McCombs Alumni Network News

From Dean Tom Gilligan
I am delighted to announce that Robert Prentice has agreed to serve as Director of the Business Honors Program (BHP) beginning with the 2010-11 academic year. Robert currently heads our LEB program and plays a substantial leadership role in the development and implementation of the McCombs School’s Strategic Plan. He will take [...]

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From McCombs Today
Marketing Professor Eli Cox spoke at the Texas Exes Alumni College on whether America is in moral decline. The short answer? Yes.
In this clip, he explains the economic concept of marginal utility - that the satisfying effect of acquiring goods and money diminishes over time. But for some individuals, no amount of money [...]

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From McCombs TODAY and the Austin American-Statesman, Feb. 28, 2009
By Eli P. Cox III, Professor of Marketing, Director of the Business Honors Program
It is tempting to respond to Thomas Palaima’s recent ad hominem attack on corporate culture with more of the same. However, such a response would trivialize the serious issues facing the University of Texas.
First, [...]

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90+ alumni attended.
Dean Thomas Gilligan provided an update on the current status of The University and the McCombs School.
Faculty and staff members who attended included Jennie Loev, Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving; Sarah Dooley, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations; Mary Ann Maltz, Director for Development; Steve Limberg, Professor of Accounting and Director for [...]

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