The Kinneys at Volunteer Landing, their favorite pre-game haunt.
that one of the keys to a higher national ranking is the quality of an institution’s faculty,” says Chris. “This endowment’s goal is to foster a thriving research environment and to create a tool for recruiting and retaining top-notch faculty who are also talented researchers.”
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A LEGACY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION DAVID AND DEBBIE INGRAM
DEVELOPMENT giving REPORT
DONOR SPOTLIGHT
W.C. INGRAM PERSONIFIED the hardworking American businessman with the heart of a true entrepreneur. His son, David Ingram, recalls with admiration how his father reinvented himself as time and his capabilities called for it. The elder Ingram trained as a carpenter, but opened a toy and hobby store when health problems began to interfere with his ability to do physical work. The ninth in a family of ten children, David Ingram grew up in Cleveland, Tennessee, mirroring his father’s initiative. “I worked for him starting when I was a high school student. He taught me basic principles of business and convinced me that the customer is king. If you take care of the customer, everything else will fall into place.” After absorbing practical skills from his father, Ingram pursued a formal business education at the University of Tennessee. “I like to say my education at UT was well-rounded,” he says. “I learned complex business principles, but I also gained real-life experience.” One quarter shy of graduation, Ingram realized he needed two elective courses to graduate. “I met with my advisor, assuming he’d recommend a couple of finance electives. Instead, he suggested racquetball and golf.” Ingram responded with a laugh, only to realize that his professor was serious. “He pointed out that I’d need a social side to my business education. Many of my professors came from the corporate world, and
I appreciated the practical advice they offered, even when it surprised me.” Ingram graduated from UT in 1977 with a bachelor’s in finance— the only member of his large family to achieve a college degree— and began a career in sales. His wife, Debbie Ingram, pursued a career in physical therapy that eventually led her to UT, Knoxville. Already a faculty member at UT, Chattanooga, Debbie earned a doctorate in education from the flagship campus in 1994. This year, she celebrates thirty-five years of practicing her profession and twenty-five years as a university professor. The Ingrams’ daughter, Alexandra, is a doctoral student studying learning environments in education at UT, Knoxville. From 2007–2008, Debbie Ingram served as president of the national UT Alumni Association. “David and I had the privilege of traveling across the country, communicating the idea that
“ . . . Tennessee has a low percentage of adults with a college education. We must do all we can to improve that number for the next generation of Tennessee families.” —DEBBIE INGRAM
education matters,” she says. “My primary message was that Tennessee has a low percentage of adults with a college education. We must do all we can to improve that number for the next generation of Tennessee families.”
After several years in sales, David Ingram accepted an opportunity at Modern Way Printing and Fulfillment in Ooltewah, Tennessee. “A close friend’s father owned the business, but he was getting older and he needed an exit plan,” he says. “When he hired me, we sat
The Ingrams and scholarship recipient Shelton Ansley.
down and scrawled an eight-year business strategy on the back of a napkin.” In 1992, at the end of those eight years, Ingram and a business partner purchased the company. The Ingrams say they were both fortunate not to incur debt while pursuing education. “To alleviate some of that stress for current students, we’ve supported scholarships for the physical therapy department at UTC and, more recently, established an MBA scholarship at UTK.” Appropriately, it’s called the W.C. Ingram MBA Scholarship, in honor of David Ingram’s assiduous father.
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giving REPORT
DEVELOPMENT
SOURCES & USES OF FUNDS
“College expenditures are largely comprised of expenditures on people— faculty, staff and students.” —DEAN STEPHEN L. MANGUM
THE COLLEGE’S TOTAL revenue was largely unchanged from fiscal year 2013 to fiscal year 2014 at $61.5 million, though changes in its composition were rather pronounced. A significant increase in state funding, from $21.5 million in fiscal year 2013 to $24.8 million in fiscal year 2014 reflected the state’s funding of a faculty and staff raise pool, as well as an increase in one-time project monies. Revenue increases also were recorded in differential tuition from our undergraduate programs, program fee revenue from selected masters programs, and private gift and endowment income. Increases in revenue in these areas were offset by unexpected declines in revenue from our executive degree programs and a continuing decline in non-degree executive education programs. Cutbacks in government spending and continuing sluggishness in the economic recovery of sectors in which our executive education business is concentrated appear to be primary factors in this continuing trend. Steps are being taken to address these shortfalls during fiscal year 2015. With respect to uses of funds, expenditures largely followed established historical patterns. College expenditures are largely comprised of expenditures on people–faculty, staff and students. Our expenditure patterns portray the reality that we are a human capital-intensive organization. The quality of our people and their commitment and dedication to our enterprise define us. Our people and their dedication to the college make all the difference!
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FISCAL YEAR 2014
SOURCES OF FUNDS 11%
40%
24% 15%
10%
State Funds Differential Tuitions Executive Education Private Monies Grants & Contracts
FISCAL YEAR 2014
USES OF FUNDS 8% 16% 6% 5%
Salaries & Benefits Executive Education Student Support Program Infrastructure Reinvestment
66%
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2014 14,763
13,408 9,160
FY2012: $56,464
6,556
6,268
5,714
FY2011: $56,673
10,885
10,617
9,601
9,975
11,005
2013
5,234
00
2012
12,312
9,104
SOURCES OF FUNDS IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
4,881
5000 5000
10,421
10000 10000
21,514
2011
15000 15000
20,649
19,955
20000 20000
24,818
25000
FY2013: $62,138
FY2014: $61,565
50000
40,328 5,006
9,318
3,696
FY2013: $62,138
2014 3,217
4,106
11,283
FY2012: $56,464
3,515
FY2011: $56,673
2013 3,654
39,580
0
3,554
0
8,497
USES OF FUNDS IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
2012 3,614
10000
2011
3,835
10000
36,964
20000
5,391
20000
10,356
30000
3,384
30000
2,974
40000
34,568
40000
FY2014: $61,565
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> continued from p. 33 Stephen & Patty Coulter Sr. Marcylle Combs Scott & Jill Craig Michael & Helen Crotty Crowe Horwath LLC Kendall Brian Cyree Clay & Anita Davis Jr. Eugene Michael Davis Mark Wagner Davis Paula E. Dowell Deana L. Drewry Jon Todd Ellis Timothy & Karen Ellis Enterprise Holdings Foundation Aaron T. Fausz Gary & Jeanne Feil First Tennessee Bank Shirley A. Flynn M. Benjamin & Susan Foard Duncan & Karol Fort III Roy & Christine Foust William & Deborah Fox William & Lynn Freeman II J. Lee Fry III Mellon & Rosemary Fry Jr. G. Gregory Gilbert Les Daryl Gray Michael & Elizabeth Greene Ronald & Barbara Grubbs Jr. Christopher M. Hadorn Vicki B. Hall Ashley E. Hamilton John & Harriett Harty Jerre & Barbara Haskew John & Renee Hawkins Rowland S. Hawkins Tel & Nancy Helms Charles K. Hendrix Scott C. Hennessy Rosalyn L. Hess John George Hoffman III Jay M. Hollomon Christopher & Karen Ideker International Paper Company E. Carl Johnson Mason & Emily Jones Jenneen Marie Kaufman James & Ruth Keally III William Lee Kelso Austin & Suzanne Lance Robert & Karen Ladd
