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CONNECTING LEADERS WITH CAUSES THAT MATTER
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A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR IN THIS ISSUE
I would like to welcome all incoming members to Beta Gamma Sigma, the International Honor Society representing the highest recognition a business student can receive. With members in corporate, governmental, non-profit, educational, and other management positions, you have joined the world’s largest network of business school alumni. As the John and Becky Surma Dean of the Smeal College of Business, I witness the life-changing power of philanthropy every day. Examples include scholarships that help assure that a college education remains affordable, program funds that provide resources to transform the collegiate experience for students and faculty, and endowed faculty positions to recruit world-class educators and to fuel innovative discovery across the business disciplines. Through these efforts and many more, I am daily reminded that Penn State alumni are among the most passionate and loyal people I have had the privilege of knowing. I am proud to work at a University that places philanthropy at the forefront of its culture. For more than 40 years, Penn State students have come together to provide emotional and financial support for children and families that have been impacted by childhood cancer through THON—the largest student-run philanthropy in the world. Not only do our students learn about the importance of contributing financially to the organizations whose missions match their own passions, but they learn to give their time and their talent to something in which they believe. As you progress in your own careers, you will likely find that an increasing number of charitable organizations will vie for your time, your talent, and your financial support. That is why I am so pleased to see philanthropy as the theme for the fall HONORS magazine. Your charitable giving will be a personal decision, guided by what you feel passionate about and by the type of impact you want to make in the world.
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Connecting leaders who care with causes that matter.
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Changing the World One Click at a Time
Saying thank you to our supporters.
Learn about online companies that are making it easier to give back.
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The Science Behind Generosity
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Dining For Women Serves Up Empowerment
A look into research and psychology behind altruism.
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This issue provides tools to help guide those decisions.
Charles H. Whiteman Chairman, BGS Board of Governors John and Becky Surma Dean, Smeal College of Business The Pennsylvania State University
COVER STORY
Otake Toshitsugu, Dean, College of International Management, Dean, Graduate School of Management, Trustee of the Ritsumeikan Trust
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A MESSAGE F RO M T H E C E O
Beta Gamma Sigma is the global honor society serving higher education business programs throughout the world. BGS is the oldest international business honor society and the only honor society accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB–International). Since its founding in 1913, BGS has inducted more than 820,000 lifetime members, who reside in all 50 states and 190 countries. These members serve in management and leadership roles in academic, corporate, government, nonprofit, and professional service sectors. Beta Gamma Sigma has over 584 collegiate chapters and 45 alumni chapters and networks around the world. For more information, please visit betagammasigma.org
• • • • • HONORS is published twice yearly in St. Louis, Missouri and distributed by Beta Gamma Sigma.
EDITORIAL Andrea Stolzer astolzer@betagammasigma.org
CONTRIBUTORS Teri Chadwick Emily Lundquist
ADVERTISING Lakshmi Sanjay lsanjay@betagammasigma.org
CHANGE OF ADDRESS updates@betagammasigma.org
In our last issue of HONORS Magazine, we explored the concept of Creating Your Career. Members from all backgrounds and professional stages shared their stories of self-discovery, resilience, and reinvention. As we developed the issue and got to know more about the members you met this spring, an undeniable sub-theme emerged in each and every story: giving back. Whether it was Abby helping farmers of Rwanda feed their families, or Huda using her couture success to support cancer awareness, or Joshua committing decades to Boy Scouts of America and Habitat for Humanity, our members’ good works were never far from the heart of their stories. It seemed that our next theme was chosen for us. Beta Gamma Sigma members have long established themselves as the best in business, but they are also some of the most generous. Our members make up a global community who again and again show their commitment to helping others. They have busy lives and full schedules, and a persevering passion for giving back. Through the BGS Gives Back program, our members have year-round opportunities to organize service events, growing as leaders and teammates while paying their success forward. The program speaks to our core principles of service and leadership, as well as theirs. We have been so impressed by the scope of events our members have taken the initiative to hold that the hardest part of bringing you our cover story was choosing our favorites. This issue of HONORS Magazine takes a look into not just where and how we give, but why we give. Join us as we explore the future of philanthropy, bridging technology and generosity. Then continue with us and discover the latest research on what motivates altruism. Finally, we will introduce you to some of the philanthropic members who shape the future of business by supporting initiatives like the Global Leadership Summit, Master Class Series, and Ethical Leadership Certification. Let this issue inspire you to make an even bigger impact.
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2013, Beta Gamma Sigma celebrated its centennial with the inauguration of an exciting new program. This service-minded initiative was created to encourage BGS members to put their leadership skills to use in bettering their communities. They called it BGS Gives Back Day, and collegiate and alumni chapters around the world embraced it. With the enthusiastic participation of its members and the generous support of KPMG, a world-leading professional services firm, the movement gained momentum. “Serving the community is a central KPMG value. It’s the reason KPMG Foundation supports BGS Gives Back, which focuses on the development of students and alumni as corporate citizens,” said Bernard J. Milano, President of KMPG Foundation. “It was a natural fit.” By 2016, BGS realized that its members’ spirit of altruism couldn’t be confined to one day. And so BGS Gives Back became a year-round service event. Chapters were encouraged to give back throughout the year, making a greater and more sustained impact on their communities and developing Beta Gamma Sigma’s reputation as a society of ethical leaders. One such event took place this summer, when the Phoenix Area Alumni Chapter set aside their busy schedules to volunteer at St. Mary’s Food Bank. The group split into teams and packed emergency food boxes, sorted food, and re-packaged bulk food items. They helped with cold meal preparation and meal packing specifically to help feed senior citizens in the community. By taking just a few hours out of their active lives, their efforts helped St. Mary’s provide more than 600 meals that day. This type of outreach is exactly what BGS Gives Back was designed to foster. While our lifetime members in Phoenix looked to touch the entire community to ease the problem of hunger, BGS Gives Back welcomes outreach efforts large and small, narrow and broad. The opportunities to make an impact are nearly limitless.
