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P. George Benson

June 30, 2016

Home Address and Phone: University Address and Phone: 330 Concord St College of Charleston

Unit 18-I School of Business Charleston, SC 29401 66 George Street 843-518-7744 Charleston, SC 29424

pgeorgebenson@gmail.com 843.860.5760 benson@cofc.edu

Education:

Ph.D. University of Florida, August 1977

Major: Decision Sciences Minors: Statistics and Economics

Dissertation: A Bayesian Analysis of Model Specification Uncertainty in Forecasting and Control (Adviser: Christopher B. Barry)

New York University, September 1970 - June 1971

Major: Operations Research

B.S. Bucknell University, June 1968

Major: Mathematics

Academic Experience:

Professor of Decision Sciences, College of Charleston, July 2014 – present President, College of Charleston, February 1, 2007 – June 30, 2014

Dean and Simon S. Selig, Jr. Chair for Economic Growth, Terry College of Business,

The University of Georgia, 1998 through 2006.

Dean of the Faculty of Management (includes the School of Business-New Brunswick,

the Graduate School of Management, and the School of Management-Newark), Rutgers University, 1996 to 1998.

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Academic Experience: (continued)

Dean of the Faculty of Management-Newark (includes the Graduate School of Management and the School of Management-Newark), Rutgers University, 1993 to 1996.

Professor of Decision Sciences, Rutgers University, 1993 to 1998

Director, Operations Management Center, Carlson School of Management, University of

Minnesota, 1992-1993

Decision Sciences Area Head, University of Minnesota, 1983-1988

Associate Professor of Decision Sciences and Operations Management, Carlson School

of Management, University of Minnesota, 1982-1993. Held joint appointments in the Operations & Management Science Department and the Information & Decision Sciences Department.

Assistant Professor of Management Sciences, University of Minnesota, 1977-1982

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Florida, 1974-1976. Taught Managerial Statistics at both the MBA and undergraduate levels.

Other Work Experience:

Coordinator for the Minnesota Energy Agency's Alternative Energy Grant Program, 1977.

Computer Program Design Engineer, Member of Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Whippany, New Jersey, June 1969 - September 1971. Part of the team

responsible for developing and maintaining AT&T's first data management system.

Management Analyst, United States Army Security Agency, Arlington Hall Station,

Arlington, Virginia, June 1968 - June 1969. Part of the team responsible for determining the Agency's personnel needs worldwide.

Boards of Directors:

Corporate

Primerica, Inc. (Atlanta), 2010-present, Lead Director, 2014-present; Governance

Committee Chair, 2011-present Crawford & Company (Atlanta), 2005-present (Nominating and Governance Committee

Chair, 2010-present)

AGCO, Inc. (Atlanta), 2004-present (Governance Committee Chair, 2005-present) Nutrition 21, Inc., (Purchase, N.Y.) 1998-2010 (Audit Committee Chair, 2002-2009)

National Bank of South Carolina (Columbia), 2007-2010 SignalOne Safety, Inc., (Atlanta), 2005-2007 Athens First Bank and Trust Company, (Athens, GA), 2005-2006

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Boards of Directors: (continued)

Non-Profit

Southern Conference, Vice Chair, 2012

Lowcountry Graduate Center, Charleston, SC, 2007-2014 (Board Chair, 2010-2014) Buckhead Club, Atlanta, Ga., 2001-2006 University Ventures, Inc., (Rutgers University), 1993-2004

Decision Sciences Institute, 1998-2000

New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce, 1994-1999

New Jersey Sales and Marketing Executives Association Foundation, VP & Treasurer, 1993-1998

Minnesota Public Golf Association, 1990-1992

Advisory Boards:

Corporate

NBSC (Columbia, S.C.), 2010-present

Carter, (Atlanta), 2006-2007 Preferred Real Estate Funds, Atlanta, 2004-2006

Executrack, Inc., Atlanta, 2003-2006 Non-Profit

Education Council, The Manufacturing Institute, National Association of Manufacturers, 2008 - 2010

Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, 2000-2006 Quality New Jersey, 1994-1999 New Jersey Quality Achievement Award Advisory Board, 1993-1999

New Jersey ISO 9000 Consortium Advisory Committee, 1994-1998

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award:

Chair, Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, 2013-Present

Chair-Elect, Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, 2011-2012 Director, Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, 2007-present Chairman, Board of Overseers, appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 2005-2007

Member, Board of Overseers, appointed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 2004-2007 Judge, appointed as one of nine national judges by U.S. Secretary of Commerce,

1997-1999 Chairman, 1999 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Regional Conference,

Atlanta, May 1999

Chairman, 1998 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Regional Conference, Philadelphia, May 1998

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Community Committees:

2019 U.S. Women’s Open, Executive Committee, Country Club of Charleston, 2015 – present.

Economic Leadership Council, Charleston Regional Development Alliance, 2011-2014

The Mayor’s Gaillard Center Stakeholders’ Committee, June 2010 – 2014

Campaign Organizing Committee, Gaillard Performance Hall Foundation, September 2010-2014

The Future of Symphonic Music in Charleston, Co-chair with Marc Chardon (CEO, Blackbaud), June 2010-January 2011

Consulting:

Allstate Insurance Company Country Club Market, Inc. ABN AMRO The Valspar Corporation

Standard Federal Bank HEMAR Service Corporation of America W.R. Grace Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Norwest First Minnesota

Control Data Corporation FMC Corporation, Northern Ordinance Div. Georgia-Pacific Corporation Printing Industry of the Twin Cities, Inc. E.F. Johnson Company Minnesota Department of Transportation

Pearl Baths, Inc. Minnesota Power Marktech Systems, Inc. Medtronic

Bartsoft, Inc. Maxwell Graphics Keith-Stevens, Inc. H.E.I. Inc. Therapeutic Immunology Patterson Dental Company

The Pillsbury Company National Car Rental Systems AT&T Popham Haik Schnobrich Kaufman Ltd.

Briggs and Morgan Felhaber Larson Fenlon & Vogt Ceridian The Krystal Company West Publishing Co. Inter Regional Financial Group

King and Spalding

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Television and Radio Interviews (multiple interviews by nearly all stations):

WFXL-TV; Albany, Ga. WALB-TV; Albany, Ga. WUGA-FM; Athens, Ga.

WGAU-AM; Athens, Ga. WAGA-TV; Atlanta, Ga.

WXIA-TV; Atlanta, Ga. WSB-AM; Atlanta, Ga. WGCL-TV; Atlanta, Ga.

WSB-TV; Atlanta, Ga. WRDW-TV; Augusta, Ga.

WJBF-TV; Augusta, Ga. WCSC-TV; Charleston, S.C. WCIV-TV; Charleston, S.C.

WCBD-TV; Charleston, S.C. WTMA-AM; Charleston, S.C.

College of Charleston, Cougar TV WTVI-TV; Charlotte, N.C. WYHB-TV; Chattanooga, Tenn.

WDEF-TV; Chattanooga, Tenn. WTVM-TV; Columbus, Ga.

