February 2010
Penn State Names Three Smeal Graduates as Distinguished Alumni
The Penn State Board of Trustees recently selected three Smeal College of Business alumni among the six recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award, the University's highest award for an individual. The 2010 recipients from Smeal are Joan Amble '75, executive vice president and corporate comptroller for American Express Co.; Daniel S. Mead '75, '77 MBA, chief operating officer of Verizon Wireless; and Richard L. Trumka '71, president of the AFL-CIO.
Smeal Professor Testifies Before Congress on Iran Policy
Fariborz Ghadar, director of the Center for Global Business Studies at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, testified on Wednesday before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, regarding the implications of U.S. policies on Iran.
French University Honors Smeal's Hambrick with Honorary Doctorate
Donald Hambrick, Smeal Chaired Professor of Management at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has received an honorary doctorate degree from the Université Panthéon-Assas, one of the major affiliates of the prestigious Universities of Paris.
Penn State Executive Programs Leads Product Development for Thermo Fisher Scientific
Penn State Executive Programs yesterday concluded the second week of a two-week custom executive education program in Philadelphia for Thermo Fisher Scientific titled Strategic Thinking and Product Commercialization.
Changing the Real Estate Landscape at Smeal
The real estate industry has undergone quite a transformation over the past couple years. So too has the real estate environment at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business. Smeal's Institute for Real Estate Studies (IRES), as director Brent Ambrose says, was "formally restarted" in January of 2009. Established in 1985, IRES went dormant for a number of years and was reconstituted in the last two years with the creation of the Real Estate Advisory Board.
Smeal Alumnus Named Los Angeles' 2010 Distinguished Business Leader
The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce last week presented Smeal College of Business alumnus Anthony Buzzelli '71, vice chairman and regional managing partner for the Pacific Southwest region of Deloitte, with its 2010 Distinguished Business Leader Award.