GIVING BACK TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH When BGS Gives Back first launched, Beta Gamma Sigma encouraged its chapters to team up with groups like The United Way. One of The United Way’s main goals is to educate children, helping them learn to read and develop character skills. Members of University of North Carolina Greensboro’s BGS chapter joined forces with their local United Way to help them do just that. They coordinated a book drive and collected new and gently used books for school children in the Greensboro area. So effective and compelling was their call to action that one remote student, unable to drop off books in person, even sent in a check in support of the drive. Lasse Palomaki, Student President of the UNCG Greensboro’s BGS chapter, says that thanks to overwhelmingly positive feedback, this event will likely be repeated on an annual basis moving forward. “Not only did we establish a wonderful connection with The United Way of Greater Greensboro, we also found an initiative that our members are passionate about! We have stayed in touch with the United Way, and will continue to work with them not only through the book drive, but through other feasible ways as well.” BGS students at Solbridge International School of Business in South Korea also dedicate an impressive amount of time to helping children. The students are central to a volunteer club called Sol-Caring, whose initiatives also improve the lives of children in their communities and the surrounding areas. This group of young humanitarians spends much of their time at children’s centers, providing free tutoring, English lessons, and mentoring. They also regularly go into Osan City as part of a Solbridge-wide mentoring program, teaching debate and English to at-risk children and teens. The impact they have made on these groups is no small thing: the students of Sol-Caring spent a staggering 400 cumulative hours performing community service last year.
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Solbridge professor Joshua Park attributed this extraordinarily strong sense of volunteerism to the school’s focus on social responsibility: “We place a high value on thinking and acting in a way that is socially responsible,” said Park. “All of our students are assigned to a Career Advisory Professor, with whom they have regular mentoring sessions to provide advice on classes, career, and life in general. We’d like to think that our students are also encouraged to carry that kind of mindset as well.” Halfway across the globe in Chicago, IL, La Rabida is a children’s hospital dedicated to caring for children with chronic illnesses, disabilities, or who have been abused or neglected. At the Dominican University, BGS students
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recently organized a toy drive for the young patients at this facility. A BGS alumnus and her employer, a local accounting firm, joined the efforts to raise funds and collect roughly 400 toys, while BGS Chapter President Renee Hogan encouraged her own employer, the Home Depot, to get involved in the toy drive. In total, the chapter raised an estimated $1,000 in toys for their young recipients. “I was very impressed by the BGS officers this year, particularly Renee Hogan and Maddi Zanoni,” said professor Anne Drougas of Dominican University. In this event and many more, BGS members and Student Officers have found opportunities to hone their leadership while giving back, often serving as the driving forces behind the events.
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GIVING BACK TO SUPPORT WELLNESS Over the years, a number of chapters have found gratification working to support certain health and wellness-focused initiatives. Brock University’s BGS Student Officers Thomas Chan and Yubin Sun felt inspired to support the Arthritis Society over the 2016 holidays. They gathered a group of fellow BGS students, trekked to a local mall, and gift wrapped for donations, which were given directly to the Arthritis Society. Over the course of their afternoon shift, the volunteers wrapped hundreds of gifts for local shoppers and raised money that will fund research into a cure for this disease. While students in Ontario put their efforts toward arthritis research, our alumni in Houston put theirs towards breast cancer research. This summer, members of the Houston Area Alumni Chapter participated in a Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5k dedicated to furthering breast cancer awareness, research and treatment. They raised donations for the cause while wearing special pink BGS t-shirts. Luz Yadira Pena is a BGS member, event participant, and breast cancer survivor, who described the fundraiser: “I wanted to meet more members and learn more about BGS. We walked together, and they made me feel welcomed.”
GIVING BACK TO SUPPORT ALL OF MOTHER EARTH’S CREATURES A number of our most compelling BGS Gives Back events aim to lend a hand to the plants and animals around us. The San Diego Alumni Chapter held a HOPE Telethon at the Helen Woodward Animal Center one November day to help out cats and dogs in their area. San Diego alumni members arrived wearing BGS blue and went on-air live, raising an incredible $667,355. This is a 35% increase in funds raised from the group’s same event the previous year. When asked about why the group chose the HWAC as the recipient of their fundraising event, Alumni Chapter
President Stephanie Swinton explained that the center helps not just animals, but people too, through programs like their horse therapy program and their help with other nonprofits. She also noted that giving back is a mutually-beneficial endeavor for the chapter. “Knowing we are helping to support a good cause that has influence both locally and internationally is nice,” she said. “Additionally, to be able to learn the business side of running a non-profit and benefit from Mike Arms’ vast knowledge has enabled our chapter to understand the deeper business level.” The following month, Zurich University’s BGS chapter bettered its natural environment with light forest work in the woods of Winterthur. In this area of the forest, rare plant species like Orchis Purpurea struggle to get adequate sunlight through overgrown weeds and tall grasses. “There is a real hot spot in Wülflingen, where endangered and vulnerable species prosper on lean soil just because of the hands of some volunteers,” said Zurich University professor Daniel Ulrich. A group of student volunteers packed a picnic lunch and spent the day clearing, weeding, and raking, so that this delicate “red list species” could thrive. And, being the resourceful “best in business” students that they are, they naturally took advantage of the opportunity to network while they toiled. However they choose to express their philanthropy, there is no denying that BGS members are in the business of improving their world. From flowers and dogs to children and the sick, BGS members have room in their hearts for a seemingly endless number of causes. BGS Gives Back has provided opportunities not just for touching the lives of others, but for uniquely meaningful networking and leadership opportunities. “BGS Gives Back opens doors for leaders at all academic and professional stages to make connections as they make a difference,” said Chris Carosella, CEO of Beta Gamma Sigma. “We could not be prouder of our members for their tireless altruism.”