WRBL-TV; Columbus, Ga. WDUN-AM; Gainesville, Ga. WJXT-TV; Jacksonville, Fla.

WMVV-FM, Griffin, Ga.

WMAC-AM; Macon, Ga. WMGT-TV; Macon, Ga. WGXA-TV; Macon, Ga.

WMAZ-TV, Macon, Ga. WPGA-TV; Macon, Ga.

WMTR-AM; Morristown, N.J. BBC-TV; New York, N.Y. WOR-AM; New York, N.Y.

WRGA-AM; Rome, Ga. WSAV-TV; Savannah, Ga.

WJCL-TV; Savannah, Ga. WTOC-TV; Savannah, Ga. WETV; South Carolina

WCTV-TV; Tallahassee, Fla. WPAX-TV; Thomasville, Ga.

WNEG-TV; Toccoa, Ga. Georgia Public Television Georgia Radio Network

Peach State Public Radio New Jersey Network Public Television

Carolina Business Review Georgia Business C-Span

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, ABC-TV, September 18, 2011

The Weather Channel, January 28, 2014

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Awards and Honors:

2015 Outstanding Director Award, Atlanta Business Chronicle, December 2015.

Distinguished Alumnus Award, Lewisburg High School, Lewisburg, Pa., October 2014

Milliken Medal of Quality, South Carolina Quality Forum, October 2011

Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, The Citadel, Charleston, S.C., May 2008

Abit Massey Lecturer, Georgia Society of Association Executives, 2004

Significant Sig, Sigma Chi Fraternity, 2004

Gridiron, University of Georgia, 2003

Fellow, Decision Sciences Institute, 2000

Alumni-Athlete Achievement Award, Bucknell University, 1997

Named one of “The Top 100 Business People in New Jersey” by Business News New Jersey, September 1996, for “...giving new life to business education at Rutgers by tapping into the business community.”

New Jersey Small Business Development Center's Outstanding Leadership Award, 1996, for “...forging links between entrepreneurship and academics.”

New Jersey Sales and Marketing Executives Association, Honorary Member, 1994

MBA Field Project Team of the Year, Adviser, University of Minnesota, 1992

MBA Field Project Team of the Year, Adviser, University of Minnesota, 1991

Dean's Innovation Fund Award, University of Minnesota, 1988

MBA Field Project Team of the Year, Adviser, University of Minnesota, 1988

MBA Field Project Team of the Year, Adviser, University of Minnesota, 1987

Burlington Northern Faculty Fellowship, 1982-1985

Nominated for Morse-Amoco Award, University of Minnesota, for contributions to

undergraduate education, 1983 and 1984

University-wide Graduate Student Teaching Award, Honorable Mention, University of

Florida, 1976

Alpha Iota Delta, Decision Sciences Honorary, Founding President, University of Florida

Beta Gamma Sigma, National Business Honorary, University of Florida, 1977

Beta Alpha Psi, University of Georgia, 1998

Phi Eta Sigma, National Freshman Honorary, President, Bucknell University, 1965

Dorothy Walls McCormack Citizenship Prize, Bucknell University, 1968

Fraternal Organizations:

Delta Sigma Pi, National Business Fraternity, University of Minnesota

Sigma Chi, Bucknell University

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Grants and Fellowships:

U.S. Department of Transportation and the Center for Transportation Studies, 1990, $29,000, to develop statistical methods for estimating traffic volumes (with C. Nachtsheim).

U.S. Department of Transportation and the Center for Transportation Studies, 1989,

$51,000, to develop statistical methods for estimating traffic volumes (with C. Nachtsheim).

Summer Research Grant from the Carlson School of Management of the University of Minnesota to study the incentives and biases involved in the forecasting processes of security analysts, 1987 (with S. Curley).

McKnight Research Grant from the School of Management of the University of Minnesota to study the problem of motivational bias in probability forecasts, 1986.

Summer Research Grant from the School of Management of the University of Minnesota

to conduct a national survey for assessing the maturity level of quality management practices in U.S. firms, 1986 (with M. Treleven).

U.S. Department of Transportation and Minnesota Department of Transportation, 1985, $70,000 to develop an integrated data collection and analysis system for traffic monitoring.

Summer Research Grant from the School of Management of the University of Minnesota to study procedures for classifying quality inspectors in sensory tests, 1985.

Summer Research Grant from the Operations Management Center of the University of

Minnesota to study existing quality control problems in Twin Cities manufacturing and service firms, 1984 (with M. Treleven).

McKnight Research Grant from the School of Management of the University of Minnesota to study interest rate volatility and the cost of capital for public utilities, 1983 (with T. J. Nantell and G. J. Alexander).

McKnight Research Grant from the School of Management from the University of

Minnesota to study the effects of voluntary divestitures on the price of a divesting firm's stock, 1982 (with G. J. Alexander).

Summer Research Grant from the School of Management of the University of Minnesota to study the effects of involuntary divestitures on the price of a divesting firm's stock, 1981.

Dayton-Hudson/General Mills Summer Research Grant from the School of Management of the University of Minnesota, 1980.

Research grant from the Twin Cities Society of Security Analysts to study the

appropriateness of utilizing random coefficient models to characterize the systematic risk of a firm's common stock, April 1980 (with G.J. Alexander).

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Grants and Fellowships: (continued)

Summer Research Grant from the College of Business Administration of the University

of Minnesota to study the decision-making implications of model specification uncertainty in economic control problems, 1977.

Fellowship from the Public Utilities Research Center, University of Florida, Summer 1975.

NDEA Title IV Fellowship, University of Florida, September 1971 - August 1974.

Rotary International Graduate Fellowship 1968, for year of study abroad. The Draft

Board prevented me from accepting this opportunity.

Books:

Statistics for Business and Economics, First Edition 1978, Revised First Edition 1979, Second Edition 1982, Third Edition 1985, Fourth Edition 1988, Fifth Edition 1991, Sixth Edition 1994, Seventh Edition 1998, Eighth Edition 2001, Upper Saddle River, NJ:

Prentice Hall, Ninth Edition 2005, Tenth Edition 2008, Eleventh Edition 2011, Twelfth

Edition 2014, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 883 pages (first six

editions with J.T. McClave; seventh through twelfth editions with J.T. McClave and T. Sincich).

A First Course in Business Statistics, First Edition 1981, Second Edition 1983, Third Edition 1986, Fourth Edition 1989, Fifth Edition 1992, Sixth Edition 1995, Seventh

Edition 1998, Eighth Edition 2001, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 758 pages (first five editions with J.T. McClave; sixth, seventh, and eighth editions with J.T. McClave and T. Sincich).

Monographs:

Statistical Methods for Optimally Locating Automatic Traffic Recorders, Minneapolis, Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 124 pages, 1992 (with C.

Cheng and C. Nachtsheim).

An Integrated Traffic Data Collection and Analysis System, St. Paul: Minnesota

Department of Transportation, Program Management Division, Office of Transportation Data, Research, and Analysis, 119 pages, 1986 (with V. Pisharody and D. Yeldan).

