The Charles G. Thalhimer Family Scholar-in-Residence Program was established in 1984 to provide VCU School of Business students and faculty access to outstanding scholars. The program provides significant opportunities for the exchange of ideas and intellectual growth.

2006 Scholar-in-Residence was M. Lynne Markus, Ph.D.
John W. Poduska, Sr. Chair of Information Management,
Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts – March 28-29, 2006

SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE DRAWS CROSS-DISCIPLINE AUDIENCE

Dr. M. Lynne Markus, John W. Poduska, Sr. Chair of Information
Management, Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts, was the
2006 Charles G. Thalhimer Family Scholar-in-Residence on March 28 and 29. Her 9:30 a.m. presentation on March 28 draw 130 attendees.
She also spoke to the School of Business Business Council, and two
graduate classes during her stay on the campus. Dr. Markus’ presentations
centered on her current research topic “interorganizational technology.”
which she described as having a tremendous potential in
business-to-business environments.

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2005 Dr. George S. Day
Geoffrey T. Boisi Professor, Professor of marketing
Co-Director of Mack Center for Technmological Innovation at Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania

presented"What Does It Mean to be Market Driven?"
Other classroom presentations were scheduled.

2001 Dr. Vernon L. Smith
Director
Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science
George Mason University

2001 Dr. Leonard L. Berry
J.C. Penney Chair of Retailing Studies
Professor of Marketing & Director
Center for Retailing Studies
Lowry Mays College of Business Administration
Texas A&M University

2000 Dr. Peter Tufano
Professor
Business Administration
Harvard Business School

1998 Dr. Raymond R. Burke
E.W. Kelley Chair in Marketing/Accounting
E.W. Kelley School of Business
Indiana University

William M. Cockrum
Professor
Entrepreneurial Studies
John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management

1997 Dr. Amar V. Bhide
Professor
Entrepreneurial Management
Harvard Business School

1996 Dr. Bradford H. Gray
Director
The Institution for Social and Policy Studies
Yale University

1995 Dr. James R. Emshoff
Chairman & CEO
IndeCap Enterprises, Inc.

1994 Dr. Russell L. Ackoff
Anheuser-Busch Professor Emeritus of Management Science
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

1993 Dr. Robert A. Eisenbeis
Wachovia Professor of Banking
Kenan-Flagler Business School
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1991 Dr. Harvey J. Brightman
Regent's Professor of Decision Sciences
Georgia State University

Dr. Robert R. Sterling
The Kendall D. Gariff Professor of Business Enterprises
University of Utah

1990 Dr. Charles R. Plott
The Harkness Professor of Economics & Political Science
California Institute of Technology

1989 Dr. Anthony Downs
International Real Estate
Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution

1988 Dr. Philip R. Cateora
Professor of International Marketing
University of Colorado

1987 Dr. Norma B. Sigband
Professor of Communications
University of Southern California

1986 Dr. Gordon B. Davis
Honeywell Professor of Management Information Systems
School of Management
University of Minnesota

1984 Dr. John B. Miner
Professor of Management & Industrial Relations
Georgia State University