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BETA GAMMA SIGMA depends on the support of donors from across the U.S. and around the world to provide exceptional programming to members. From the Global Leadership Summit to Ethical Leadership Certification, we couldn’t do it without the support of members of all ages and backgrounds.
Travis A. Heneveld, Sales Director International Accounts Motorola Solutions UK Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya BGS member since 1997 (University of South Carolina) BGS donor since 2002 When asked about a favorite BGS memory, Travis recalled attending the opening of the BGS chapter at HHL in Leipzig, Germany in 2004. “I believe it was one of the first chapters in Germany, if not in Europe. It felt great to connect with BGS members who, like me, had chosen to live and work abroad. We met with local school faculty, visiting BGS Board members, and attended a dinner with Dieter Zietsche, CEO of DaimlerChrysler at the time. This event solidified my bond with the BGS community network.” Travis cites BGS’ work with today’s collegiate students as one reason he is a regular donor. “I appreciate how BGS’ operating principles, growth plans and networking opportunities all contribute to blending business education excellence with hands on best practices at an international level, especially for young entrepreneurs and leaders.”
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Dr. Alice Marie Jacobs, President Emerita Danville Area Community College, Danville, Illinois BGS member since 1978 (Western Michigan University) BGS donor since 1998 For this retired educator, giving back to Beta Gamma Sigma is personal. “I was a returning adult student and being inducted into BGS meant a great deal to me. I want to be sure future students have that opportunity, and I know that takes resources.” Dr. Jacobs stays connected to Beta Gamma Sigma through the semiannual issues of HONORS magazine. Dr
George E. Stevens, Dean Emeritus Kent State University, Longmont, Colorado BGS member since 1980 (Kent State University) BGS donor since 2003 Dr. Stevens has been a long-time supporter of BGS. A former chair of the Board of Governors, he’s been committed to the chapter at Kent State for many years as well as BGS chapters around the world. “Just being involved and working with students has been great. One of my priorities was being sure people were aware of BGS outside of the United States.” Dr. George Stevens says two things come quickly to mind when he thinks about why he supports BGS: “First, because BGS is the only honor society for internationally accredited schools through AACSB. For me, that’s a huge connection; and second, to be able to serve young people wherever they are in the world as they get started in business is just an honor.”
Christina Allrich, Director, Chapter & Alumni Operations Beta Gamma Sigma, St. Charles, Missouri BGS Member since 2017 BGS Donor since 2016 As both a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and a staff member at Global HQ, Christina considers herself lucky to witness BGS from both sides of the coin. Because she was able to see what membership in BGS can do to prepare members for future and continued success in their professional lives, Christina wanted to find a way to support its ability to impact even more members. “It’s important for me to work for an organization that I truly believe in, and the mission of BGS really resonates with me. Supporting our members’ lifelong professional development is really at the core of everything we’re doing.”
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We live in an on-demand world. Looking to curate a set of gym classes? There’s an app for that. Need a dog walked, an errand run, a spot in line held? Your wish is on command – every need, want and passing whim can be served with the tap of a finger. In this era of instant gratification, several entrepreneurs saw and seized an opportunity to leverage technology to do good. From microfinance to charitable giving, the result was crowdsourced philanthropy, well-suited to a smartphone wielding and digitally native generation, requiring marginal effort but generating massive global impact.
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hen we think about solving poverty, addressing the refugee crisis or climate change, the numbers get so big it can be very difficult to know how an individual can make any impact on these issues,” explained Jason Riggs, Senior Director of Communications at the San Franciscobased nonprofit Kiva. “When you human scale the problem, you get a sense of empathy and connection that’s easier to transform into action. That’s been part of Kiva’s success.” Founded in 2005, the microfinance platform connects prospective lenders and borrowers from over 80 countries worldwide. The average loan is only $450, but it can be transformative for an individual or business owner in need of cash, the majority of whom are farmers and women. “Kiva was born at this moment where the right technology had just started to develop and there was a greater recognition of the power of microfinance to help the world’s unbanked access capital,” said Riggs, who shared one such instance. After voting in an election in Africa, “this man had both his hands cut off” by the political opposition, Riggs recalls. “Several years later, he wanted to start a shoe repair shop. He got a Kiva loan to buy the equipment, became a cobbler, and now is a very successful man in his village,” said Riggs. “That’s one of those moments where someone is facing uncommon circumstances in their life but works hard, and when given the right opportunity, can succeed with just a little bit of support. The loan was crowdfunded by people who never met him, and to me it shows when human
empathy and decency emerge, what’s possible in our daily interactions and through technology.” That impact is undeniable. Since inception, nearly one billion dollars have moved through the platform, with a new loan being funded every two minutes. It’s now setting its sights on closing the gap left between traditional banks and microfinance institutions, such as funding for social enterprises. “Kiva’s borrowers on average have a 97% repayment rate. If you lend $25 or more, chances are you’ll get your money back,” said Riggs. “You could then relend that same money to another person on Kiva. Do that for ten years and it becomes $250 of impact, and along the way you are picking the people that you want to support and the causes you believe in.”
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hat same spirit of personalization underlies Purposity, an organization that effectively crowdsources the needs of school systems and nonprofits across the country. “We felt like people wanted to do good in the world but didn’t know where to start. You can arrange a doctor’s appointment from your cell phone but have no idea someone two doors down doesn’t have clothes to wear,” explained founder Blake Canterbury. “How do we get people involved with philanthropy who want to do good but don’t have time to do it?”