Published Papers:

“South Carolina Higher Education: At the Precipice”: Charleston Regional Business Journal, Vol. 15, No. 8, April 13, 2009.

“The Evolution of Business Education in the U.S.,” Decision Line, January 2004, Vol. 35, No. 2, p. 17-20. REPRINTED in Dhir, Krishnas S. (editor), The Dean’s Perspective,

Atlanta, Ga.: The Decision Sciences Institute, 2008.

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Published Papers: (continued)

“The Effects of Subject-Defined Categories on Judgmental Accuracy in Confidence

Assessment Tasks,” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 80, No. 2, November 1999, pp. 134-154 (with G. Browne and S. Curley).

“Evoking Information in Probability Assessment: Knowledge Maps and Reasoning-Based Directed Questions,” Management Science, Vol. 43, No. 1, January 1997, pp. 1-14

(with G. Browne and S. Curley).

“Evaluating Second-Order Probability Judgments with Strictly Proper Scoring Rules,”

Theory and Decision, Vol. 41, 1996, pp. 165-178 (with K. Whitcomb).

“Belief Assessment: An Underdeveloped Phase of Probability Elicitation,” Management

Science, Vol. 41, No. 10, October 1995, pp. 1639-1653, (with S. Curley and G. Smith).

“Arguments in the Practical Reasoning Underlying Constructed Probability Responses,” Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Vol. 8, No. 1, March 1995, pp. 1-20, (with S. Curley, G. Browne, and G. Smith).

“Probability Judgment Accuracy for General Knowledge: Cross-National Differences and Assessment Methods,” Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Vol. 8, No. 1, March

1995, pp. 51-67, (with K. Whitcomb, D. Onkal, and S. Curley).

“Applying a Cognitive Perspective to Probability Construction,” chapter in G. Wright

and P. Ayton (editors), Subjective Probability, Chitchester: Wiley, 1994, pp. 185-209, (with S. Curley).

“An Evaluation of the Reliability of Probability Judgments Across Response Modes and Over Time,” Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Vol. 6, No. 4, December, 1993,

(with K. Whitcomb, D. Onkal, and S. Curley).

“The Effectiveness of Imprecise Probability Representations for Probability Forecasting,”

Journal of Forecasting, Vol. 12, 1993, (with K. Whitcomb).

“The Effects of Feedback and Training on the Performance of Probability Forecasters,”

International Journal of Forecasting, Vol. 8, No. 4, December 1992 (with D. Onkal).

“Process Thinking: The Quality Catalyst,” Minnesota Management Review, Carlson

School of Management, University of Minnesota, Fall, 1992. REPRINTED in Public Sector Quality Report, Vol. 1, Issue 1, January 1993.

“The Effects of Organizational Context on Quality Management: An Empirical Investigation,” Management Science, Vol. 37, No. 9, September 1991 (with J. Saraph and

R. Schroeder).

“Belief, Knowledge, and Uncertainty: A Cognitive Perspective on Subjective

Probability,” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 48, No. 2, April 1991, (with G. Smith and S. Curley).

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Published Papers: (continued)

“An Instrument for Measuring the Critical Factors of Quality Management,” Decision

Sciences, Vol. 20, No. 4, Fall 1989, (with J. Saraph and R. Schroeder).

“An Investigation of the Relationship Between Organizational Quality Context and Quality Management,” 1988 Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute, pp. 956-958, (with J. Saraph and R. Schroeder).

“Improving the Quality of Business Statistics Courses: A Process Approach,” American Statistical Association 1987 Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education, (with D.

A. Zahn, R. B. Miller, L. A. Sherr, and A. B. Godfrey).

“Measuring the Dimensions of Quality Management,” 1987 Proceedings of the Decision

Sciences Institute, pp. 640-642, (with J. Saraph and R. Schroeder).

“Asset Redeployment: Trans World Corporation's Spinoff of TWA,” Financial Management, Vol. 15, No. 2, Summer 1986, pp. 50-58, (with G.J. Alexander and E. Gunderson). REPRINTED in Archer, S.H. and Kerr, H.S., Readings and Cases in

Corporate Finance, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988.

“Classifying Sensory Inspectors with Heterogeneous Inspection-Error Probabilities,”

Journal of Quality Technology, Vol. 18, No. 2, April 1986, pp. 79-90, (with H. Ohta).

“Teaching the Megacourse,” Focus, Winter 1986, p. 9, University of Minnesota, Office of Educational Development Programs (with G. Dickson).

“Investigating the Valuation Effects of Announcements of Voluntary Corporate Selloffs,” Journal of Finance, Vol. 39, No. 2, June 1984, pp. 503-517, (with G.J. Alexander and J.M. Kampmeyer).

“Random Coefficient Models of Security Returns: A Comment,” Quarterly Review of Economics and Business, Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring 1983, pp. 99-106, (with G.J. Alexander

and C.E. Swan).

“A Bayesian Procedure for Classifying Inspectors in Sensory Tests,” 1982 Proceedings of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, pp. 309-311 (with H. Ohta).

“Modelling Common Stock Beta Coefficients as First-Order Markov Processes,” American Statistical Association 1982 Proceedings of the Business and Economic Statistics Section, pp. 556-561 (with G.J. Alexander and C.E. Eger).

“Timing Decisions and the Behavior of Mutual Fund Systematic Risk,” Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Volume 17, No. 4, November 1982, pp. 579-602

(with G.J. Alexander and C.E. Eger).

“Manufacturing Systems of the Future: A Delphi Study,” Production and Inventory Management, Volume 23, No. 3, Third Quarter 1982, pp. 87-106 (with A.V. Hill and T.R. Hoffmann).

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Published Papers: (continued)

“An Investigation of Motivational Bias in Subjective Predictive Probability

Distributions,” Decision Sciences, Vol. 13, No. 2, April 1982, pp. 225-239 (with M.L. Nichols).

“More on Beta as a Random Coefficient,” Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 17, No. 1, March 1982, pp. 27-36 (with G.J. Alexander).

“On the Implications of Specification Uncertainty in Forecasting,” Decision Sciences, Vol. 13, No. 1, January 1982, pp. 176-184 (with C.B. Barry).

“Forecasting Under Specification Uncertainty,” 1981 Proceedings of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, pp. 355-357 (with C.B. Barry).

“An Improper Scoring Rule for Creating and Characterizing Biasing Incentives,” Midwest Aids 1981 Proceedings, pp. 283-285 (with S. Bajgier).

“A Relative Area Approach to Subjective Probability Assessment,” 1980 Proceedings of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, p. 316 (with E. White and U. Anderson).

“The Planning Stage in Statistical Reasoning,” The American Statistician, Vol. 34, No. 4, November 1980, pp. 222-226 (with N.L. Chervany, and R.K. Iyer).

“A Management Science Approach to a Dutch Elm Disease Sanitation Program,”

Interfaces, Vol. 10, No. 2, April 1980, pp. 108-114 (with N.L. Chervany, J.C. Anderson, A.V. Hill).

