NEW DEAN TO BE RECOMMENDED FOR MSU'S COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Robert B. Duncan of Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management will join Michigan State University as dean of The Eli Broad College of Business and The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, pending approval by the MSU Board of Trustees.
President Peter McPherson and Provost Lou Anna K. Simon will recommend Duncan's appointment to the board at its meeting in late September. Duncan would join the MSU faculty full time beginning Jan. 1, 2002.
"This is an exciting and pivotal period in the history of the Broad School, and we are most fortunate to have attracted to MSU a leader and manager who will build upon the widely recognized momentum at Broad in terms of quality and reputation," President McPherson said.
"Dr. Robert Duncan is an extraordinary addition to the faculty and to the MSU leadership team," Provost Simon said. "He brings great vision, energy and proven leadership skills so essential to enhancing the quality of our academic programs."
Currently Duncan is serving as the Richard L. Thomas Professor of Leadership and Change at Northwestern. He has extensive administrative experience, has received numerous awards for teaching excellence, and is a widely acclaimed researcher and speaker. Duncan is a former provost at Northwestern.
"The search committee spent considerable time and care in selecting the right leader," said Donald J. Bowersox, current dean and chairperson of the Dean's Search and Rating Committee. "I am confident that Bob Duncan will continue the upward momentum of the school."
"It has been a deliberate and well-conducted search to identify and attract the ideal leader for our important mission," said Eli Broad, the MSU alumnus and benefactor for whom the college is named.
"I am delighted that Dr. Robert Duncan has agreed to offer his knowledge of business education from Northwestern's Kellogg School and his wealth of experience to become the new dean of the college," said Broad, who is founder, chairman and chief executive officer of SunAmerica Inc. insurance company and founder of the Kaufman and Broad home-building company.
Acknowledging the unified and enthusiastic support Duncan has received throughout the campus community, Broad noted that he "will be positioned to lead our college to new and greater heights of achievement."
"I know that I speak for my colleagues on the alumni board in saying we are very excited to have Robert Duncan joining us," said Robert K. Burgess, vice chairperson of the Dean's Search and Rating Committee and a member of The Eli Broad College of Business Alumni Board of Directors.
"Bob's professional experience, as well as his proven academic leadership, will greatly enhance the growing reputation and performance of the business college specifically and Michigan State University overall," said Burgess, who is president and chief executive officer of the Pulte Corp. in Bloomfield Hills.
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ROBERT B. DUNCAN
Current position: Richard L. Thomas Professor of Leadership andOrganizational Change, Management and Operation Department, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
Academic administration: provost at Northwestern from 1987 to 1992,serving as the chief academic operating officer responsible for theuniversity's budget, educational policy, academic planning and all faculty personnel issues
Other administration: chairperson of Northwestern University's Committee on Athletics and Recreation, the oversight committee that participates in establishing policies regarding the university's intercollegiate and recreational programs and monitors the operation of both programs to ensure that they are consistent with the university's educational goals and objectives
Teaching areas: leading the strategic change process, implementingcorporate culture change, implementing strategy, designing organizations, building top management teams and developing corporate strategic vision
Teaching awards: Kellogg Professor of the Year and the OutstandingProfessor Award in the Executive Master's Program three times, among others
Research areas: current projects focus on how top management shapescorporate strategy, with a specific emphasis on how CEOs develop andimplement corporate strategic visions
Consulting: frequent consultant to senior management and chief executive officers at organizations including American Medical Association, American Bankers Association, Baker & McKenzie, Booz Allen, Clorox Co., First Chicago Corp., Ernst and Young, General Motors Corp., IBM, Illinois Bell, Goodyear, Hartmarx Corp., International Paper, Johnson & Johnson, 3M Co., U.S. Gypsumand Zurich Insurance
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