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The answer seems deceptively simple. While working at an agency in Atlanta, Canterbury along with a few friends developed and piloted the minimal texting platform with a single school system. “After spring of 2016, we looked at what we had done over the three-month testing phase and realized that although we solved their problem, this is the same problem at most schools and nonprofits around the country,” said Canterbury. “So, I left the agency and what we built became Purposity.” Interested donors sign up to receive a weekly text message containing a story of need from the community along with the associated Amazon shopping link. The requested item can be as modest but undeniably important as shoes for a primary grade student. “It’s something small that people can bite off. If you’re busy, ignore it. If you’re interested, read the text message and you may change somebody’s life right now,” said Canterbury. The approach is working. In less than a year, Purposity generated over $40,000 worth of gifts across three
communities. In a single city over just four months, donors fulfilled 675 needs worth over $18,000, saving the affiliated schools 1,100 hours of work and $26,000 in salaries. Canterbury plans to scale considerably as the platform launches a new team functionality and rolls out to 20 more communities this fall. “You turn to Instagram or Snapchat for social, you turn to Google for info, you turn to Purposity to do good,” said Canterbury. “This is a tool for everybody. That’s the brand we’re looking to create.”
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ut what if you could turn to social media to do good? That was the unintended epiphany of #HashtagLunchbag cofounder Ajay Relan. After handing out sack lunches with handwritten notes to the homeless on Christmas Day in 2012, Relan and his friends were struck by the impact the experience had, both on those they encountered and on themselves. “It was powerful to know early on that what we were doing went beyond the meal that we were serving,” said Relan, recalling how one woman thanked him for acknowledging her humanity after just a brief interaction. “It was feeding a different hunger that people had, the desire to be seen. That’s what propelled us to share.” The group took their experience to Instagram, Twitter and other platforms. The overwhelming response prompted them to repeat and eventually formalize the endeavor, launching a monthly series in Los Angeles, creating a website with instructions and resources and later, forming the nonprofit Living Through Giving. “We empower people with tools on how to create the basic foundational elements, but really give them the ability to secure their own location, create their own marketing materials and invite their own peers, friends or colleagues,” explained Relan. “It allows them to utilize the resources they’ve built the way we’ve done it here in LA.”
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That strategy has been the key to #HashtagLunchbag’s success. To-date, events have been held in 150 cities globally, generating over 53,000 uses of the eponymous hashtag. “Through social media we started seeing people in cities all over the country and all over world showing love in a much bigger way,” said Relan. “We believe our approach is very incremental. If we’re relentless in how we treat each ripple of positivity, we can really put a dent in a lot of these social issues.” When the ability to catalyze global social good already rests quite literally in the palm of your hand, the possibilities seem infinite. Instant gratification, indeed. Photo courtesy of #HashtagLunchbag
Emily Lundquist is an MBA candidate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and a member of Beta Gamma Sigma. She works in social media marketing by day and is a freelance writer by night.
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MEET THE BOARD I am very supportive of and impressed with the leadership of Beta Gamma Sigma, the Board of Governors, and the CEO Chris Carosella.
ON TEAMING UP WITH THE CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC TRUST: My fellow BGS Board member, Mr. Alfonzo Alexander, is a worldclass leader who as President of The Center for the Public Trust is taking ethical leadership to new levels of importance among business educators, business students, and leadership practitioners.
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year on Beta Gamma Sigma’s Board of Governors. He is the Dean of Western Kentucky University’s Gordon Ford College of Business, where he also serves as Professor of Management. Prior to this role, he held the Edgerly Family Chair in Business, and was an Associate Dean for Kansas State University’s College of Business Administration. Dean Katz earned his doctorate in management from the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business Administration. He is a Fulbright Scholar with over 50 published scholarly works. We asked him for his thoughts on serving on the Board of Governors, on his chapter’s partnership with The Center for the Public Trust, and on how WKU faculty and alumni pay it forward:
ON SERVING ON THE BGS BOARD OF GOVERNORS: It is a distinct honor to be part of the BGS Board of Governors. I am delighted to be personally involved in the BGS chapter at Western Kentucky University’s Gordon Ford College of Business as I was at Kansas State University. As a Board member, I am thrilled to work alongside excellent business school leaders, members of the business community, and an awesome BGS executive leadership team to help guide the future of our outstanding honor society.
Late last year, I heard Mr. Alexander speak about the CPT at the Global Leadership Summit. I invited him to visit WKU during tapping week to speak to the students about the CPT and the new Ethical Leadership Certification Program. Our Student Advisory Council was presented with the opportunity to foster a Student Center for the Public Trust at WKU, and they voted unanimously to establish a chapter. There was immediate recognition that a student CPT would be a valuable addition to the career-preparation focus that is prevalent throughout the Gordon Ford College of Business. The Center for the Public Trust is a critically important initiative that directly impacts how ethical leadership is integrated into our daily lives. The partnership between BGS and the CPT is an exciting part of our future.
ON PAYING IT FORWARD: Business and personal success for students is about maintaining contact and relationships. BGS is a very powerful opportunity for them to participate in those relationships. Our faculty members dedicate themselves to providing outstanding business education. They have even provided scholarships so that students who need assistance with the induction fee still have the opportunity to join. Our BGS alumni have also paid it forward by helping fund the key in our business school’s newly renovated first floor lobby. One alumnus, Brent Stinnett, stepped forward and established a BGS fund for student induction costs that supports some of our students who are unable to afford the BGS membership fee. Scholarships from Mr. Stinnett have funded a significant number of our inductions over the past few years.
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Top: California State University, Los Angeles hosts its induction and awards ceremony at the close of the school year, joined by special guest speaker John Tallichet, BGS member and CEO of Specialty Restaurants Corp. Middle: Hong Kong Alumni Chapter hosts one of its Coffee with the CXO series, welcoming Ms. Ada Yip, CEO of Urban Spring HK. Bottom: Students receive insight on company recruitment processes during the Talent Recruiter Panel at the 2016 Global Leadership Summit.
