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Butler Lauded as Energetic Leader by Austin Business Journal

October 19th, 2009 · Filed under: Faculty News · McCombs in the Media · Top Stories

Posted by Rob Meyer

John Sibley Butler, McCombs management professor, director of the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship and director of the IC2 Institute, recently received the Special Achievement Award at the 2009 Tech Innovation Awards, sponsored by the Austin Business Journal.
In honoring Butler, the Austin Business Journal described his journey: “Butler returned from Vietnam with medals and memories, [...]

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Dean Gilligan Profiled in Austin Business Journal

December 3rd, 2008 · Filed under: Faculty News · McCombs in the Media · Top Stories

Posted by Rob Meyer

Austin Business Journal, Nov. 28, 2006

“When Thomas Gilligan told his family he’d be going to graduate school, they were a bit incredulous. Gilligan, the new dean of the University of Texas’ McCombs School of Business, was the first in his family to attend college. And while his parents were proud when he brought home his [...]

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Executive Education’s Slattery Hosts Women in Business Panel

August 29th, 2008 · Filed under: Events · Executive Education · Staff News

Posted by Tracy Mueller

The Austin Business Journal invited Lynn Slattery, assistant director of executive development programs for Texas Executive Education, to moderate a panel at its 14th annual Profiles in Power awards celebration July 24.
The panel, titled “Women’s Leadership Institute, Education and Training,” included executive education alumna Dannielle O’Donnell, current student Hema Reddy and continuing education advocate Norma [...]

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