Barney Lewis Lane Tillman L. Lay Terry Lee Leap Richard & Pamela Lee Sherri Parker Lee William & Brenda Locke Robert & Beverly A. Lynch Zanda Jane Lynn Michael Robert Marks Owen & Mary Marsh Bob & LeaAnn Marshall Whitney Johns Martin Steven R. McBrayer David & Mary McClung Robert & Judy McMahan Ronald & Jackie Meadows William & Lynda Middlemas Harry & Suzanne Miller Jr. Mark A. Moon Karen J. Moore Michael & Phyllis Moore Thomas Moore Charles & Sherry Morgan Charles & Catherine Morris Neighborhood Nerds Inc. Kimberly & Angel Norman Mark & Sharon Oldham Scott Parish R. Paul & Barbara Perutelli Chad & Lila Pfleger Pat D. Postma Donald Gregg Pounders J. Daniel & Allison Pressley Donald & Nancy Preston John & Gail Prugh Thomas & Kimberly Quillen James T. Reed Jr. Michael J. Reeves Mark Rennich & Vicki Mayfield David Andrew Reynolds Louis & Victoria Riddle Jr. Jon & Mintha Roach Ronald & Marta Roberts Charles & Kelly Robinson William Henry Rodgers Brad & Christine Rolland William Kim Salmons Eric M. Saul David & Jane Schumann Gregory M. Sekelsky James Bruce Selleh Timothy & Peggy Seneker Laurie R. Shimp
Ronald Edward Shrieves P. Matthew Simpson Robert C. Sledd Henry C. Smith James Forest Smith Jr. Randall & Jennifer Smith Kevin Reed Snyder Mandyam & Kanchana Srinivasan David & Beverly Stacey III Benjamin & Christy Stanga Keith & Josie Stanga Theodore Stank & Lori Nash Aaron James Steiner C. Lee Steinhouse III H. Virgil & Clara Stephens Randolph B. Stephenson Michael E. Stevens Temple Crain Stevenson Matthew D. Stone Thomas L. Stover Stowers Machinery Corporation Dustin J. Stratton Ron & Teresa Suedekum Erinmarie Sullivan Edward Lee Taylor Jane C. Taylor Samuel H.Taylor Sr. Tennessee Technology Dev Corp Tennessee Valley Human Resource Assoc T. Matthew & Laura Thipgen Joseph & Rebecca Thompson III Dan & Sandra Tindall Melvin & Hedy Tobias Charles W. Tomlin Neal & Cathy Townsend R.L. & Irene Townsend George Tsetsekos Normand Denis Turgeon UT Federal Credit Union Thomas & Traci Van Dorselaer Harald Van Heerde Dwight H. Van Inwegen David Carroll Verble Thomas D. Walker Brian & Christina Waller Amy Kathleen Ward Paul Andrew Warren D. Brent Wilder Bill & Patricia Williams Kevin & Leigh Ann Witt Tracie Mcalpin Woidtke Bill & Jamie Woodson
NEWLY ESTABLISHED ENDOWMENTS College of Business TN Pledge Scholarship Endowment Henry J. “Jerry” Collins Scholarship Endowment Doster Family Scholarship Endowment James L. Harlan II Business Scholarship Endowment Jerry & Kay Henry Business Professorship Endowment David R. Howard Scholarship Endowment Charles B. Jones Supply Chain Research Fellowship Endowment Charles B. Jones Supply Chain Scholarship Endowment Mark & Lindy Kinser Scholarship Endowment
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$500-$999 Edward A. Adams Jr. Bruce & Monique Anderson Kenneth & Ellen Anderson Gregory Antoine Jean D. Arrants Thomas & Midge Ayres Paul D. Banick Colin Boyd Barrett Rhonda Wilson Barton Robert H. Bebber Francis J. Bedard Raymond Lewis Bell Dawn E. Bertsche Andrew Nelson Blevins John & Mary Bolton Tiffany Ann Boyden Joseph Roger Brown Jr. Anthony D. Bruno Jane E. Campbell J.A. & Patricia Campen Kathy D. Cate Robert & Amy Cathey Jr. John & Carol Childress II Peter & Doris Coode Benjamin Ernst Cook Scott Coop Jefferson L. Cross David & Linda Crumpton Michael D’Ambrosio Phillip & Bonney Daves Charles Edward Davis Deborah Jump-Dawson Susan Clark Debold T. Dick & Loretta Denson Thomas & Rachael Desmond Michael & Mindy Dixon Thomas J. Dorich John & Diana Doss III Daniel H. Dougherty William & Janyce Dudney William August Dueker Jr. Michael C. Ehrhardt Joseph Kirby Ellis Paul Ketron Emert Jr. Astrid M. Emkes John & Stephanie Felker Mark L. Fenlon
Newly Established Endowments as of 10/1/2014.
Ralph Masengill Jr. Scholarship Endowment William & Carole Reeves Family Business Scholarship Endowment Shirley J. Roe Endowed Scholarship Greg & Lisa Smith GLS Faculty Award Endowment Selbach Family Scholarship for Entrepreneurship Endowment Tetra Recycling Entrepreneurship Excellence Endowment Richard L. Townsend Accounting Professorship Endowment JW Outfitters MBA Fellowship Endowment Hugh & Sandy White GLS Scholarship Endowment
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Neil & Suzanne Fischer Edwin B. Fort Rowland & Margaret Funk Tina M. Galloway Gabrielle Gaspar Kevin & Jayne Getsinger Jvene Jay Gingrich Robert J. Goodman Thomas Edward Hamilton Harrison Construction Company H. Robert & Edith Heller III Brittany Nicole Hicks J. Robert Hill Jennifer Gilbreath Hillenmeyer Stanley & Teresa Hurt Ernest C. Hymel Paul L. Jett Jack & Kathryn Kiger Damon & Janet King Mark & Ann Kington Mark & Lindy Kinser Howard R. Klebanow John Warren Kraus Kurt Alan Krushenski Reuben Kyle III Laurie Beth Landeen Elizabeth Geneen Landers Lauren N. Lange Morton T. Larmore Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain PC Lisa Marie Lattimore Jeffery H. Lawhorn Fred & Sharon Lawson Ronald & Ann Layne Thomas & Wallene Leek Scott Parks LeTellier Betty Ann Lewis R. Bruce & Jill Long Joni L. Longfellow Jeffrey D. Longmire John & LeAnn Luna John Thomas Lutz Robin Val & Manley John & Mary Marsh Jr. Peter & Nancy Maynard Sean Griffith McCallen James & Lynn McCallie Donald A. McCown Todd E. McElhatton John & Lois McKeever James R. Merrill Charles & Sue Milazzo Corbi Dianell Milligan Nicole Wine Mohrmann Chad A. Moore R. Jane Moser Eric Munoz Matthew N. Murray Matthew F. Musso William Stuart Neilson Randy E. Nichols Marjorie Lang Niemann Alyssa Suzanne Nimetz Charles Henry Noble IV Patrick Joseph Norris Ana M. Nowell Walter & Anita Ogilvie Jr. William & Joy Ogilvie III Matthew & Juanita Orth
Wesley Jason Paine John & Susan Pannell Keshab Paudel John & Lori Pearce Matthew Allan Penley Bradley D. Petty Randal H. Pierce William & Pamela Pinkston Leonard & Elizabeth Pogue III Thomas & Anne Power Michael & Julia Rafter Kathleen Burns & J. Stephen Ramey Victor & Annette Ranft R. S. Rathinasamy S. Seth Reagan Joel E. Reeves Jr. Refreshments Inc. Michael & Amanda Respeto John P. Reynolds Tim & Vickie Rhodes Jack & Anne Robbins John & Nannon Roosa Robert & Anne Sandlin Robin Lynn Sansone Jon P. Sarginger Katherine J. Savage M. James & Susan Sayrs Colin Hunter Schneeweiss Louis C. Schumacher James A. Schwab Shay D. Scott Gregory Allen Separk William D. Sharp James Frank Slagle IV William Randall Sluder Darren A. Smith Jerry Wayne Speer Andrew & Emily Stallings Douglas L. Standifer Brenda Steakley Emily Blair Steakley Matthew & Katie Steier Kristin O. Stone Wade Russell Stonebrook James & Karen Stripling Jerry & Elizabeth Stubblefield Kristen Jill Stump Diane K. Stumph Michael L. Taber Melanie Demotts Taosuwan B. Lance Taylor Jacob Michael Taylor Norman & Wendy Templeton David R. Thomas John & Rebecca Thomas Michael L. Thomas William & Lori Tice Jr. Tool Crib Arthur M. Townsend IV Douglas & Catherine Traver Theodore Robert Twyman Jamie R. Underwood John M. Wachowicz Jerry W. Walker Tom Walker Frank Waller William Ronald Walton Brian Douglas Wantling continued on p. 42 >
The November 14th public dedication of the Haslam College of Business.