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Top: 33 members are inducted into the University of Dallas BGS chapter, bringing the chapter’s total student inductions for this year to 45. Bottom: Members of the San Francisco Alumni Chapter pitch in at Second Harvest Food Bank for a BGS Gives Back service event.
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Top: Shippensburg University holds its induction ceremony, inviting the Philadelphia Area Alumni Chapter President Richard Pensabene to speak to the 60 newest BGS inductees. Bottom Left: The San Diego Area Alumni Chapter takes a behind-the-scenes tour of the San Diego Opera. Bottom Right: Members of the Lander University BGS Chapter host a winter coat drive in cooperation with the local United Way, collecting over 75 coats for the needy.
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Top: The College of Business at University of Texas-Arlington re-dedicated their key after re-furbishing and re-casting it from high quality bronze alloy, inviting Dallas/Ft. Worth Area Alumni Chapter President Jason Bottenfield as speaker. Bottom: University of Alaska Fairbanks holds its induction ceremony.
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Top: The Orange County Area Alumni Networking Group enjoys a networking event over happy hour. Bottom Left: Students pose for a selfie after the Universiti Utara Malaysia induction ceremony. Bottom Right: In Peru, CENTRUM invites 150 members to a local theatre to see the play, “The Curious Case of the Dog in the Nighttime.”
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Self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.” — Mahatma Gandhi
At higher rates than ever measured before, people are giving of their time, energy and resources. As we progress through the 21st century, we are developing a sophisticated picture into this self-sacrifice and generosity. We know which countries are most generous, which age groups most
active in volunteerism, and which method of giving most popular globally. We continue to learn how human psychology plays a role into how and why we give, and use this knowledge to learn more about ourselves as a global community.
The World Giving Index is a comprehensive report that gives insights into the scope and nature of giving around the world. Published annually by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), the survey uses data gathered by market researchers at Gallup, and ranks over 140 countries (95% of the world’s population) based on the charitable behaviors of their citizens. It examines three measures of giving: helping a stranger, donating money, and volunteering their time and efforts. In the most recent World Giving Index
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stranger is the most common way of giving. Instances of Good Samaritan giving are only increasing. For the first time since the World Giving Index began, more than half of the world's population (51.4%) reported that they had helped at least one stranger during the month prior to the 2016 survey.
Hand = helping a stranger Coins = money given Clock = time volunteered (2016), Myanmar took the #1 ranking for its third consecutive year. Other listtoppers were the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Canada, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United Arab Emirates. The World Giving Index also reveals distinct patterns in the giving behaviors within various age groupings. There has been a slight increase in volunteerism globally, and 30-49 year olds are largely to thank for this trend, especially in developed countries. They are organizing food drives, fundraising,
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mentoring and coaching more frequently than ever measured before by the CAF. Not surprisingly, older people (50+) surveyed are more likely to give money to charitable causes. This 50+ group also led the pack in 2016 for helping a stranger. Strangers often include those hit by natural disasters, such as the devastating 7.8 earthquake in Ecuador; civil wars, like the ongoing conflict in Libya; or other large-scale tragedies. In fact, everywhere but in the Oceana region, which more regularly favors donating money, helping a
What the index does not tell us is what motivates people to give their time or money. James Andreoni, an economics professor at the University of CaliforniaSan Diego, has identified what he calls the “warm glow” theory of giving. Warm glow is the pleasure people feel in knowing they have helped others and contributed to the greater good. This impulse is driven by the human need for connection. According to Andreoni, “[Warm glow] helps us stick together as communities and take care of each other.” The phenomenon is sometimes called the “helper’s high,” which scientists believe is triggered by endorphins released in the brain after altruistic behaviors. Researchers Christopher Olivola and Eldar Shafir have more recently studied what they call the “martyr effect”. This counter-intuitive concept states that people are more likely to participate in charitable works when they anticipate pain and discomfort. Consider the recent Ice Bucket Challenge phenomenon. The challenge
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paired pledges for charitable giving with the physical discomfort of dumping a large bucket of ice and water over the participant’s head. Videos were posted to social media, amplifying the publicity of the “suffering”. Other acts of philanthropy tapping into the martyr effect include marathons, polar plunges, and walking across hot coals for charity. “Making charitable giving contingent upon a painful experience adds meaningfulness and symbolic value to the donation process and to the donation itself,” according to Olivola. “As a result, people donate more when fundraising is painful or effortful.” He and Shafir found that the phenomenon is strongest when the charitable cause in question itself involves human suffering. Subjects would support and participate in an Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS or a marathon for MS, but would be less likely to walk across hot coals to raise funds for a new public park. Human beings also experience what is called scope insensitivity or scope neglect, whereby we have difficulty visualizing large numbers. Practically, this means that when we give to help an individual, we won’t double that amount if asked to give to support two individuals. This leads us to a third philanthropic motivator called the “identifiable victim effect,” referring to the tendency of givers to
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If I look to the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will.” — Mother Theresa
give more generously when a specific, identifiable person, shown under hardship, is presented as the beneficiary of the charity. This specific beneficiary consistently garners more donations than a large or vaguely defined group pictured with the same hardship. Mother Theresa knew this concept well, and was known to have said, “If I look to the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will.” Charity requests will backfire, however, if the audience considers the appeal an emotionally manipulative portrayal of suffering. This manipulation is sometimes referred to as “poverty porn,” a term coined in the 1980s. We cannot discount the power of a healthy dose of peer pressure when studying what motivates people to give. Economist John List of the University of Chicago studied the extent to which social pressure plays a role in philanthropic giving. His research indicated that roughly three-quarters of dollars given are the result of peer pressure. This means that individuals put on the spot with charity requests are much more likely to oblige than those asked in private or via the anonymity of a screen or a letter. The devastating
2010 earthquake in Haiti presented another opportunity for givers to respond positively to peer pressure: donors documented their recent donations via social media along with a phone number that others could text to give in kind, and a remarkable number of peers did just that. Tens of millions of dollars were raised for the relief efforts through text message alone. Much of this research can be encompassed by Maslow’s theory of self-actualization. When peoples’ most pressing needs—food, shelter, community—are met, they are driven to achieve self-actualization. Indicators of self-actualization include (a) a feeling of closeness to other people, (b) embracing the realities of the world rather than denying them, (c) a highly developed sense of morality, and (d) an interest in solving problems, often the problems of others. People express themselves most fully when making the world a better place and contributing to something bigger than themselves. How better to describe philanthropists than with Maslow’s criteria?