“An Examination of the Planning and Execution Stage in Statistical Reasoning,” 1978 Proceedings of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, pp. 125-127 (with N.L. Chervany).

“Modeling Specification Uncertainty in Decision Making,” 1975 Proceedings of the American Institute for Decision Sciences, pp. 66-68 (with C.B. Barry).

Working Papers:

“Judgment-Based and Reasoning-Based Stopping Rules in Decision Making Under Uncertainty,” (with S. Curley and K. Nickles).

Op-Eds:

“College of Charleston Serves Mount Pleasant Well” Moultrie News, October 2, 2013, p. A9

“College of Charleston has enduring ties to East Cooper” Post and Courier, October 1,

2013, p. A11 “Building on Charleston’s Proven Success as a College Town” Post and Courier, April 5,

2013 (with Raymond S. Greenberg, John W. Rosa, Jr., Mary Thornley, and Jairy C. Hunter, Jr.)

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Op-Eds: (continued)

“What Do You Envision for Our State?,” The Greenville News, March 4, 2013, p. A10 (with Phil Noble).

“Stern’s Can-do Vision Laid Firm Foundation for CofC,” Post and Courier, January 19, 2013, p. A13.

“Don’t Make Scapegoats of Hard-Working Faculty,” Post and Courier, April 3, 2012, p.

A11. “College of Charleston Doesn’t Plan to Raise Enrollment,” Post and Courier, September

11, 2011, p. 14A.

“Building Halt is the Wrong Course for S.C. Colleges,” Post and Courier, September 28, 2010, p. 15A.

“Variety of Needs Caused C of C’s Tuition Hike,” Post and Courier, August 13, 2010, p. 11A.

“CofC Tuition Boost a Necessary Cost of ‘Greatness,’” Post and Courier, June 8, 2010, p. 9A (with Marie M. Land).

“College of Charleston Decision on McLeod Hinged on Use of Fields,” Post and Courier,

February 18, 2010, p. 7A.

Magazine Columns:

“New Charleston” College of Charleston Magazine, October 2013, p. 8-9

“Educating Silicon Harbor” College of Charleston Magazine, June 2013, p. 10-11

“A Historic Move” College of Charleston Magazine, March 2013, p. 08-09

“Saluting Our Campus Veterans” College of Charleston Magazine, October 2012, p. 8-9

“A Tribute to Spoleto and Ted Stern” College of Charleston Magazine, July 2012, p. 6-7

“From the Classroom to the Boardroom” College of Charleston Magazine, March 2012,

p. 8-9 “Charleston’s Economic Engines” College of Charleston Magazine, October 2011, p. 6-7

“Literacy Efforts Reach Thousands of Charleston Schoolchildren” College of Charleston Magazine, March 2011, p. 6-7

“Forging Ahead Toward A Better Future” College of Charleston Magazine, October

2010, p. 6-7

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Magazine Columns: (continued)

“Business School Made Whole by New M.B.A. College of Charleston Magazine, July 2010, p. 3

“The Value of Place” College of Charleston Magazine, March 2010, p. 8

“Planning for the Future” College of Charleston Magazine, October 2009, p. 4

“Standing at the Edge of the Precipice” College of Charleston Magazine, July 2009, p. 6

“The Game is On” College of Charleston Magazine, October 2008, p. 6 “Focusing On

Quality,” Georgia Trend, November 2006, p. 107.

“Burgeoning Bioscience,” Georgia Trend, September 2006, p. 149.

“Looking to the South,” Georgia Trend, May 2006, p. 113.

“Who’s Slowing Job Growth?” Georgia Trend, March 2006, p. 18.

“Georgia Catches Up,” Georgia Trend, January 2006, p. 122.

“More Goods, Fewer Workers,” Georgia Trend, November 2005, p. 18.

“Georgia Excellence,” Georgia Trend, September 2005, p. 18.

“Home Sweet Home,” Georgia Trend, July 2005, p. 20.

“Recession Inoculation,” Georgia Trend, May 2005, p. 94.

“Georgia’s 2005 Outlook,” Georgia Trend, February 2005, p. 18.

“Internet Comeback,” Georgia Trend, November 2004, p. 106.

“Military Bases on Trial,” Georgia Trend, July 2004, p. 14.

“Medicaid Squeeze,” Georgia Trend, May 2004, p. 15.

“Optimism at Last,” Georgia Trend, February 2004, p. 15.

“The Biotech Equation,” Georgia Trend, November 2003, p. 48.

“Eyeing Cuba,” Georgia Trend, September 2003, p. 15.

“Automotive Nexus,” Georgia Trend, July 2003, p. 89.

“Is New Jersey the Future?” Georgia Trend, May 2003, p. 114.

“Georgia’s 2003 Outlook,” Georgia Trend, February 2003, p. 15.

“The Plane Facts,” Georgia Trend, December 2002, p. 110.

“Gateways to Georgia,” Georgia Trend, October 2002, p. 15.

“Linear Vision, Bold Thinking,” Georgia Trend, August 2002, p. 14.

“The Mighty Duck,” Georgia Trend, June 2002, p. 105.

“Buffett’s Georgia Buffet,” Georgia Trend, March 2002, p. 134-135.

“2002 Georgia Economic Outlook,” Georgia Trend, January 2002, p. 17-18.

“Our Terrorized Economy,” Georgia Trend, November 2001, p. 12.

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Magazine Columns: (continued)

“Going for Brokerage,” Georgia Trend, September 2001, pp. 132-133.

“State Secret,” Georgia Trend, June 2001, p. 17.

“In Defense of Wealth,” Georgia Trend, April 2001, p. 20.

“Human Genome: A Bold New Frontier,” Georgia Trend, February 2001, pp. 18-19.

“Growth Train to Slow,” Georgia Trend, December 2000, pp. 18-19.

“Room at the Inn,” Georgia Trend, October 2000, p. 26.

“Why the Ritz is the Ritz,” Georgia Trend, August 2000, p. 99.

“New Holy Grails,” Georgia Trend, June 2000, p. 115.

“Trucks, Ships, and Planes,” Georgia Trend, April 2000, p. 105.

“Riding the Twin Waves,” Georgia Trend, February 2000, p. 120.

“The Workplace Revolution,” Georgia Trend, December 1999, p. 98.

“No School is an Island,” Georgia Trend, October 1999, p. 118.

“Quality Movement No Fad,” Georgia Trend, August 1999, pp. 98-99.

Major Presentations:

“A President Reflects: The Learning Center, Academic Leadership, and Disruptive Visioning,” Keynote Speech, Southeastern College Learning Center Association,

Charleston, S.C., June 17, 2016.

Master of Ceremonies, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Ceremony, Baltimore,

Md, April 3, 2016

“The Challenges and Barriers Encountered in Launching an Integrated College Program for Students with Mild Intellectua l Disabilities,” Administrators Panel, State of the Art Conference on Postsecondary Education and Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities,

George Mason University, November 12, 2015.

“A Better Way to Break Down Barriers and Achieve Inclusion: Disruptive Visioning,” Southeastern Postsecondary Education Alliance, Georgia State University, April 16, 2015.