CELEBRATING A CENTURY The Haslam College of Business celebrated 100 years of impact during 2014 with a new name, giveaways, and an engaging social media campaign. Festivities began in the spring, with signage in the Haslam Business Building being installed to showcase the milestone. Large “100 Years” centennial logos were hung in prominent locations. In addition to centennial signage, a timeline of the college’s first 100 years was permanently displayed on two floors in the Haslam building and on the website, while a traveling version spent time at several locations around the Knoxville campus such as the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center and John C. Hodges Library. In February, the college’s nationally renowned corporate governance center was named for its founder and former business school dean, C. Warren Neel. Neel served as dean of the college for twentyfive years. He co-founded the Corporate Governance Center in 2003 and remains a center fellow. The Neel Corporate Governance Center focuses its research in areas that affect public policy such as boards of directors’ corporate audit committees, compensation committees, and nominating committees and institutional shareholder activism. The celebration continued throughout the year with plasma screens in the building displaying facts about HCB’s first 100 years. On social media, students and alumni were invited to participate monthly in themed contests to recognize the centennial with the chance to win gift cards to the university bookstore for the best submissions. Themes were tailored to each month and season. Students, faculty, and staff also were treated to several giveaways throughout the year. From travel continued on p. 42 >
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> continued from p. 41 Kent Ward John S. Whittington Jack & Rhonda Wiley Mary Marcica Williams Alan & Wendy Wilson Wanda L. Wisecarver Yeak-Chong Wong Yuan Zhao William Zotti
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mugs and luggage tags, to t-shirts and Rita’s Italian Ice, the college community celebrated the spirit of the centennial with commemorative items often passed out by popular professors and members of the college’s executive and support staff. Financial guru Dave Ramsey (HCB ’82) was the keynote speaker at the centennial commencement ceremony in May 2014. Ramsey, whose son, Daniel, graduated from HCB at the same time, offered advice to graduates about being successful and giving back as they began their professional careers post-graduation. In early October, a transformational gift from the Haslam family recognized Pilot Flying J founder and HCB alum, James A. Haslam II, as well as the contributions and forward vision of the college. The $50 million gift marks the first time in the history of the University of Tennessee that a college has been named for an alumnus and donor. Later in the month, the name of the college was sandblasted into the stone above the exterior entrances facing Volunteer Boulevard and the pedestrian bridge. Lee Heights Monument Company from Lenoir City, Tenn., did the etchings, which were recorded in a time-lapse video available for viewing at tiny.utk.edu/HCBEtching. In November, the entire university community gathered in the Haslam Business Building for a public dedication of the college under its new name. Sixteen members of the Haslam family attended the program and reception, which culminated with a festive balloon drop and a portrait presentation of Jim Haslam. The portrait will hang in the dean’s suite. Festivities continued throughout the evening, during the Centennial Gala, where the Haslam family was recognized alongside annual alumni award winners (see page: 49). Proceeds from the gala benefitted the HCB College Fund. To learn more about the Haslam College of Business’ first 100 years, or any of the year’s events, please visit tiny.utk.edu/HCB100. 42 | TENNESSEE ARCHWAYS
George Albert Adams Jr. Jeremy M. Allen David Lee Anderson Deborah Anderson Steven A. Anderson Chris Andrews Jeffrey & Kimberly Armistead Carol Lowry Arnall John & Dana Atkins James & Kathryn Badgley Carl & Ann Bales William & Courtney Barlar Jeff & Denise Barlow Todd L. Bassett Thomas & Janet Baudry BB&T Corporation Alex Beach David Paul Beard Allison Beck Michael & Lisa Berry BGT Recruiting & Consulting Gracia E. Bobbitt & Harold Roth Jerelyne P. Brady A. Wayne Branam Denny H. Brewer Jr. Sean & Jenny Brewer Carl Benjamin Brink C. Daniel & Linda Brown T. Walker Brown Donald & Jennifer Bruce Laura K. Burgin Thomas J. Burke Frederick & Amanda Burr Bill B. Carpenter Martin & Linda Carrico Phyllis E. Carter Stephen & Belinda Carter Danielle Renee Casson Gordon L. Chatterton Caleb Andrew Cherry Linda Mewis Christmann Juan & Mary Clark Kristen Kaye Clark Peter V. Claussen Jr. James Hershel Clement David & Sara Cobb Robert Wayne Combs Jr. Greg & Barbara Conger Brian Cook Mark & Sharon Cooper Kathryn Deshele Cox L. Michael & Carolyn Cuddy Matthew Donald Dallas Jarrod Yates Davis Richard C. Debosek James Walter Deitrick Joseph D. Diaferia
Ross & Michelle Dickens Nancy Sue DiFrancia Carolyn Dillon & Brent Alexander Candice Michelle Doolan Ashley Claire Dugger James G. Dugger Jr. Karen Eardley Barry L. Ehlers Cato Ellis Jr. Geraldine S. Emmert Robert C. Feldman Gilbert Herman Forness Jr. Jay & Anita Fortenberry Andrew & Summer Foust Monty G. Fritts Brian S. Fugate Lynn Madison Galbraith Roy & Virginia Gaylor Jr. James & Ramona Gentry Scott & Decindria Gibson Charles A. Gillespie III Martin P. Gillespie Donald T. Godbold David & Martha Gordon Bart L. Graham William B. Greer Harry & Laura Gross Jr. Arena K. Groves Stanley & Rebecca Grubb Ted R. Habermann Landon Bryan Hair Tom & Terri Hale Daniel & Kathy Hamilton Michael David Hanna John & Pat Harper Kimberly Hines Harrell Rebecca Dykes Harrell Stanley Winston Harrell Charles Lynn Harrison J. Mark Hastings Ralph & Janet Heath Tracy H. Henderson William & Susan Henry J. Scott & Mary Ellen Herbert Brady & Mary Holcomb David & Kathy Holt Benjamin D. Horn David R. Howard Matthew & Dana Hughes Bobby & Joyce Humphreys Thomas & Phyllis Hunter Matthew Dean Hutcheson Tyler & Kara Jacobs Marilyn J. Jake Melvin & Mary Johnson Renee P. Johnson Hal & Anita Jones Michael E. Jones Joseph V. Kelly III Herbert Sheldon Kishbaugh Frank A. Kocur II Timothy & Renee Kovick Kent D. Kurkiewicz Jack Meyer Kuykendall Jude K. Lam Suzanne Lattimore Lawrence & Mary Jo Leahy Wesley Charles Lee Mark & Jennifer Leitman Craig McLean Long Sarah M. Mallicote Frank & Fidelia Marcy
Jordan R. Marshall Alma Kay Martin Charles J. Mascioli Monte W. Masten Kenichi & Yuki Matsuno Margaret Jill Matthews Teresa M. McCarthy Byrne Walter R. McDavid Jr. David & Nancy McKinney Thomas Andrew McLean Spencer Sentelle Mercer Dan H. Merrill Stephen J. Merrill L. Virgil Mincy Katie Suzanne Mize Benita Harris Moore Bobby & Victoria Moore James & Mary Morgan III M. Lane & Julie Morris Anthony Ray Mubarak Leonard Mucciaro Michael Vincent Mulloy Caroline Jane Murphy Daniel & Suzan Murphy J. Robert Myers Thomas & Betty Neal Jr. Bernard Tze-Shun Ng Adam Nickelson Stephanie Michelle Noble Thomas & Lorrie O’Donovan Jr. Peter E. Papageorge Michelle Park Richard Albert Park Jr. Jerry & Bernice Parker Gwendolyn R. Pate Celeste Patterson William D. Patterson David P. Perrot William Steve Pittman Dean Pollnow Henry M. Poss Jr. Steven Jay Powell Jacob G. Pratt Carol C. Price PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP Foundation Laura Elizabeth Quinton Amy Fischer Reavis Charles Douglas Reineke Eric Matthew Reinhardt-Ownby Noel H. Riley II Hunter David Ripley Scott Michael Robbins Breck L. Robinson & Janelle Von Bargen Dick Rockenstein Joseph Romano Mark S. Rutherford Lottie F. Ryans J. Scott Sandlin Matthew & Victoria Sandlin Bret Schumacher Carol F. Schwenke Christopher Aaron Sellars William M. Shearn-McCabe Thomas Paul Sherbakoff Gary & Caroline Shockley A. Dean & Ann Skadberg Sr. Anne D. Smith
