Two Spears School
alumni recently were selected as Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year
(EOY) 2008 recipients. Charlie Eitel, Chairman & CEO of Simmons Bedding
Company was named EOY for the Alabama / Georgia/Tennessee region, and Greg
Massey, CEO of First United Bank, was named EOY in the Financial Services
Division for the Southwest region. Both Eitel and Massey received bachelor’s
degrees in business administration from OSU in 1971 and 1987, respectively.
The EOY regional winners were selected by an independent judging panel made up
of regional business, academic and community leaders. The group was narrowed
down from more than fifty to twenty-seven finalists in six categories.
The finalists were then interviewed by a panel of judges comprised of
past EOY award winners and successful business leaders. The judging
criteria included a thorough assessment of recent financial performance,
strategic direction and product or service innovation, company leadership
including personal integrity, values and key employee initiatives, and
community involvement.
Jabara family inspired to make gift by recent Mitchell commitment to business school’s entrepreneurship program
Oklahoma State University announced today a $500,000 gift from the Fran Jabara Family Foundation to augment an existing professorship focused on entrepreneurship. Once fully matched dollar-for-dollar by T. Boone Pickens’ $100 million chair match commitment, as well as the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the gift will provide $2 million of impact in endowed funds.
The Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business announced today a transformational gift that will create a state-of-the-art entrepreneurship program within the Spears School.
The Spears School’s share of the $57.2 million gift from Texas alumni Amy and Malone Mitchell III is the largest donation ever to a university entrepreneurship program.
”The Mitchells’ gift will be a catalyst for infusing an entrepreneurial
culture at OSU that will convert intellectual capital into
entrepreneurial activity that creates value for the state and region,”
said Sara Freedman, Spears School dean. “We can’t thank Amy and Malone
enough for what this means to OSU, our students and the state of
Oklahoma.”
A proposal for a Department of Entrepreneurship in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University is headed to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for approval, following approval today by the OSU/A&M Board of Regents in its regular meeting in Oklahoma City.
The Spears School of Business is in the process of expanding it entrepreneurship curriculum and activities. Currently OSU offers an option in entrepreneurship in the Department of Management. If approved by state regents this option would be moved to the new department and expanded to include both an entrepreneurship major and minor.
Lanny Chasteen, professor of accounting and Wilton T. Anderson professor, retired June 3 after 39 years on the Oklahoma State University Spears School faculty.
Chasteen joined the School of Accounting in1969 and served the department in various roles, including 14 years as department head.
Two
Oklahoma State University students recently were awarded highly coveted Information
Assurance Scholarships at the Colloquium for Information Systems Security
Education.
Corey
McMahon and Robb Wise, who are both majoring in management information systems,
received two of the 50 national awards offered through the Information Assurance
Scholarship program (IASP). The National Security Agency (NSA) and the U.S.
Department of Defense sponsor the IASP, which offers recipients full-tuition
and supply reimbursements, as well as room and board funding assistance in
exchange for one year of service to the Department of Defense upon graduation.
Zane Quible, professor of business communication in the OSU Spears School of Business, retired from the faculty of the department of management on June 2.
Quible provided 27 years of outstanding service to the Spears School
since joining the faculty of the administrative services department in
1981.
Dr.
David Carter’s insights on hedging in jet fuel were the focus of an
article that appeared in the May 28 edition of the Wall Street Journal
titled “Why Rivals Don’t Copy Southwest’s Hedging.” The associate
professor of finance at Oklahoma State University explained why it was
that competitors of Southwest Airlines never started hedging and saving
on future fuel costs, especially now that oil is up so high.
Houston, TX – Dynamic Offshore Resources, LLC (Dynamic Offshore), a new Houston, Texas-based company focused on acquisition and development opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico, has named Howard M. Tate as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
STILLWATER — When economist Dan Rickman was weighing job options 12 years ago, there was one deciding factor.
Oklahoma State University
offered him the OG&E Chair in Regional Economics, a title that
brings funding and prestige. The other job offer didn't stand a chance.
News 
Two Spears School
alumni recently were selected as Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year
(EOY) 2008 recipients. Charlie Eitel, Chairman & CEO of Simmons Bedding
Company was named EOY for the Alabama / Georgia/Tennessee region, and Greg
Massey, CEO of First United Bank, was named EOY in the Financial Services
Division for the Southwest region. Both Eitel and Massey received bachelor’s
degrees in business administration from OSU in 1971 and 1987, respectively.
community leaders. The group was narrowed
down from more than fifty to twenty-seven finalists in six categories.
The finalists were then interviewed by a panel of judges comprised of
past EOY award winners and successful business leaders. The judging
criteria included a thorough assessment of recent financial performance,
strategic direction and product or service innovation, company leadership
including personal integrity, values and key employee initiatives, and
community involvement. 
gift that will create a state-of-the-art entrepreneurship program within the Spears School. 
Lanny Chasteen, professor of accounting and Wilton T. Anderson professor, retired June 3 after 39 years on the Oklahoma State University Spears School faculty.
Zane Quible, professor of business communication in the OSU Spears School of Business, retired from the faculty of the department of management on June 2.