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UB School of Management establishes "Senior Fellows in Entrepreneurship"
Group to Contribute to Education in Entrepreneurship
Buffalo, NY--November
10, 2003 -- The University at Buffalo School of Management has
named eight highly experienced individuals from the local business
community “Senior Fellows in Entrepreneurship.” The
group will assist the school in the development and implementation
of educational initiatives in entrepreneurship.
The “Senior Fellows in Entrepreneurship” program
was formed at the behest of School of Management Dean John M.
Thomas.
“We are planning a number of new programs to integrate entrepreneurial
studies into our curriculum, particularly in areas related to the
university’s mission in the commercialization of technology
and the biotechnology industry,” said Thomas.
“We identified eight prominent individuals who have made
significant contributions to entrepreneurship in Western New York,
and invited them to join this group and share their expertise with
our faculty and students,” Thomas added. “I am honored
that they all have accepted and I look forward to working with
them.”
The inaugural “Senior Fellows in Entrepreneurship” are:
John F. Dunbar, partner, Strategic Investments & Holdings,
Inc.; Robert H. Fritzinger, president and CEO, MicroLanguage;
Thaddeus H. Grasela Jr., president and CEO, Cognigen Corp.; Laszlo
Meszaros,
president and CEO, Meszaros International, Inc.; Thomas A. Palmer,
partner/vice chair, Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel; Nora B. Sullivan,
director, Citigroup Private Bank; Paul Willax, CEO, Center for
Business Ownership, Inc., and Joseph E. Wolfson, president and
CEO, HealthAmerica Network.
According to Thomas,
the Senior Fellows in Entrepreneurship will assist the school
in a variety of significant roles, such as lecturing
in entrepreneurship classes; mentoring MBA students who enroll
in the new Biotechnology Management concentration; advising the
school on how to provide management and business planning assistance
to the university’s initiatives in technology transfer; and
participating with the school’s Center for Executive Education
in the development of short courses and certificate programs in
the field of technology entrepreneurship.
The University at Buffalo
School of Management is ranked as one of the world's top-50 business
schools by The Wall Street Journal.
It also has been cited by Business Week as one of the “best
business schools” in America, and by Forbes for “best
return on investment.” For more information about the UB
School of Management, visit http://www.mgt.buffalo.edu.
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