McCombs TODAY

Lee Scott, chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors and former CEO of Wal-Mart, spoke with Dean Thomas Gilligan on campus Oct. 12 as part of the VIP Distinguished Speaker Series.
Dean Gilligan began by asking Scott about his very first job, which Scott said was scrubbing toilets at his dad’s service station [...]

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McCombs Dean Thomas Gilligan kicked off the 2009-2010 University Lecture Series with a classic economics lesson about global economic growth.
Speaking to a crowd of more than 1,000 students and other members of the university community at Bass Concert Hall in the Texas Performing Arts Center Monday evening, Gilligan explored trends in prosperity and poverty around [...]

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From ShelfLife@Texas
For Thomas Gilligan, recently appointed dean of the McCombs School of Business, reading is like breathing.
“I’m not sure I can think of myself as existing apart from reading—it’s an integral part of life,” Gilligan says. “Reading was a big salvation for me when I went into military service right out of high school. It’s [...]

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Fresh from a 20-year appointment at the University of Southern California, Dean Thomas Gilligan dives into Texas during a semester marked by unprecedented economic events. His mission: learn fast, listen well and DREAM BIG.
Tom Gilligan must be taking his vitamins. His first semester as dean of the McCombs School of Business has seen more than [...]

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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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How did Wal-Mart successfully penetrate the Mexican market? How does Mexico’s concrete behemoth CEMEX tailor its offerings to reach, and help, the less fortunate? And how do two of the world’s leading business schools strengthen and build on their decades-long partnership? These and many other questions were on the table as 13 McCombs faculty members, [...]

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Join the McCombs School to celebrate the opening of the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. You’ll get a free McCombs burnt orange T-shirt and can enter a drawing to win gift certificates for the facility. Come enjoy refreshments and tour the facility while listening to live music by Suede. Dean Thomas Gilligan will also [...]

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Thomas W. Gilligan has been appointed dean of the McCombs School starting Sept. 1, 2008. Congratulations to Dr. Gilligan!
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