Master of Ceremonies, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Ceremony, Baltimore,

Md, April 12, 2015

“There’s No Place Like Home,” Green Dragon Foundation, Lewisburg, Pa., December

2014.

“Using Disruptive Vision to Drive Change in Charleston,” ASQ Lowcountry Quality Conference, Crowne Plaza Charleston Airport Hotel, North Charleston, S.C., April 25, 2014.

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Major Presentations: (continued)

“The National Quality Award: Baldrige in Transition,” Keynote Address, ASQ Lowcountry Quality Conference, Crowne Plaza Charleston Airport Hotel, North

Charleston, S.C., April 25, 2014.

Master of Ceremonies, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Ceremony, Baltimore, Md, April 6, 2014

“New Charleston,” Parents’ Advisory Council, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C., October 27, 2012; Foundation Board Meeting, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C.,

November 9, 2012; Faculty Senate Meeting, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C., January 15, 2013; Board of Trustees, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C., January 17, 2013; School of Business Board of Governors, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C.,

January 24, 2013; School of Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs Advisory Board, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C., May 13, 2013; King Street Marketing Group

Small Business Lunch Speaker Series, Halls Chophouse, Charleston, S.C., June 6, 2013; Mount Pleasant Business Association Monthly Luncheon, Mount Pleasant Holiday Inn, Mount Pleasant, S.C. September 19, 2013.

Master of Ceremonies, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Ceremony, Baltimore, Md, April 4, 2013

“The New Reality in Public Higher Education: Self-Sufficiency,” Higher Education Treasury Symposium, Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, S.C., January 30, 2012.

“Welcome to the College of Charleston and Introduction of Herman Cain.” Southern Republican Leadership Conference, TD Arena, Charleston, S.C., January 19, 2012

(nationally televised on C-Span).

“Charleston’s Economic Engines,” 2011 Economic Outlook Conference, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, North Charleston Convention Center, Charleston, S.C.,

March 30, 2011.

“Higher Education in South Carolina: A Case Study,” American Association of State Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, Charleston, S.C., November 21, 2010.

“The Envisioned Future of the College of Charleston,” Rotary Club of Columbia, Columbia, S.C., November 8, 2010

“A Catalyst for Transforming South Carolina: The Boeing Company,” Keynote Address,

South Carolina Governor’s Quality Award Conference, Columbia, S.C., October 27, 2010.

“The College of Charleston and Its Challenges within South Carolina Higher Education,”

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Society for College and University Planning Meeting, Charleston, S.C., October 17, 2010.

“Moving South Carolina Forward,” 2010 Economic Outlook Conference, Charleston

Metro Chamber of Commerce, North Charleston Convention Center, Charleston, S.C., March 24, 2010

“Port of Charleston: Gateway to Economic and Educational Opportunity,” Propeller Club, The Citadel, Charleston, S.C., January 14, 2010

Major Presentations: (continued)

“South Carolina Higher Education: At the Precipice,” 2009 Economic Outlook

Conference, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, Charleston Place, Charleston, S.C., March 26, 2009.

“The Third Era of the College of Charleston,” Daniel Island Rotary Club, Charleston, S.C., December 3, 2008.

“The Past Informs the Future,” West Ashley Rotary Club, Charleston, S.C., June 12,

2008.

“The Lowcountry’s Opportunities and Challenges as a Gateway for the Southern Cross,”

The Citadel Graduate College Commencement, The Citadel, Charleston, S.C., May 4, 2008.

“The Charleston Economy: Gateway to the Southern Cross,” 2008 Economic Outlook

Conference, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, S.C., March 20, 2008.

“Where We’ve Been; Where We’re Going,” Harbour Club Rotary, Charleston, S.C.,

March 13, 2008.

“The Evolution of the College of Charleston,” Downtown Rotary Club, Charleston, S.C., February 26, 2008.

“Economic Outlook for the Southeastern U.S.,” National Bank of South Carolina Board of Directors Retreat, Spartanburg, S.C., October 22, 2007.

“Gateways,” Inaugural Presidential Address, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C., October 5, 2007.

“Economic Outlook for the Southeastern U.S.,” Synovus Financial Corporation

Shareholders’ Meeting, Columbus, Ga., April 25, 2007.

“Why am I Here?” Hibernian Society of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C., April 3, 2007. “What are You Doing for Others?,” Keynote speech delivered at the 7 th Annual Martin

Luther King, Jr. Professional Breakfast, Gaillard Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, S.C.

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January 16, 2007.

“2007 National and State of Georgia Economic Outlook,” Atlanta, December 13, 2006; Savannah, December 15, 2006; Augusta, January 5, 2007; Reynolds Plantation, January

8, 2007; Columbus, January 12, 2007; Coastal Georgia (Jekyll Island), January 19, 2007; Macon, January 23, 2007.

Major Presentations: (continued)

“An Opportunity for Business Schools to Collaborate with the Malcolm Baldrige

National Quality Program,” Southern Business Administration Association, Charleston, S.C., November 6, 2006.

“Business Schools, Their Deans, and Statistics,” Making Statistics More Effective in Schools and Business Conference, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, June 22, 2006.

“Economic Outlook for the U.S.,” 48th Annual Silver Sand Dollar Mortgage Finance

Forum, Ponte Vedra, Florida, April 22, 2006. “The Transformation of the University of Georgia,” Gainesville Kiwanis Club,

Gainesville, Ga., April 11, 2006.

“Economic Outlook for the Southeast: 2006 and Beyond,” Terry College Southeastern

Bank Management & Directors Conference; Savannah, February 17, 2006; Stone Mountain, February 24, 2006.

“2006 National and State of Georgia Economic Outlook,” Atlanta, December 9, 2005;

Savannah, December 15, 2005; Augusta, January 6, 2006; Swainsboro, January 11, 2006; Coastal Georgia (Jekyll Island), January 13, 2006; Macon, January 17, 2006; Columbus,

January 20, 2006; Athens, March 8, 2006. “The Future of Georgia: Three Things That Keep Me Up At Night,” Carrollton Rotary

Club, August 16, 2005; Dalton Chamber of Commerce, September 15, 2005.

“2005 National and State of Georgia Economic Outlook,” Atlanta, December 9, 2004; Augusta, January 7, 2005; Swainsboro, July 11, 2005; Jekyll Island, January 14, 2005;

Macon, January 18, 2005; Columbus, January 21, 2005; Thomasville, January 26, 2005; Albany, January 27, 2005; Buckhead Club Speaker Series, Atlanta, February 16, 2005; Athens Rotary Club, Athens, March 2, 2005.

“Economic Outlook for the U.S.,” 47th Annual Silver Sand Dollar Mortgage Finance

Forum, Ponte Vedra, Florida, April 16, 2005.

“The Future of Georgia: Four Things That Keep Me Up At Night,” The 2004 Abit

Massey Lecture, presented to the Georgia Society of Association Executives, Atlanta,

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September 15, 2004.