Russell & Elizabeth Smith Michael & Jacqueline Sneed George O. Snodgrass Peter Kam-Wah So Brenda S. Speer Michael Allen Spence Wesley Steven Spiro Nancy C. Stalcup P. Brent Starnes Randy & Barbara Swanson Raymond A. Tallent Jr. Wendy Lea Tate David & Myra Tatum Robert & Pamela Taylor John Thomas Tester The Trust Company Matthew Lewis Thomas Rodney & Stephanie Thomas II Jeffrey Brian Thompson S. Herman & Peggy Thompson Melissa Ann Tribble Richard E. Tumblin Natalie Ellen Turner Robert L. Turney Izabela M. VanDeest E. Graham & Ann Vaughan III William Thomas Vicars II Paul & Jan Wachter Michael C. Wellham Jared & Nicole West Thomas & Carmen West Kevin Scott Wilder David Warren Williams Mark Everett Willoughby Kelly Byrd Wilson Alan & Nancy Wiman Jonathan Robert Winn Jeffrey & Jody Winslow Priscilla W. Wisner Charles & Kathryn Wood Kevin & Lauren Woods Douglas R. Zink Arthur L. Zucker
$100-$249 Arnold & Sue Addington Ray & Lynn Akers Jr. Hannah Grace Alexander Garry & Drue Allison Sterling & Mary Ambrose Alex & Edwina Anderson Jo H. Anderson Jr. Melek & Ismet Anitsal Dave Anthony David & Donna Arakawa Don & Carolyn Arden Milton & Faye Armstrong Sr. Sherrell & Fonda Armstrong William & Karen Arnold Jay Don Artman Raymond Haw Ash G. Lane & Deborah Ashworth Nicholas John Averwater Thomas J. Babb Dustin Bailey Harry & Sue Baird Kenneth Howell Baker Kevin Patrick Baker
Glen Balch Roy E. Barker Cheryl Barksdale Thomas & Jean Becker Richard & Suzanne Belcher Sr. Alena V. Belfor D. Scott Bellamy Maria R. Bellenger Raymond & Ellen Berlin David & Susan Berman Charles A. Beswick Rob Betler Michael L. Bevins Micah Bible Dave Bigham Ronald & Ann Bird Matthew David Bishop Steven Michael Biss Derek & Anna Clare Bland Katie Blankenship Carl & Monica Blanton Robert D. Blazer Jr. Raymond A. Blevins Jr. Sheri L. Blumenthal Debbie Boaz Charles R. Bobo Thomas & Betty Boehm Boeing Company Foundation Elizabeth Elaine Boggan Stephen & Gayla Boling James Jay Bolon Jerry W. Bonds Jr. Mary Helen Bondurant Nathaniel & Virginia Borghi Anna Marie Boring Andrew J. Bouldin Beryl & Sharon Bounds Jr. Edward & Patricia Bouwer Stewart & Melissa Bowers Dennis A. Bowker Henry & Monika Bowman Hamparsum Bozdogan Elizabeth Ann Bragg Douglas A. Brames Terry & Katherine Brandon John & Donna Braniff III Larry G. Bray Gregory L. Brenneman Edward Yates Brewer Jack Martin Brickey Wesley & Shirley Bridwell Elizabeth M. Bright Joan E. Brock William Barry Brooke Jay & Abbie Brooks Sandra Read Brown Sedrick Bernard Brown William W. Broyles Philip Alfred Brummit Elizabeth Leigh Bryant Robert Williams Bull Ryan & Andrea Burkhart B. DeWitt & Margaret Burleson Matthew Edward Burnette Joseph & Linda Burns Mark L. Burton April Michelle Buschur Roger S. Bush John Stevenson Bynon Sr. Regina D. Calabro
Delia Elizabeth Caldwell John W. Campbell Jr. Terry & Patsy Campbell Tom & Cheryl Campbell Wayne E. Campbell Morgan & N. Christine Cantey Joaquin J. Cantillo Cardinal Health Foundation Michael S. Carpenter Tom Carpenter Phillip Richard Carriger Sr. David & Mary Carringer Alice Marie Carroll Arthur & Nancy Cassill Eloy Alfredo Castroverde James & Mary Chandler IV Weiwei Chen J. Russell & Barbara Cherry John M. Childress Carol C. Christian Robert E. Christopher Joel M. Chusid Kathryn P. Clark William & Louise Clark Jr. Patrick & Mayra Clark Niles & Ruth Clark Jr. Beth Clayton & Timothy Amos Sarah Beth Clinton April Leann Coatney Herbert L. Coats Craig & Keri Cochran Carroll L. Cockrum Marvin Avery Cofer William Martin Coffelt III Kevin & Kristen Coffman Laura Seery Cole Steven Jennings Coley Karen S. Collins Robert & Jennifer Conley Larry Conner II Robin D. Conway Robert L. Cook Lawrence E. Coots Gary L. Copp Christie H. Cordova Rachel C. Cotham Jeremy Richard Cowan Charles E. Cowles Jr. Jerry & Jamie Cox Benjamin & April Coy Woody S. Cozart Mary F. Crawley Merritt Franklin Creasman Jr. Kenneth J. Cressman Robert & Patricia Croley Deborah Cross Gil & Susan Crouch Jr. Arthur Terry Cruthirds Alvin & Karen Cruze Donald & Maryanne Cunningham Martha J. Curd Russell E. Dabbs Bobby W. Damron Jack D. Damron John & Barbara Dan Robert Harvey Davidson Ann Boyd Davis Charles H. Davis
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CONTRIBUTORS TO THE COLLEGE > continued from p. 43 Cynthia Mills Davis Harry Preston Davis Hearl Benton Davis III Jack & Rebecca Davis Robert Floyd Davis William & Kimber Davis Daniel & Gayle Dawson Lori Ann Dawson Anna I. Dean Catherine E. Dee Bryan Glenn Demotts Ross & Cynthia Dempster Kim Korzen Denton Shawn W. Devine Sean Robert DeWitt William J. DeWitt Jay & Jan Dickerson Richard & Linda Dilbeck John Clarence Dillon III Discover Financial Services Daniel Grant Dismuke Joseph J. Domzalski Scott R. Dotson James R. Doyle George C. Drinnon Debra A. Dubois Harold O. Duggin John W. Duke Kara Michele Dukes David Deane Duncan Bryan Patrick Dunn Cary James Dunning Donald & Nancy Dunning Jr. Lindsay Stafford Duvall Roby H. Eastridge Gary T. Eastwood Mario E. Ebanks Charles Richard Edwards Emily Ann Edwards Byron M. Eiseman Jr. Jonathan Emkes John H. Engstrom Gregory E. Erickson Harold & Rebecca Ernest III Patti S. Ettien Oscar & Mary Evans II Cyrus Timothy Farhangi Bichaka Fayissa Jackie & Valerie Ferguson Jamea & Mary Fiegle Sr. Kellie M. Fish Cory Robert Fisher Five Points Construction LLC Darrell S. Fixx Michael & Susan Fleenor James M. Fleming Patricia Yvonne Flowers John & Dorothy Fonville William Forbes Michael Scott Forester Mack & Marigene Forrester Jr. William & Brenda Fort Richard John Frederick William Guthrie Freel Jr. Marvin D. Friedman Leonard C. Fuller Robert M. Fuller James H. Fulton Stephen & Judy Gagliano Richard Scott Gallian
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B. J. Gamble Angelo & Anne Garcia Elinor Maxwell Garner Seaton & Kristin Garrett Denise P. Garrett Lin Ge William David Geist Stephen Gentry Mark Benjamin Giesel Donald W. Gilliam Scott Michael Gilpatric Evan Taylor Giordano Jerry Eason Goff Kathleen Gooch R. Keith Googe George F. Goosmann III Justice H. Graham III Joseph & Sandra Grant James M. Gravely Samantha Elizabeth Graves Mark C. Greek Howard & Diane Green Dana Miner Greenberg James C. Greenquist Brent D. Griffin Amy B. Griffith James Griffith & Elizabeth Oneill Richard T. Guepe Frank & Margo Guess Vicki P. Guin G. Curtis & Deborah Gwaltney Harry & Claudia Haberthear Hack Foundation Inc. Brian J. Hale Ramzi J. Halim Don C. Hall Michael R. Hall W. Kenneth Hall Walter Hammons Jr. Mary Caradine Hamrick Holly Danielle Hancock John Justice Hancock Lucas & Amanda Hankins Addison Hurt Hansford Clifford M. Hargrove John F. Harper Catherine Renee Harrell Deborah L. Harrell Scott & Katherine Harrison Nobumasa Haruka Erin Loughran Hastings Michael S. Haupert Jared James Hausfeld Sharon Lois Hayes HDR Management Corp. Robert J. Head Ronald & Mary Helmhout John Clifton Henderson Yuchan Hendricks Mark Edward Hershberger Timothy Mitchell Heth John A. Hewgley Glenn & Jane Hickman Mark M. Higgins Cheryl Ross Hodges J. Gordon & Frances Hodges James W. Hodge Sr. Justin & Miriam Hodge John Richard Hogan Jennifer L. Holder Anita Sawyer Hollander Andrew T. Holloway