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We know that giving makes us feel good, demonstrated by the warm glow effect and the helper’s high. Giving has been linked with endorphins as well as oxytocin,
a hormone that induces feelings of wellbeing and even euphoria. It helps us feel good about ourselves, sometimes due to the intrinsic reward of knowing we have helped another person, and sometimes due to the extrinsic reward of publicly showing our peers what
a generous person we are. It helps us feel connected, whether with a specific person or group that our giving uplifts, or with the peers that we join in shared giving. Giving isn’t just good for the recipient; it’s good for the giver.
FO GIV R ING GO OD Women of Jharkhand, India take classes on mushroom cultivation on a rooftop.
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Child marriage is a controversial practice that is widespread across Middle Eastern countries like Afghanistan. Sometimes it is done through a custom called badal, whereby two families exchange women or children as brides. Other times, the marriage is a baad, with the bride serving as compensation for a crime to the groom’s family. Repayment of debt or the acquisition of bride price serves as another motivation for families to marry off their female relatives at a young age. Early child marriage puts girls at a substantially higher risk of abuse, sexual infections, pregnancy complications and maternal death. In fact, the World Health Organization states that outside of sub-Saharan Africa, Afghanistan’s rate of maternal mortality is the second highest in the world. Pregnancy complications account for 32% of all deaths for girls ages 15-19. Because of exclusionary local customs and pregnancy, young child brides are often unable or disallowed from continuing their education past their wedding day. Only about one in five adolescent Afghan girls can read— compared to one in two adolescent
boys—and there is a strong correlation between child marriage and illiteracy. For 500 girls and teens in Northern Afghanistan, this fate may be avoided with the help of some women half a world away. About 8,000 women will gather in groups across the United States this month to share food and community in each other’s homes. Most of them will share potluck-style meals, although some will meet over coffee, and others may enjoy dessert. While they take part in this “socializing with substance,” they will learn about these young women and get to know the challenges they face. There is no required amount, but most of them will donate roughly the amount they might have spent in a restaurant: about $35. These women are part of the world’s largest educational giving circle. Dining For Women is dedicated to eradicating poverty among women and girls in the developing world. Dining for Women began humbly 14 years ago, when one of its co-founders read an article that inspired her to host a potluck dinner in support of Women for Women International. A group of
about 20 friends raised over $700 that first night and were inspired to continue their efforts. Co-founders Marsha Wallace and Barb Collins made it their mission to grow the power and reach of the organization. And grow it did. “We’re creating global citizens here from the US that are aware of international issues and are taking action,” said Wendy Frattolin, Communications & Membership Director at Dining For Women. Each month, a carefully-selected grantee is supported by the organization’s 400 chapters. The money raised this month will go directly to Sahar Education in the Balkh Province, where it will be put to use in the prevention of early marriage of female students in two Northern Afghanistan schools. “The single best thing we can do to end extreme poverty is to create equality for women and girls internationally,” said Beth Ellen Palleman, President of Dining For Women. “Dining For Women’s grantees are in 40 different countries, and we’ve funded about 214 grants to 142 different organizations.”
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Left: DFW President Beth Ellen Palleman visits Peru to meet the girls of Chicuchas Wasi, the featured grantee for the month of April 2017. Top right: Dining For Women supports grantee Community Cloud Forest Conservation, here educating young women on stream ecology to limit environmental degradation. Bottom right: Women of both the Lima, Peru chapter and several US chapters share dinner at a monthly DFW meeting.
Last year they raised over $1 million in monthly chapter donations. In addition to their monthly Featured Grantees, the organization selects Sustained Grantees, giving them longerterm support in achieving their goals. Dining for Women also partners with the Peace Corps in support of its Let Girls Learn Fund, providing grants which are used to fund grassroots projects in countries where the Peace Corps operates. For members seeking to form a deeper understanding of the lives they are changing, a travel program brings them face-to-face with the grantees they have served. Members are given the opportunity to close the physical distance and get to know not just the women and girls benefitting from their efforts, but also their cultural and regional history.
Francine Fleming, co-leader of a Dining For Women chapter in Houston, TX has traveled to Kenya, Vietnam and Cambodia with the organization. “We were able to meet DFW grant recipients and hear their stories, see what their lives were about, their difficulties and their joys,” she said. “I have not only loved the travel opportunities because of the connection with the grantees, but also have made wonderful friends from all over the US because of these trips.” The organization is in the process of developing an advocacy program, which will address the root causes of poverty and gender inequality through efforts like phone calls to elected representatives, speaking to community groups, and writing Letters to the Editor. Palleman hopes to grow active membership from 8,000 to 20,000
in order to expand the global reach through grants, travel, partnerships and grassroots advocacy. “We are making a difference together and touching the lives of women just like us who have families and hopes and dreams,” said Fleming. “We are making their dreams come true and that is indeed very, very important in our global world with all that we have here in the United States.”