Major Presentations: (continued)

“2004 National and State of Georgia Economic Outlook,” Danish American Chamber of

Commerce, Atlanta, November 18, 2003; Atlanta, December 4, 2003; Savannah, December 11, 2003; Thomasville, January 7, 2004; Albany, January 8, 2004; Swainsboro, January 13, 2004; St. Simons, January 15, 2004; Augusta, January 23, 2004;

Macon, January 28, 2004; Columbus, January 29, 2004; Georgia Association of Economics and Finance Conference, Lake Oconee, February 27, 2004; Athens Rotary

Club, Athens, March 3, 2004; Buckhead Club Speaker Series, Atlanta, March 16, 2004; Mid-town Rotary Club, Atlanta, March 30, 2004; Gainesville Kiwanis Club, April 13, 2004; Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce, August 19, 2004.

“2003 National and State of Georgia Economic Outlook,” Rome, December 10, 2002; Atlanta, December 18; Thomasville, January 8, 2003; Albany, January 9, 2003;

Swainsboro, January 14, 2003; Augusta, January 16, 2003; Savannah, January 23, 2003; St. Simons, January 24, 2003; Macon, January 29, 2003; Columbus, January 30, 2003;

Meninak Club, Jacksonville, Florida, February 3, 2003; Buckhead Club, March 19, 2003; Atlanta Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, March 21, 2003; Gainesville Kiwanis Club, April 22, 2003; Rotary Club of Buckhead, June 16, 2003; Blue Cross Blue

Shield 2003 Leadership Conference, Sea Island, September 17, 2003.

“Reflections of a Baldrige Judge,” presented at the National Decision Sciences Institute

Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 2003.

“The History of U.S. Business Education: 1650-2002,” presented at the National Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, San Diego, November 2002.

“Tenure and Promotion Processes at Research Universities,” invited presentation at the

New Faculty Consortium, National Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, San Diego, November 2002.

“The Evolution of U.S. Business Schools: 1881-2002,” 17th Annual Conference on Making Statistics More Effective in Schools and Business, University of Georgia, June 2002.

“The Root Cause of Corporate Governance Problems in the U.S.,” West Dekalb Rotary Club, June 3, 2002.

“2002 National and State of Georgia Economic Outlook,” Dalton, November 16, 2001; Atlanta, December 12, 2001; Augusta, January 8, 2002; Columbus, January 11, 2002;

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Swainsboro, January 23, 2002; Savannah, January 24, 2002; Brunswick, January 25, 2002; Macon, January 29, 2002; Thomasville, January 30, 2002; Albany, January 31,

2002; Buckhead Club, March 13, 2002.

“Data Production by Students in Introductory Business Statistics Courses,” a workshop presented at the National Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, San Francisco, November 2001 (with J. McKenzie and B. Thorne).

Major Presentations: (continued)

“Trends in Management Education,” Keynote address presented at the Pacesetters Fast Track Breakfast, sponsored by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Atlanta, April 27, 2001.

“How the Quality Movement Changed U.S. Business Schools,” Fourth Annual Georgia Oglethorpe Conference, Augusta, March 19, 2001.

“2001 National and State of Georgia Economic Outlook,” Atlanta, December 6, 2000; Albany, December 12, 2000; Thomasville, December 13, 2000; Columbus, January 12,

2001, Augusta, January 19, 2001; Swainsboro, January 23, 2001; Savannah, January 25, 2001; Brunswick, January 26, 2001; Macon, January 31, 2001; Dalton, March 16, 2001.

“Georgia’s Economy: Domestic and Global Opportunities,” 2000 Biennial Institute for Legislators, Athens, Ga., December 11, 2000.

“The New Holy Grails of the Career Ladder,” Rotary Club, Gainesville, Ga., October 9, 2000.

“Characteristics of Successful Leaders,” Bucknell University Business Networking

Event, Atlanta, October 5, 2000.

“The Past, Present, and Future of Management Education,” Kiwanis Club, Gainesville,

Ga., June 6, 2000.

“Connecting Business Schools to the Information Systems Community,” presented at the

AACSB National Conference, San Diego, April 2000 (with Hugh Watson).

“The Judge’s Role in the Baldrige Award Process,” presented at the Quest for Excellence XII, Washington, D.C., March 2000.

“2000 National and State of Georgia Economic Outlook,” First National Bank of Griffin, October 26, 1999; Atlanta, December 8, 1999; Thomasville, December 14, 1999; Albany,

December 15, 1999; Augusta, January 6, 2000; Macon, January 12, 2000; Columbus, January 14, 2000; and Swainsboro, January 21, 2000.

“Visualizing Variation,” a workshop presented at the National Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, New Orleans, November 1999 (with J. McKenzie and B. Thorne).

“Building a Visionary Business School,” presented to the Buckhead Business Association, Atlanta, June 1999.

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“What’s Happened to the Quality Movement?” presented at the 14th Annual Conference

on Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business, Babson College, June 1999.

Major Presentations: (continued)

“1999 National and State of Georgia Economic Outlook,” First National Bank of Griffin, October 27, 1999; Atlanta, December 10, 1998; Albany, December 16, 1998; Thomasville, December 17, 1998; Athens Rotary Club, January 6, 1999; Athens

Industrial Management Group, January 7, 1999; Middle Georgia, January 13, 1999; Columbus, January 15, 1999; Augusta, January 19, 1999; Savannah, January 21, 1999;

Brunswick, January 22, 1999; and Swainsboro, March 2, 1999.

“Bridging the Gap Between the Academic and Business Communities,” keynote address

presented at the Product Development and Management Association National Meeting, Atlanta, October 1998.

“The Growing Pressures to Move Part-time MBA Programs Off Campus and Into Cyberspace,” presented at the National Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, San Diego,

November 1997.

“The Impact of the Quality Revolution on U.S. Business Schools,” keynote address presented at the 9th Annual New Jersey Quality Conference, East Brunswick, NJ,

November 1997. “Building a Visionary Business School: Pressures and Lessons from the Corporate

Community,” keynote address presented at the Southern Business Administration Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, November 1997.

“The Root Cause of Poor Teaching in Business Schools,” presented at the National Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, Orlando, November 1996.

“Reengineering Your Business School? Don't Forget the Ph.D. Program,” keynote address presented at the 11th Annual Conference on Making Statistics More Effective in

Schools of Business, The University of Alaska, Anchorage, June 1996.

“Teaching Management in China: The Rutgers Experience,” invited panelist, American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business National Conference, Los Angeles, April

1996.

“A Review and Preview of the Conferences on Making Statistics More Effective in

Schools of Business,” invited workshop presented at the National Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, Honolulu, November 1994, (with J. McKenzie and B. Thorne).

“Management Education: Past, Present, and Future,” invited speech presented at the

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Advanced Workshop in Regulation and Public Utility Economics Industries, Newport, RI, May 1994.

“A Review and Preview of the Conferences on Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business,” invited workshop presented at the National Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 1993, (with J. McKenzie and B.

Thorne).

Major Presentations: (continued)

“A Vision for Management Education,” invited speech presented at the New Jersey Sales

and Marketing Executives Association Meeting, September 1993.