John F. Holloway Lynn Carol Holt Donald & Rebecca Holt J. Charles Honeycutt Roy Lee Hood Case D. Hopkins Donald Ransom Horton Jeffrey M. Horton Ed & Katherine Hoskins Allison Lynn Houghton Bradley Chase Houston Thomas B. Howard Jr. Wen-Chiung Hsien Daniel Wilson Hudson Robert & Joan Hug Charles & Judy Hughes Logan Andrew Hughes Owan Glendowur Hughes II Gerald & Susan Huffman Jr. Julia Ann Hunt R. Shane Hunt Robert & Barbara Hunter Jr. Jairy C. Hunter III Bethany A Hutcherson Ben Hyman Richard Wayne Iddins Louis T. Iglehart Jr. Elizabeth A. Ingalls H. Hudson Ireland IV James W. Irving Ashley Mary Ishler John Daly Ivy Bryan & Beth Jackson Thomas & Jeanette James H. Thomas & Sarah James Jr. Jason’s Deli James David Jefferis Kenneth & Gladys Johns Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies David William Johnson Floyd & Jean Johnson Micah E. Johnson Larry & Ramogene Johnson Jade Jolene Johnston Joseph Eugene Johnston Reid Gravatt Johnston Thomas Andrew Johnston Clay Taylor Jones David & Cara Jones Douglas W. Jones Lee Caswell Jones Jr. Douglas & Marjorie Jones Monica M. Jones W. Wise & Sharon Jones Jr. William Leslie Jones William P. Jones Stephen & Debra Kahn James & Joyce Kalemeris Maria M. Karr Linda Kasior Mary Kauffman John V. Keenan Randall & Torey Keene Gregory D. Kehrli Reed & Cathy Keller P. Ray Kemper David J. Kendall Bobby L. Kendrick Cheryl Anne Kent Kathleen B. Kerin Allison Kessler
Ketner Insurance Agency Johnny L. Kidd Kimberly-Clark Foundation Ben & Beverly Kimbrough Jr. Darrell King Jonathan King Lucia Knight King Rockforde & Linda King Rufus & Beccie King Jr. Stephen Trent King Alina Kirillina W. Clifford& Anna Kirk John N. Klein III Glen & Kathryn Knable Frank & Jo Ann Knies Robert C. Knies Brad R. Knight Patricia Knight Amy L. Koch Jeffrey & Jana Konrad Claudia G. Koza Paul A. Koza Jeffrey D. Kudisch Micah Adrian Lacher Bruce Gary Lalonde Dennis Gregory Lambert Edward Augustine Langan III Lanter Consultants Inc Billy Don Lanter Joseph & Hope LaPorte Michael & Lynda LeVan Lea Anne Law Raymond & Holly Lawson III Susan Wood Leadbeater Katherine Weeks Lee Linda R. Lee Earl Ray Leinart Fei Leng Steven & Irene Leonard David Frank Leuze Catherine L. Lewis James & Marty Light Lilly Endowment Inc. Charles D. Little William & Rebecca Little James C. Livingston Scott H. Logan John L. Lohrman Jeffrey A. Loos William & Kimberly Lovegrove Jeffrey A. Lovelace Michael Lowe Michael Thomas Lowe Alfred & Rebecca Lumsdaine Kari Luna Malcolm & Laurie MacNair Gwynne A. Macon Michael Drewry Macyauski Gene & Bettye Maness Philip E. Maness Michael A. Manzo James & Charlotte Maples Jeffrey & Kimberly Maples Arthur H. Marks Jr. Phyllis Kay Marks J. Kenneth Marston Jr. MASCO Houston Mason III C. David & Stephanie Matthews continued on p. 46 >
FEDEX CHAIRMAN AND CEO FRED SMITH DISCUSSES ECONOMY FREDERICK W. SMITH, chairman and chief executive officer of FedEx Corporation, shared key insights on how the economy is—and is not— working in a keynote presentation at the First Tennessee Foundation’s Sixth Annual MBA Symposium, hosted by the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business on November 12. Smith pointed to innovation, investment, and energy as the formula for restoring America’s economic growth. “People who invent, innovate, and invest are the job creators of the United States,” said Smith. “We’ve been eating our seed corn by consuming more than we invest. Economics is not that hard. A below-par investment in software, equipment, and public construction equals below par economic growth.” To spur economic growth in the US, Smith emphasized the need to promote tax policies that stimulate capital investment and to level the playing field among trading partners—particularly focusing on the huge trade imbalance with China. He also urged a coordinated energy policy that maximizes US petroleum production and decreases transportation petroleum dependence through efficiency and alternative energies. “In our opinion at FedEx, domestic oil and gas production is the most important reason why the US is experiencing a modest economic recovery while Europe is doing poorly and China, the locomotive of Asian growth, has slowed down considerably,” Smith said. “Without the fracking revolution that began when Texas wildcat oilman George Mitchell developed the technology to extract oil from rock formations, we would have little economic growth in the US today.”
Although gas prices have declined in recent weeks, Smith cautioned audience members not to forget the far-reaching consequences of reliance on foreign oil. “People forget that in the summer of 2008, oil went to its highest price in history, $147 per barrel,” he said. “That meant a lot of people with subprime mortgages couldn’t afford to buy gas and pay their mortgage. The increase in gas prices was the match that lit the 2008 subprime bonfire that sparked the recession.” First-year UT MBA student Michael Hromadka said he felt fortunate to be able to learn from a global business leader of the FedEx leader’s stature. “The Haslam Full-Time MBA Program emphasizes the importance of developing both hard skills, such as finance, and soft, less quantifiable skills like leadership,” said Hromadka. “Being able to listen to Mr. Smith is a unique learning opportunity for students because one day soon we will be the ones developing and implementing strategies to improve our companies, our communities, and our country.” Funding for the annual UT MBA Symposium was provided by the First Tennessee Foundation, a private charitable foundation. Since its formation in 1993, First Tennessee Foundation has been committed to building a better Tennessee by awarding more than $55 million to nonprofit organizations serving Tennesseans. To plant the seeds of success in the state, about one-third of foundation giving goes to education and lifelong learning. Pam Fansler, east region president for First Tennessee, said the
opportunity to introduce the next generation of East Tennessee business leaders to the FedEx chairman and CEO was particularly meaningful since Memphis-based FedEx leads the list of the ten Tennessee companies included in the
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Left to right: Dean Mangum, Frederick Smith, Pam Fansler and James A. Haslam II.
2014 Fortune 500 rankings, and is the largest public company in the state. “The First Tennessee Foundation is very pleased to be able to sponsor the UT MBA Symposium, and having the opportunity to welcome Frederick W. Smith here to speak to the MBA students and our local business professionals truly is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” Previous UT MBA symposium speakers have included Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, Texas oil and gas executive T. Boone Pickens, former US senator and Secretary of Labor and Transportation Elizabeth Dole, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Smith also provided the keynote address at the Global Supply Chain Institute’s Supply Chain Forum, which included nearly 200 representatives from more than 60 member companies.