If you would like to help Dining For Women and Sahar Education end childhood marriage for these 500 girls and young women of Afghanistan, visit diningforwomen.org/donate. To join a chapter or to start one of your own, visit diningforwomen.org/join-us.
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SAY THANK YOU TO A LEADER IN YOUR LIFE We are pleased to acknowledge the following tribute and memorial gifts received between March 1 and June 30, 2017. TRIBUTES In Honor of Radwan Ali, PhD Ms. Randy S. Stuart In Honor of Dr. Jennifer P. Bott Anthony W. Smith In Honor of Robert T. Campbell Robert E. Campbell In Honor of James Haan Paul Glantz
BGS' NEW TRIBUTE GIFT PROGRAM is an easy and meaningful way to say thank you. We will send your honoree a lovely card including your personal message of thanks. And with your gift, you demonstrate your commitment to Beta Gamma Sigma and its standards of academic and business excellence. It’s a wonderful way to say ‘thank you’ to someone who has made a difference in your life: • The professor or boss who took a special interest in you. • The Dean or mentor who inspired you. • The fellow student or colleague who encouraged you.
In Honor of Betty Jo Licata Teri Chadwick In Honor of Amber Nicholson Teri Chadwick MEMORIALS In Memory of Howard E. Lovely Marilyn Lovely
• The business leader who opened a door for you. • The friend or family member who has supported you on your journey. Your gift will support programs like the Global Leadership Summit, Ethical Leadership Certification, and more. All gifts to BGS are taxdeductible. Suggested minimum gift is $10. Use the enclosed envelope or you can also mail your gift and notification instructions to us at Beta Gamma Sigma, 11814 Borman Drive, Saint Louis MO 63146.
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PROFILE
BGS Member Anthony W. Smith: Chairman of Ball State University Foundation Board, Beta Gamma Sigma Member
Anthony Smith was no stranger to philanthropy when he and his wife Marla learned of the Beta Gamma Sigma Tribute Gift Program and jointly became its first participants. Smith was drawn to the opportunity to use the program to support Beta Gamma Sigma programming while honoring a leader in his professional life. Previously the Alexis de Tocqueville Chairman of the United Way of Central Indiana, this 40-year veteran of Ernst & Young is not only a member of Ball State University’s Founder’s Club, but he has also recently taken on the mantle of Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Ball State University Foundation. His impact on these organizations has been substantial, and his success
is partly due to his habit of leading by generous example. “Giving people share their treasure. If you’ve done it yourself, it’s easy to ask people to join you,” he says.
the College of Business, and joined Smith on a number of fundraising “asks”.
Smith graduated from Ball State with a BS in Accounting in 1968, a decade before Ball State established its BGS chapter. Nearly 50 years later, in April 2016, Smith was inducted as a chapter honoree and became a BGS member.
“She’s the best thing since sliced bread,” Smith said of Dean Bott. “A real star. If we could clone her, Ball State would be the better for it.”
When Smith read about Beta Gamma Sigma’s Tribute Gift Program in Honors Magazine, he instantly thought of Dr. Jennifer Bott, Dean of the Miller College of Business at Ball State. Smith had worked extensively with Dean Bott on a campaign to raise $3 million to rename the accounting department after alumnus Paul W. Parkinson, and he found her to be extremely dedicated. Dean Bott developed a case statement of ideas, attended almost every committee meeting, worked tirelessly to engage
He knew that the Tribute Gift Program would be an excellent way to honor this champion of Beta Gamma Sigma and Ball State University. Dean Bott received the thoughtful card with a personal message from the Smiths, and was touched. “I was so immensely pleased that Tony and Marla gifted the top honor society for business students in my name,” she said. “The Miller College is made stronger by the time and dedication of faithful alumni like Tony. What a great honor for us that Tony was the inaugural donor!”
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MEET THE DEAN
Dean Otake Toshitsugu
joined Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in 2009, quickly progressing through the positions of associate professor, associate dean, and professor. In 2015, he became dean of both the College of International Management and the Graduate School of Management. Outside of the university, he holds membership in several business associations, including the American Risk and Insurance Association and the Society of Actuary Japan. Dean Otake holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Science in Statistics from Iowa State University, as well as a Master of Science in Statistics and a Master of Art in Mathematics from Central Missouri State University. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Commercial Science from Yokohama City University. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University is home to one of Beta Gamma Sigma’s newest chapters, established this May. We asked Dean Otake for his thoughts on the early benefits of establishing a chapter, his upcoming plans for BGS Gives Back participation, and advice to young leaders hoping to excel globally.
ON THE BENEFITS OF ESTABLISHING A BGS CHAPTER: Joining the global network of BGS chapters supports and expands the international perspective of our programs as well as the networks of our students. Many of our students enjoy the challenge of being the first to tackle a new opportunity. In the last year we have earned AACSB accreditation, and also captured one of the top spots in the first Times Higher Education ranking of domestic Japanese universities. Establishing the first Japanese BGS chapter gives us an opportunity to further our reputation as the leading international university in Japan.
ON BGS GIVES BACK: With students from across the world, members of our community have direct connections to many of the disasters or humanitarian crises that we see in the news. Our students have a strong tradition of volunteering and giving back. It is only natural for our chapter to participate in a larger effort like BGS Gives Back. Philanthropy, charity, and volunteerism are tied in many ways to our founding principles
Otake Toshitsugu, Dean, College of International Management Dean, Graduate School of Management, Trustee of the Ritsumeikan Trust
of freedom, peace, humanity, and mutual international understanding. Giving back through philanthropic or volunteer activities allows our students to express concern for other people, increase mutual understanding, and play a role in shaping the future of the region.