“Challenges to Total Quality Management in the Public Sector,” presented at the

Continual Improvement Conference, Minneapolis, June 1993, (with T. Tiedemann and R. Wahlberg).

“A Review and Preview of the Conferences on Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business,” invited workshop presented at the National Decision Sciences

Institute Meeting, San Francisco, November 1992, (with J. McKenzie).

“Restoring Relevance to Business Schools Through Quality Management,” invited talk

presented to the Deans' Conference of the Western Association of Collegiate Schools of Business, Las Vegas, October 1992.

“A Preview of the 1993 Conference on Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business,” invited talk presented at the American Statistical Association's Joint Statistical Meetings, Boston, August 1992.

“Process Thinking: The Key to Total Quality Management,” invited talk presented at the Association for Vital Records and Health Statistics Annual Conference, Minneapolis,

June 1992.

“Diagnosing Processes: Pitfalls and Remedies,” presented at the Continual Improvement Conference, Minneapolis, June 1992, (with G. Browne).

“The Role of Belief Formation in Process Management,” invited talk presented to the School of Business, University of Louisville, May 1992.

“A Comparison of the Philosophies and Prescriptions of Deming and Peters,” invited talk and panel discussion presented at the North Central Deming Management Forum, May

1992.

“Process Thinking: The Quality Catalyst,” invited talk presented to the South Carolina Chapter of the American Statistical Association and the College of Business

Administration, University of South Carolina, April 1992.

“Teaching Process Management in Statistics Courses,” presented at the National

Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, Miami, Fla., November 1991.

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“Teaching Process Improvement Concepts and Methods in Introductory Statistics Courses,” presented at the 6th Annual Conference on Making Statistics More Effective in

Schools of Business, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, June 1991.

“Tiny's Doo Dah Factory: An Application of Systems Thinking to Quality Management,” presented at the Continual Improvement Conference, Bloomington, Minn., June 1991, (with D. Nelson and J. Laufers).

Major Presentations: (continued)

“A Cognitive Analysis of Probability Assessment,” presented at the NSF-NBER Seminar on Bayesian Inference in Econometrics and Statistics, April 1991, (with S. Curley and G.

Smith). Also presented at the IDS Workshop, Carlson School, May 1991.

“Reasoning and Judgment Processes in Probability Assessment,” presented at the

Psychonomic Society Meeting, New Orleans, November 1990, (with S. Curley and G. Smith).

“Using Model-Based Sampling To Locate Automatic Traffic Recorders,” presented to the Mountains-Plains Consortium of the U.S. DOT's University Research Program, Denver,

June 1990, (with C. Nachtsheim and C. Cheng).

“The Role of Statisticians in Schools of Management,” invited talk presented at the 5th

Annual Conference on Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business, The University of Kansas, June 1990.

“How Does an Organization Acquire Profound Knowledge?” invited talk and panel

discussion presented to the North Central Deming Management Association and W. Edwards Deming's Four Day Seminar, May 1990. The panel included W. Edwards Deming.

“Statistical Methods for Traffic Volume Estimation,” invited talk presented at the

Transportation Research Conference, St. Paul, May 1990, (with C. Nachtsheim and C. Cheng).

“Methods for Quality Improvement,” invited presentation to top management of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, April 1990.

“The Effectiveness of Imprecise Probability Reduction Methods,” presented at National ORSA/TIMS, New York, October 1989, (with K. Whitcomb).

“The Effectiveness of Imprecise Probability Representation in Probability Forecasting,”

presented at the National DSI Meeting, Las Vegas, November 1988, (with K. Whitcomb).

“A Cognitive Perspective on Probability Assessment,” presented at National DSI

Conference, Las Vegas, November 1988, (with S. Curley and G. Smith).

“An Investigation of the Relationship Between Organizational Quality Context and Quality Management,” presented at National DSI Meeting, Las Vegas, November 1988,

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(with J. Saraph and R. Schroeder).

“Belief, Knowledge, and Uncertainty: A Cognitive Perspective on Probability Assessment,” presented at ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Denver, October 1988, (with S. Curley and G. Smith).

“Critique of Decision Analysis in Clinical Nursing: Current Status and Future

Directions,” invited talk presented at Sixth Annual Research in Nursing Education Conference, San Francisco, January 1988, (with S. Narayan).

Major Presentations: (continued)

“Measuring the Dimensions of Quality Management,” presented at the 1987 National

DSI Conference, Boston, November 1987, (with J. Saraph and R. Schroeder).

“Forecasting Corporate Earnings: The Incentives and Biases of Security Analysts,”

invited talk presented at the ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, St. Louis, October 1987 (with S. Curley).

“Improving the Quality of Business Statistics Courses: A Process Approach,” invited talk presented at the American Statistical Association's Joint Statistical Meetings, San

Francisco, August 1987.

“The Effects of Feedback on the Performance of Probability Forecasters,” invited talk presented at the International Symposium of Forecasters, Boston, May 1987 (with D.

Yeldan).

“Quality Management Maturity in U.S. Manufacturing,” presented at the American

Society for Quality Control's 1987 Quality Congress, Minneapolis, May 1987 (with M. Treleven).

“Managerial Statistics at Minnesota: Data Analysis, Decision Making, and Information Systems” invited talk presented at the National DSI Conference, Honolulu, November

1986.

“Managing Uncertainty in Sensory Inspection” presented at the National DSI

Conference, Las Vegas, November 1985 (with D. Yeldan).

“Assessing the Reliability of Long-Range Highway Load Forecasts,” presented at the

International Symposium on Forecasting, Montreal Canada, June 1985.

“A Bayesian Procedure for Classifying Inspectors in Sensory Tests,” presented at the National AIDS Conference, San Francisco, November 1982 (with H. Ohta).

“A Framework for Studying the Problem of Motivational Bias in Subjective Predictive

Probability Distributions,” presented at the National AIDS Conference, San Francisco, November 1982 (with S. Bajgier and N. Chervany).

“Valuation Effects of Voluntary Divestiture Announcements,” presented at the Financial Management Association Meeting, San Francisco, October 1982 (with G. Alexander).

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“Methodology for Assessing the Valuation Effects of Voluntary Divestiture Announcements,” American Statistical Association Meeting, Cincinnati, August 1982

(with G. Alexander and C. Eger).

“Timing Decisions and the Behavior of Mutual Fund Systematic Risk,” presented at the

Western Finance Association Meeting, Portland, June 1982 (with G. Alexander and C. Eger).

“Forecasting Under Specification Uncertainty,” presented at the National AIDS Conference, Boston, November 1981.

Major Presentations: (continued)

“An Improper Scoring Rule for Creating and Characterizing Biasing Incentives,” at the

Midwest AIDS Conference, Detroit, April 1981 (with S. Bajgier).

“A Relative Area Approach to Subjective Probability Assessment,” at the National AIDS

Conference, Las Vegas, November 1980. (with E. White and U. Anderson).