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CONTRIBUTORS TO THE COLLEGE > continued from p. 44 William Russell Matthews Phillip & Virginia Mattox Michael & Margaret May Harold & Paula Mays John & Mary McBee Jack & Frances McCallie Teresa McClung Katie Darnall McCullough Edgar Franklin McDonald James Joseph McDonnell Zachary D. McGinnis George T. McGuire Jr. Jack C. McKinney II Robert M. McMahan Robert Gordan Meadows Kim Melton Tommy Glen Meredith Patrick & Nora Messing Lawrence & Allison Metcalf Microsoft Corporation Hugh P. Miller Jessica M. Miller Perry L. Miller David & Katherine Mincey David & Rebecca Mink Stephen & Mary Minnis Mark & Sabrina Mitchell Modeof8 Tara Jeanette Mohrfeld Kerri Moore Walter & Suzanne Morgan Joseph A. Morina Billy & Pamela Morrell Melissa Gail Morris Daniel Bryan Mosser Kevin & Susan Mossholder Gary & Audrey Mount Arup K. Mukherjee Michael E. Mulliniks Matthew & Virginia Myers Edwin Kelly Myrick III Mike & Stacey Mysinger Charles & Sonya Nave Jr. Patrick & Jennifer Neal Michael D. Nesbitt James L. Nicholson Eugene & Laurie Nolan Charles E. Noon Erik Philip Norton Sherry Hensley Nunnery Joye Boyett Nurre William & Shauna Oden Luiz Renato Regis Oliveira Lima Brian & Deborah O’Rourke Kara Mia Overcash Dennis H. Owen Timothy & Anne Oxley Kimberly S. Padgett Fred Gillespie Pafford Edwin W. Painter Elif Palabiyik John & Cathy Parks James E. Parks David & Marilyn Parrett Mitchel & Chris Parrott Brainard L. Patton Jr. Margaret Helene Paul Elizabeth Brooke Paulk Terry & Lee Ann Payne Philip Uriah Payne
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Gary E. Peck David & Leta Peek Harold M. Pendell Jr. Caitlin Perks Megan Caroline Peters Richard A. Petree Robert E. Petrone Ronald Neal Petty Aneta G. Phelps Arron D. Phillips Kyle J. Phillips Charlie Robert Piranian Patsy H. Pittenger Daniel Earl Polacek Robert Edward Pomeroy Carl & Marla Porter Steve Power James H. Price Katie Ann Pruett Walter A. Puckett Todd Joel Quigg R. L. Cook & Associates Inc. Cornell & Janet Radford Christine T. Ragan H. Baxter & Elizabeth Ragsdale Jr. Wesley Gray Ragsdale Robert H. Ralston II Frank Rambo William M. Ramey Nancy L. Ramsey Robert C. Ramsey Martha G. Randolph Rebecca Sue Rasnic Greg Allen Ratcliff William F. Rauh David N. Ravin Benjamin Carter Rechter Melissa Kay Reese Regal Homes Inc. Daniel & Tina Reigle Richard Reizenstein & Marcelle Morgan Patricia Trigg Render James C. Reno Jr. Hector Reyes John E. Riblett John C. Rich Courtney M. Richards Russell B. Richards Joseph L. Richardson Minnis & Louise Ridenour Ronald Heathman Rigsby Helen J. Rinker Amy Schowalter Roadman Richard & Joyce Robbins James Travis Roberts James & Martha Roberts Randy K. Roberts Adina Nicoleta Robinson Frank & Mary Robinson Kerry Lewis Roehr Thomas D. Rohlfs Alison Rosenbury Don J. Russell Ryder System Charitable Foundation Inc. Tsutomu Sagawa Constance Gaile Salter Jack & Carol Sample Rudy Santore Lance Walter Saunders Charles Edward Saylor Jr.
David Dempster Schmid Dustin B. Schneider Edwin Noel Scruggs III Travis Jacob Selleh Richard Z. Sha Paul Vincent Shimp Gene Sik Shin Vicki B. Shiner Thomas & Mary Shook Michael Evan Shotwell Ronald & Anita Shuffield Calvin & Patti Shuler Jr. Gregory T. Siegel Robin C. Siekerman Adam Jay Simon David & Susan Simpson Joseph David Sink Jr. Jack Arthur Sitgreaves Jr. Charles R. Skillern Ian Patrick Skinner Sandy Jeanne Skinner Donna Smith Ralph B. Smith Richard & Carol Sneed Tina Reshelle Snodderly J. Ryan Sowell Michael E. Spurlock Wade St. John Michael & Judith St. Charles State Farm Companies Foundation Connie Dorrough Steinmetz Mark Alan Stephens Melonie L. Stephens Donald Richard Stevens Gene H. Stewart Rachel Marie Stewart James & Cynthia Stone Joe & Elena Strasser III Matthew & Kristen Stuart Charles W. Stumph Jr. Lu Su & Alex Chen Robert R. Sullivan Christopher Summerlin Jillian Sutton Holly Rhianne Swersky R. Paul & Tambi Swiney Joe J. Tate Uday S. Tate D. Keith Taylor Lawrence C. Taylor Jr. David & Traci Taylor II James & Wilma Taylor Wilson & Lynda Taylor III Tennessee Equipment Supply Inc. Budd Terwilligeer The Primary Care Center of Newport Eddie & Brenda Thomas David & Glenda Thomas Mario Jamaine Thomas Robert J. Thomas Jr. Craig Thompson Robert & Michelle Thompson Steven R. Thompson Jr. John B. Thornburg Patrick Thrower Ronald R. Tiller Fredda Tipton & John Fox Kiplynn Todd Joshua Blane Tolley W. Bailey & Sheila Tollison Barry & Anne Totten
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. Benjamin Gregory Trotter R. Les Tubb Thomas & Sandra Tuck Griffin Garrett Tuggle Thomas P. Tulloss Stephen Ross Turbyfill Steven & Lura Turner W. Jeffery & Sue Anne Turner Robert E. Tuttle Jr. John L. Van Cleave Robyn Van Dyke William Robert Vance Jr. William M. Vandegriff Jr. Dennis R. Vanden-Bloomen Robert G. Vanmalder Sherry V. Vermillion Christian & Christine Vossler Donald & Judith Waldrupe G. Vaughn Walker Jeremiah A. Walker Julie C. Walsh Hongli Wang Bruce A. Wankel James & Candy Wansley James Crawford Wardrop Jr. Michael Lewis Wayland James & Jean Weatherford Doris D. Webster William F. Webster Jackie S. Weinstein Shannon Marie Welch Susan B. Welch Raymond F. Wheeler Gregory A. Whisnant Robert Shelton Whitaker Charles Buddy White Doug White Joseph Ewell White Adam Ryan Whitt C. Allen Wight Christopher Edward Williams Jannie Carter Williams Joseph L. Williams Patricia J. Williams Doug & Carol Williamson Richard V. Willmarth Charlotte S. Wilson John C. Wilson William & Debby Wimberly Winchester Group Christopher Glenn Winkle David A. Wintroath Kiel Grant Wolf David William Wood Gary Lee Wood W. Miller Wood III Keith Eugene Woody Elizabeth Worley Nancy J. Worley Leyton & Beverly Wright Ryan Wilbur Yeckley Thomas & Susan Yokley Paul J. Yoo Hassell R. York Robin L. Yost Shirley Yu Yanhong Zhang Gregory G. Zigulis Scott Allen Zink
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The Walt Disney Company. In her role she delivers brand consistency, quality, and sales performance across thousands of product categories from toys and apparel to fine art.
& Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) professional designation and is a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed Mediator. For the past twenty-one years he has practiced law in the Memphis, Tennessee, office of Shuttleworth Williams.
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Randy Boyd (HCB ’79) received the Tennessee Business Roundtable’s Gordon Fee Leadership in Education Award for his support of statewide public education. He also was named Outstanding Marketing Professional by the Knoxville chapter of the American Marketing Association and awarded the 2014 James A. Haslam II Leadership Award from the Knoxville Chamber.
Gary Pratt (HCB ’77), an entrepreneur, CEO, and vice chairman of the Surgical Review Corporation in Raleigh, North Carolina, an internationally recognized healthcare nonprofit, received the Accomplished Alumni Award from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Molly Adams (HCB ’84) received the Accomplished Alumni Award from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, during Haslam’s Women in Business Conference. Adams is executive vice president of global product development for Disney Consumer Products, the business affiliate of
Christi Branscom (HCB ’87), deputy to the Mayor and chief operating officer for the City of Knoxville was honored with an Accomplished Alumni Awards from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Previously, she served as senior director of public works and was the first woman in Knoxville’s history to hold the latter position. She also is a part owner for Partners Development, where she worked for twenty years as legal counsel and managing broker, and Grace Construction.
Michael G. Derrick (HCB ’81), chair of the Coverage Practice Group at Shuttleworth Williams, has been elected as a fellow in the The American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel by a unanimous vote of its Board of Regents. The college is composed of preeminent coverage and extracontractual counsel in the United States and Canada representing the interests of both insurers and policyholders. Derrick holds the Charted Property
George T. “Buck” Lewis (HCB ’76, MBA ’80), a shareholder in the Memphis office of law firm Baker Donelson, was appointed to the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service.
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Beacon of Justice Baker Donelson was named a 2014 Beacon of Justice Award winner by the National Legal Aid and Defender Association for its development of the innovative OnlineTNJustice platform, a new website that allows Tennesseans to seek free legal advice from volunteer lawyers. George T. “Buck” Lewis of Baker Donelson spearheaded the website’s development.
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Physician Executive MBA Amy Miles (HCB ’89), CEO of Regal Movies, was honored in Variety’s 2014 Women’s Impact Report.
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alumni NEWS 2014 Alumni Award recipients. Left to right: First Tennessee east region president, Pam Fansler, Outstanding Young Alum Karen Bowling, and Entrepreneur of the Year Tim Williams.
