Search Committee for Dean of Sam M. Walton College of Business Announced

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The University of Arkansas has announced the formation of a search committee for the position of dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business. In November, Dean Doyle Z. Williams announced that he will return to the faculty of the Walton College in the summer of 2005 after serving as dean for more than 11 years.

The search committee comprises faculty, staff and students from the university, as well as community and business leaders from the region, and has been appointed by Chancellor John A. White and Provost Bob Smith. Vice Chancellor for University Advancement G. David Gearhart will chair the search committee.

“This committee is charged with the difficult task of replacing someone who has done an extraordinary job of advancing the mission of the University of Arkansas,” Gearhart said. “Doyle Williams has served as an exceptional dean for more than a decade, and under his leadership, the Walton College has excelled and garnered impressive national recognition. He leaves a solid foundation that the college can continue to build upon. As chair of this search committee, I know we have an exhaustive search ahead.”

Below is a complete list of the search committee:

. Chairman Gearhart, vice chancellor for university advancement
. John Aloysius, associate professor of information systems
. Michael Britt, chair, Walton College Alumni Society
. Tommy Boyer, chair, Executive Advisory Board of the Sam M. Walton College of Business
. Randy Brown, Walton College undergraduate student and president, Associated Student Government
. Maureen Butler, doctoral student, accounting
. Carolyn Callahan, Doris M. Cook Professor of Accounting
. Patricia Edwards, administrative assistant, marketing and logistics
. Amy Farmer, professor of economics
. Don Finn, Garrison/Wilson Chair in Accounting
. Dan Hendrix, director of corporate and foundation relations
. David Hyatt, assistant dean for finance and administration
. Pu Liu, Harold Dulan Chair in Finance and Robert Kennedy Chair in Finance
. Anne O’Leary Kelly, professor and chair, department of management
. Claudia Mobley, director, Center for Retailing Excellence
. Cynthia Nance, associate professor of law
. Coleman H. Peterson, President/CEO, Hollis Enterprises LLC, Bentonville, Ark.
. Molly Rapert, associate professor of marketing and logistics and director of Walton College Undergraduate Core
. Ashok Saxena, distinguished research chair and dean, College of Engineering