“Modeling Beta as a Random Coefficient,” at the National AIDS Conference, New Orleans, November 1979 (with G.J. Alexander).

“An Investigation of Motivational Bias in Subjective Predictive Probability

Distributions,” at the National AIDS Conference, New Orleans, November 1979 (with M.E. Lippitt Nichols).

“An Examination of the Planning and Execution Stage in Statistical Reasoning,” at the National AIDS Conference (with N.L. Chervany), St. Louis, November 1978.

“Identifying and Compensating for Motivational Bias in Subjective Predictive Distributions,” invited talk presented at the National AIDS Conference (with N.L. Chervany), St. Louis, November 1978.

“Implications of Specification Uncertainty for Economic Control Decisions,” invited talk presented at the Optimal Stochastic Control Workshop of the National AIDS Conference,

Chicago, October 1977.

“A Bayesian Analysis of Model Specification Uncertainty in Forecasting and Control,” presented at the TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting, San Francisco, May 1977.

“Modeling Specification Uncertainty in Decision Making,” at the National AIDS Conference, Cincinnati, November 1975 (with C. Barry).

“Structural Uncertainty in Economic Control,” presented at the American Statistical

Association's Florida Chapter Meeting, Gainesville, February 1975.

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Courses Taught:

Business Statistics II, College of Charleston

Elementary Managerial Statistics (Day and Extension)

Quantitative Methods for Administration (Day and Extension)

Methods for Quality Improvement

Business Statistics: Data Sources, Presentation, and Analysis

Managerial Statistics (Carlson Executive MBA Program and Rutgers Executive MBA Program)

MBA Field Project

Statistical Methods I: Estimation and Testing

Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design

Stochastic Processes

Bayesian Inference and Decision Theory

Decision Analysis

Foundations for Research in Applied Statistics

Professional Affiliations:

American Statistical Association

The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences

Decision Sciences Institute

American Society for Quality

Society for Judgment and Decision Making

Professional Organization Activities:

Editorial Appointments

Editorial Board, Quality Observer, 1998 - 2006

Editorial Board, Journal of Operations Management, 1991-94

Board of Reviewers, Quality Management Journal, 1993-95

Journal Referee: Management Science Decision Sciences

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Production and Operations Management Journal Journal of Operations Management

Journal of the American Statistical Association Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation Managerial and Decision Economics Journal of Quality Technology

Interfaces Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

National Science Foundation

Program Co-Chair, NSF-NBER Seminar on Bayesian Inference in Econometrics

and Statistics, Minneapolis and St. Paul, April 4-5, 1991.

Reviewer for the Decision, Risk, and Management Sciences Program

American Statistical Association

Planning Committee for the series of conferences initiated by the University of Chicago on “Making Statistics More Effective in Schools and Business,” 1989 –

2006.

Chair and Host, “2002 Making Statistics More Effective in Schools and Business

Conference,” Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, June 2002

Deming Lectureship Committee, 1996 – 2000

Host, “1994 Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business Conference,” held at Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University, June 1994.

Program Chair, “1993 Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business

Conference,” held at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, June 1993.

Participant (speaker and session chair) at the national meeting

Decision Sciences Institute (DSI)

Fellow, 2000

Vice President, 1998-2000

Regular participant (speaker, session chairperson, discussant, and reviewer) at the National Meeting, 1975-2003.

Fellows Committee, 2001-2003; Chair, 2002

Doctoral Student Consortium, Session Chair, Honolulu, 1994

Nominating Committee, 1992-1994

Programs and Meetings Committee, 1991-1993; Chair, 1993

Membership Committee, 1993

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Innovative Education Committee, 1989, 1990

Track Chair, Decision Analysis and Statistics Track, 1988 National Meeting

Reviewer for DSI Dissertation Competition, 1982

Reviewer for DSI Teaching Award Competition, 1982, 1989, 1990

The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences:

Participant (session chairperson and speaker) at the national meeting

TIMS Academic Network Representative 1985-1990

Upper Midwest Chapter of TIMS/ORSA

President 1979-1980, 1981-1982 President-Elect 1978-1979 Secretary-Treasurer 1977-1978

AACSB International

Participant and speaker at the national conference

Accreditation Team Chair and Member

University of Georgia Activities:

Search Committee for Dean and Director of the College of Agricultural and

Environmental Sciences, Chair, 2004-2005

Search Committee for Senior Vice President for Business and Finance, Chair, 2000

UGA Campaign for Charities, Chair, 1999

University of Minnesota Student Organization Activities:

Board of Directors of AIESEC (an association of undergraduate students in economics and business who are interested in international business), 1984-1988.

Faculty adviser to Delta Sigma Pi (undergraduate business fraternity), 1981-1987

University of Minnesota Major Committee Assignments:

University

Golf Course Advisory Committee, 1991-1992

Mission Subcommittee of Golf Course Advisory Committee, 1991-1992

Finance Subcommittee of Golf Course Advisory Committee, 1991-1992

Search Committee for U of M Golf Course Superintendent, 1991

Committee on Physical Plant and Space Allocation, 1990-1991

Agriculture-Business Standing Committee, 1988-1993

Agriculture-Business Administration Program Review Committee, 1987-1988

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Bush Sabbatical Program Faculty Consultant, 1986-87, 1987-1988

Bush Sabbatical Program Advisory Committee, 1984-1985

Retirement Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs, 1983-1984

Carlson School

Quality Leadership Center Committee, 1992-1993

Dean's Advisory Council, 1991-1992

MBA Program Advisory Committee, 1988-1990

Research Committee, Chair, 1982-1987

Dean's Innovation Fund Committee, 1984-1987

Undergraduate Core Council, 1981-1987, 1990-1993

Undergraduate Faculty Advisory Board, 1982-1985

Management Seminar Program Advising Group, 1980-1982

Search Committee for Director of Undergraduate Studies, 1985-1986

Curriculum Committee, 1979-1982

Graduate Student Interviewing Committee, 1977-1978

Club Memberships:

Member, Burning Tree Club, Bethesda, MD, 2015-Present

Honorary Member, Kiawah Island Club, Kiawah Island, S.C., 2007-Present

Member, Country Club of Charleston, Charleston, S.C., 2007-Present

Member, Bucknell University Golf Club, Lewisburg, Pa.

Member, Athens Country Club, Athens, Ga., 1998-Present

Honorary Member, Chattooga Club, Cashiers, N.C., 2007-Present

Honorary Member, Hampton Island Club, Riceboro, Ga.

Honorary Member, The Club at Jones Creek, Augusta, Ga., 2001-2002

Member, Buckhead Club, Atlanta, Ga., 1998-2006

Other:

Member-Guest Champion (with John Rivers), Kiawah Island Club, October 2015

Member-Member Champion (with J.C. Long), Kiawah Island Club, 2011

Senior Club Champion, Bucknell University Golf Club, 2003

President, University of Minnesota Golf Club, October 1990-1992

President, Class of 1968, Bucknell University, June 1968-present

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(Reelected in June 1974 and June 1978)

Varsity Golf, Bucknell University, 1965-1968