OUTSTANDING CORPORATE SPONSOR FIRST TENNESSEE
ALUMNI ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE The Haslam College of Business’s sixth annual Alumni Awards Gala was held in November to honor three worthy recipients who have made outstanding contributions to the college, their chosen professions, and their communities. Please help us congratulate Karen Bowling, Tim Williams, and First Tennessee.
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ON MARCH 25, 1864—WHILE Abraham Lincoln was president and the Civil War raged on—First Tennessee received the nation’s fourteenth bank charter and established an office in Memphis, Tennessee. Today, the company is the largest Tennessee-based financial institution; it holds $24 billion in assets and operates more than 170 offices statewide. More than one in every four Tennessee households has a relationship with the company, and it boasts one of the highest customer retention rates of any bank in the US. In 2014, First Tennessee celebrated its 150-year anniversary of serving citizens of the state of Tennessee. A monumental anniversary calls for a significant celebration. To mark the milestone, First Tennessee spent 2014 nurturing its tradition of giving back to the community. Since 1993, the First Tennessee Foundation has donated $5 million each year to support financial literacy education, healthcare, economic development, and the arts. This year, the foundation organized 150 Days of Giving, a program allowing voters to cast ballots online for their favorite nonprofits. From March 25 to August 21, the First Tennessee Foundation awarded 150 grants, each worth $5,000, to the charitable organizations that garnered the most votes. UT has benefited from the company’s generosity, says First Tennessee’s east region president, Pam Fansler. “We have a relationship with the university that stretches back several decades.” Several UT alums hold important positions in the company, and the bank has a history of contributing to the university. In the 1990s, First Tennessee gave $1 million to UT for scholarship support extending over a ten-year period. “Then, in the mid-2000s, we dedicated another $1 million to the university, pledging half of it to the Financial Literacy Program at UT’s Institute of Agriculture, and the other half to the Haslam College of Business to fund the First Tennessee MBA Symposium,” Fansler says. Since its inception, the symposium has hosted a number of high-profile speakers to address students, community leaders, and local businesspeople. In honor of First Tennessee’s continued generosity and clear commitment to the university community, the Haslam College of Business proudly names First Tennessee as its Outstanding Corporate Sponsor for 2014.
“I love mentoring students—helping them
ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
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TIM WILLIAMS CEO/Co-founder, 21st Mortgage Corporation
great education they’re receiving at UT.” —KAREN BOWLING
OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUM KAREN BOWLING Deloitte & Touche LLP AT THE MOMENT SHE RECEIVED her diploma, Karen Bowling embarked on a successful career—and a commitment to giving time and effort back to the university. After graduating from UT in 1994 with an accounting degree, Bowling moved to Atlanta to work in Arthur Andersen LLP’s audit practice where she focused primarily on utility and airline industry clients. She joined Deloitte & Touche LLP in 2002 and relocated five years later to the firm’s national professional practice office in Connecticut. “I worked with the leadership of Deloitte’s audit practice to further develop processes and activities related to the firm’s regular inspection by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board,” Bowling explains. Bowling gained an opportunity to again work directly with clients—and a chance to move back to East Tennessee—in 2013. “My husband and I have a lot of family and friends in the area and, in many respects, Knoxville is home.” Throughout the years, Bowling has retained strong ties with the Haslam College of Business. She’s a member of the Department of Accounting and Information Management Advisory Roundtable, acts as the UT/Deloitte liaison for student recruiting, and serves as chair of a yearly fundraising campaign benefiting the endowed Deloitte LLP Accounting Professorship and other programs within the Department of Accounting and Information Management. Now back in Knoxville, Bowling hopes to confer more closely with UT faculty members. Students are another focus of Bowling’s efforts. “I love mentoring students—helping them evaluate their futures and capitalize on the great education they’re receiving at UT.” Personal experience taught Bowling the importance of mentoring. “My professors imparted so much to me. They took time to share their experiences and taught me the importance of making personal connections—a value I’ve practiced in my professional life.” While her experiences as an undergraduate impacted her career, Bowling says the pivotal event in her life came while she was a member of the UT Pride of the Southland Marching Band—she met her husband, Mark. “He’s always been a fantastic supporter of my career. A huge part of this recognition goes to him.” For her commendable career and her generous collaboration with UT, the Haslam College of Business proudly names Karen Bowling the Outstanding Young Alum for 2014.
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AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS AS CEO of Vanderbilt Mortgage, Tim Williams decided to strike out on an ambitious path—starting his own business. “While socializing outside of work, my colleague Richard Ray and I settled on a strategy to start a private label finance company for home manufacturers and retailers,” Williams says. Ray investigated the market and saw an opportunity for their idea to flourish. In 1995, Williams resigned from Vanderbilt Mortgage, which finances sales of homes for customers of Clayton Homes’ 300 dealerships, and co-founded 21st Mortgage. “I’d worked for Clayton since I was nineteen years old, so it was a significant shift,” says Williams. Rather than objecting to the loss of its CEO, Williams’s former employer applauded the endeavor. “Before we’d booked the first loan, Clayton Homes asked to become a partner.” Since it opened its doors nineteen years ago with a staff of four, 21st Mortgage has become the largest lender serving the manufactured housing industry, with $7.5 billion of assets and more than 670 employees. Almost 10 percent of the nation’s homes are manufactured, assuring a continued demand for financing. “It’s a vibrant company with consistent yearly growth,” says Williams. Careful attention to specifics and a grasp of the big picture are keys to success in building a business, says Williams. “An entrepreneur has to pay attention to details but also have an overarching vision—that combination makes or breaks you.” Williams believes the company’s most important assets are its employees. “When we started 21st Mortgage, we made a commitment to finding bright people and training them to do their jobs well. Since 2006, we’ve been the largest employer of new UT graduates each year.” Williams credits his UT education with much of his business savvy. While an employee of Clayton Homes, he pursued first a bachelor’s degree in accounting and then an MBA, graduating in 1993. “When I co-founded 21st Mortgage, I was using all of the latest principles I’d learned—things such as human resource management and computer programming. Without the solid foundation of my education at UT, I couldn’t have achieved the successes of my career.” In honor of his success, the Haslam College of Business proudly recognizes Tim Williams as the 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year.
“When we started 21st Mortgage, we made a commitment to finding bright people and training them to do their jobs well. Since 2006, we’ve been the largest employer of new UT graduates each year.” —TIM WILLIAMS
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Alice West (HCB ’80, MACC ’83) joined the LBMC Technologies, LLC, Knoxville office as a business system consultant. Left to right: Don Bruce, Doug Horne, Janet McKinley, and Chancellor Jimmy Cheek.
HASLAM GRADUATES TAKE HOME UT ALUMNI AWARDS Haslam College of Business alumni received several honors conferred at the UT Alumni Awards Gala on October 24, with winners in almost every category. Randy Boyd (HCB ’79), an industrial management graduate, received the highest honor UT can confer upon any alumnus, the Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award. The award recognizes Boyd’s outstanding international achievement as founder, chairman, and CEO of Radio Systems, the parent company of Invisible Fence and PetSafe. David Bohan (HCB ’70) was recognized with an Alumni Professional Achievement Award for his lifetime of work in marketing and advertising. He serves as chairman and CEO of BOHAN, one of the largest advertising agencies in Tennessee. Three of the four Alumni Service awards were given to Haslam alumni: Don Bruce (HCB ’73) marketing, Doug Horne (HCB ’76) industrial management, and Janet McKinley (HCB ’80) accounting. Bruce is the owner and CEO of American Home Design, which he founded in 1977 and built into a successful home improvement company. He supports the Anderson Entrepreneurship Center as a speaker and strategic advisor. He also donates multiple resources to facilitate relationships with potential graduate students, deans, and donors. Horne is a past member of the Chancellor’s Associates and until recently was a member of the Foundation Board and the UT Board of Trustees. He spent fourteen years at TVA, then began a real estate and entrepreneurial career that has included 140 projects across twenty-one states. His business acumen was influential in assisting UT negotiate the 2008 national financial crisis. Janet McKinley has been an avid supporter of UT for more than thirty years. She serves on the UT Foundation Board, the board of Governors and the Department of Accounting and Information Management Advisory Council, as well as numerous other university societies. McKinley spent decades at BellSouth Corporation, culminating in her role as chief corporate auditor. For more information on the UTK Alumni Board of Director’s Alumni Awards Program, as well as a full list of recipients, please visit: tiny.utk.edu/HCBAlumni. 50 | TENNESSEE ARCHWAYS
’90s Chef Tim Love in Knoxville
Bob Sperof (EMBA ’08) is vice president of people strategies and services at Orgwide Services. Tim Spires (MBA ’07) was the 2014 commencement speaker at Cleveland State Community College in Cleveland, Tennessee. Spires is president and CEO of the Tennessee Association of Manufacturers and the Chattanooga Regional Manufacturers Association.
John Thayer (MBA ’11) is category manager, waste management for Radio Systems Corporation.
Chef Tim Love (HCB ’94) returned to campus for the Alabama game to cook a gourmet tailgate for family and friends. Love has received national acclaim for his urban western cuisine, especially in his flagship restaurant, Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, in Ft. Worth, Texas. He has appeared on Iron Chef and Top Chef Masters, and is a host for CNBC’s Restaurant Startup.
Chattanooga-based software company, Ambition, founded by Travis Truett (HCB ’09), Brian Trautschold (HCB ’09), Jared Houghton (HCB ’10) and Wes Kendall (PhD ’11) now has fifteen employees, and its customer base is growing 40 percent per month. The browser-based platform is an incentive program that helps companies motivate their sales forces through team-based competition.
’10s ’00s Tim Davis (EMBA ’06) is director of family office at Pointer Management.
Hanna Bacon (HCB ’12) was promoted to human resources representative for Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon, Inc.
children abroad for every $100 in printing. During its first six months in business, Peanut Butter Printing has donated 13,000 packets of nutrient-rich peanut butter. Original Photo: Larry McCormack.
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Mark Clark (EMBA ’10) is controller at Wolverine Tube Inc.
This update reflects information known as of October 22, 2014.
’40s COLEMAN (’40), died with her family at her side on Aug. 14, 2014, at age 95.
Loganne Eckhoff (HCB ’12) was promoted to human resource manager at Georgia Pacific.
She was an active member of the Saint Alban Presbyterian Church and a champion golfer. WILLIAM G. COOPER JR.
Chad Elmore (ProMBA ’11) is digital communications lead at Pyxl, Inc.
(’43), a decorated WWII veteran, died on June 19, 2014. He retired from Dixie Yarns after 19 years of service and was a former employee with Brock Candy Company, also for 19 years.
James Bradshaw (ProMBA ’13) joined the University of Tennessee’s chemistry department as an adjunct professor in part do to his research utilizing the UTK/Y-12 MOU in mid-2011 to study soil, water, and surface samples following a nuclear event.
Meghann Erhart (EMBA ’13) is director of customer sales support and logistics at Pilot Flying J.
FRANCES “CHICK” FOREMAN (’42) died in her home in Black Mountain, NC, on Sept. 26, 2014. She was a bilingual author, missionary to China and Korea, and director of
John Houser (EMBA ’10) is director of supply chain management at Fairchild Semiconductor.
County SALT Council. She worked for the US State Department in Europe and
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the Georgia State Department of Human Resources. ELGENE FREDRICK “TUT” SILVEY (’42), 93, died on Aug. 22, 2013, in his home. He served in the US Marine Corps in WWII and was past president and CEO of Harriman Welding Supply. ANNA WILLIAMS (’44) died on Jan. 20, 2014, in Tucson, AZ, at age 90. She met her husband of almost 68 years while at UTK and moved with him to Los Angeles after graduation, where they remained for the duration of his noted journalism career. PRICE B. WOMACK (’48) of Nashville, TN, died on Sept. 16, 2014, at the age of 95. Womack, a WWII veteran, built his career in finance as a certified public accountant and auditor. He also was a 330 Mason.
91, died Sept. 9, 2014, surrounded by his family. Kane was a WWII veteran
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who survived Normandy and Okinawa. He later founded Kanecrest and owned The Kane Company.
Nate Buchanan (HCB ’11, MBA ’12) founded Peanut Butter Printing, a company that donates ten packets of peanut butter to starving
Larsen Jay (EMBA ’12) was named a 2014 Health Care Hero as founder/CEO of Random Acts of Flowers.
SYLVIA SHORE (’42), 88, died July 11, 2013, in Stone Mountain, GA. Shore was a member of the Daughters
WILLIAM ALLISON (’57), age 84, died Aug. 9, 2014. He was a co-founder and member of Cokesbury United Methodist Church, TACLU past president, member of the Board of Directors for Hiawassee College, and served in the US Navy during the Korean War.
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EMMA BIRDWELL (’54) of Franklin, TN, died Oct. 31, 2013, at the age of 81. BARBARA BISHOP (’55) died at the age of 81 on Sept. 21, 2014. Bishop was employed for 34 years at Oak Ridge National Laboratories as a computer specialist. JOHN LAVAGGI (’52) of Union City, NJ, died in Sun City, AZ, on June 11, 2014. Lavaggi was a WWII veteran who was employed by Kraft Foods for 31 years. He is survived by his wife of 67 years. CARROLL OGLE (’52) passed away on July 1, 2014, in his home in Cary, NC. His career spanned fields from telecommunications to commercial builder and he was a managing partner in seven companies. He also was a 32nd degree Mason. ROBERT SCHRIVER JR. (’50) of the Schrivers Brothers clothing store family died on Dec. 19, 2013, after 62 years with his wife. He was a building contractor who developed many prestigious Knoxville neighborhoods and also a WWII and Korean War veteran. HENRY “HANK” SMITH (’57), former corporate vice president of human resources for Continental General Tire, Inc., died Aug. 23, 2014, in Atlanta, GA. He was a US Navy Korean War veteran and is survived by his wife of 61 years.
’60s RICHARD BRUMFIELD (’64), a former resident of Kingsport, TN, died on April 18, 2014, in Sarasota, FL. He was 71. ROYCE DAVENPORT (’69), a Vietnam veteran of McMinnville, TN, died on July 1, 2014. Davenport was the owner/operator of Quick Wash Laundries and West Main Company and two-time mayor of McMinnville. He was 66. JOANN DELANEY (’60) spent 50 years married to her high school classmate before dying on May 9, 2014, in Mount Pleasant, SC, at the ago of 76. She was a retired high school teacher. PAUL FERGUSON “FERGIE” FARMER (’60) was an avid UT supporter and past president of Phi Sigma Kappa who died June 5, 2014, at age 76. Farmer was a store planner for Ace Hardware for 23 years and was married to his wife, who survives him, for 48 years.
’70s SATYANARAYANA CHERUKURI (’78) was a proud alumnus of UT who worked as a consultant for Westinghosue for 15 years. After retirement, he was an owner of Cherukuri and Associates. Cherukuri died Aug. 5, 2014, at age 67.
GILBERT “GIL” DAKE (’72), age 65 of Hixson, TN, died Aug. 24, 2014. He was formerly with Buster Brown and Cross Creek Apparel and was owner/ operator of Signs By Tomorrow. He also was very active in the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce.
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STUART USELTON (’82) of Charlotte, NC, died on Sept. 16, 2014, after a battle with leukemia. He was an avid Vols fan, an Eagle Scout, and rose to senior vice president, treasury, tax, and credit at Cato Corporation during his accountancy career.
CAROL MAPLES (’76), age 61, of Gallatin, TN, died Aug. 28, 2014. Maples was a longtime employee of TVA where she worked until retiring in 2002. GLEN PINKSTON (’72) worked for Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Dayton Tire and Rubber Company, PIE Nationwide, and was employed with LRA Constructors, Inc., for 23 years before his death on Sept. 17, 2014. He also was a US Army veteran.
’90s RANDY FRANKLIN (’90), a lifetime resident of Sevier County, died on Aug. 27, 2014, at age 51. Franklin worked as a CPA for KPMG and the State of Tennessee. He was valedictorian and first chair trumpet in Sevier County High School’s class of ‘84.
’00s ’80s HARRISON CULVER (’80) was an engineer and businessman who worked 36 years in the nuclear power industry before his death on May 13, 2014. He is survived by his wife of 57 years. WHITNEY “WHIT” STEGALL JR. (’80) died unexpectedly at age 56 in his home in Brentwood, TN, on Aug. 31, 2014. He was regional vice president of Primerca Financial Services and a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
JAMES “JIM” OWENS (’00) died Sept. 30, 2011, at age 65. Owens worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratories for 31 years and is survived by his wife of 43 years.
’10s JASON MONTELEONE (’13) of Dandridge, TN, formerly of Greenville, TN, passed away suddenly on May 25, 2014, at the age of 35. He was general manager of sales for Rent-AWheel of Augusta, GA.
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