ON LEADING GLOBALLY: Successful business leaders need intercultural communication skills and a global perspective, and imparting these abilities is a key part of our mission. Intercultural communication is not merely the ability to speak multiple languages, but the ability to work across differences, and to hear and understand opinions from different cultural backgrounds. Interacting with people from various countries—in an environment without a clear majority or minority—can be an important part of learning to work through historical and cultural differences. Our business schools have succeeded in building such an environment, providing our students practical experience in understanding and overcoming the communication challenges common to global business.
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Beta Gamma Sigma
gratefully acknowledges the many donors who support THE HONORS FUND with gifts that support vital programming at BGS like the Global Leadership Summit or Ethical Leadership Certification, as well as the academic partners who sponsor various events. The following list reflects gifts received between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017. Thank you for your support! Every effort was made to ensure accurate information. If you discover an error or omission, please send an email to bgshonors@betagammasigma.org.
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Dean’s Council $1,000 - $4,999 Arizona State University Award Concepts Brandeis International Business School College of William & Mary Dixon Hughes Goodman Educational Testing Service Fidelity Charitable Fund First Hawaiian Bank Foundation Innovaision LLC
Jacksonville University La Salle University Marielle Heijltjes Melkus Family Foundation Northern Trust Corp. Rice University Rollins College Southern Methodist University Texas A&M University – Commerce Texas State University – McCoy The Fund for American Studies The Pennsylvania State University University of Missouri – Columbia University of North Carolina – Kenan Flagler University of Tampa University of Texas – Arlington University of Tulsa University of Virginia – McIntire Vanderbilt University California State University, Sacramento Michael J. Poulos Indiana University Thomas F. Veldman Kent State University George E. Stevens North Carolina A&T State University Bernard J. Milano Miami University Sanford Jacobs Robert J. Kamerschen
All gifts reflect donations received between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017.
Southern University and A&M College Donald R. Andrews Texas Christian University Gordon R. England The University of Georgia Ogden O. Allsbrook University of Miami Saundra Kaplan University of Southern California Doreen L. Gee University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Kenneth J. Melkus Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University James A. Hixon Youngstown State University Christina Carosella
Sigma Circle $500 - $999 Anthony W. Smith Fidelity Charitable Fund First Hawaiian Bank Foundation O’Connell Electric Company Reutzel Foundation Schwab Charitable Fund Western Kentucky University Aston University Tim Watts Bradley University John T. Wholihan
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University of Kansas Larry D. Horner* University of Massachusetts George P. Shea University of North Texas Sandra Jacaman University of Notre Dame Emil Peter University of Washington Seattle Robert E. Hallowell University of Wisconsin – Madison Anton T. Vanek University of WisconsinMilwaukee Lea E. O'Day Valdosta State University Jerry J. Jennett Youngstown State University Betty Jo Licata
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University of South Dakota Denise T. Smart University of Southern California Jay H. Grodin University of Virginia Brian S. Roberts University of WisconsinMadison Daniel L. Goelzer Thomas G. Ragatz University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Lawrence C. Bittner Sharon F. Alferi Washington University Rowland Ricketts John P. Wareham West Virginia University Thomas J. Krzys Wichita State University Arthur A. Winquist
Beta Circle $100 - $249 Adele M. Thomas Charitable Foundation B. D. Fischer Barbara Bealer Barnie Walker California State University – San Bernardino Carver/Delaney Families Foundation Communities Foundation of Texas Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Denise Bickerstaff Duke University – Fuqua EL GEO Enterprises Fidelity Charitable Fund Frostburg State University George Glen Callaway Trust Hays T. Watkins Trust Henry & June Seifert Trust
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BetaGammaSigma.org | 33 Hoover-Lenox Family Trust Number 10E13 Illinois Institute of Technology– Stuart Iona College Jed C. Goodall Lehigh University Leibner Cooper Family Foundation Long Island University – Post Marilyn M. Lovely Meredith College MBA Program MFT Investment Corp. New York Institute of Technology Northeastern Illinois University Phyllis Baker Quantum Associates, Inc Robert Dalal Robert, Martha and John Atherton Foundation Rochester Institute of Technology Saint Louis University Saint Xavier University San Francisco State University Schwab Charitable Fund Southern Arkansas University Southern Illinois University Sylvester Houston Texas State University The Arend W.D. Vos Charitable Fund for the Ayco Charitable Fund The Citadel The Haskell Foundation The John and Ruth Moyer Charitable Fund of the Ayco Charitable Fund The John J. Creedon Foundation The Lippey Company The Luciano Family Trust Theodore J Biagini, Ttee Thomas A. Przelomiec University of California – Irvine University of Iowa – Tippie University of Michigan – Dearborn, College of Business University of San Diego University of South Dakota University of St. Thomas
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Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main Jochen Woelpert Hofstra University Charles J. Mulhern Roger R. Threlfall Indiana State University James M. Gutting Indiana University Martha A. Atherton Clarence H. Doninger James M. Goff David E. Greene William C. Jewell Gail E. Mullin David B. Pearson George W. Rohe Patricia M. Taylor Marilyn L. Vale Indiana University South Bend Janet A. Barnhill James Madison University Ann H. Shawver Kennesaw State University Thomas A. George Kent State University Pradeep A. Rau Robert A. Vincent La Salle University Michele J. Gray Lehigh University Joan B. Cole Philip R. Peller Louisiana State University Virginia J. Kahnt Louisiana Tech University Bruce W. Berry Loyola University Chicago Nelia D. Castillo Ed L. Kester Gerard A. Swick Loyola University Maryland Michael B. Adams Loyola University New Orleans Brandt J. Dufrene
Marquette University Teresa Parker Richard A. Romano Miami University James W. Pellot Michigan State University Richard W. Bergson John S. Flintosh Edward E. Hagenlocker E. Craig Lesley Stephen P. Stonestreet Middle Tennessee State University Tracey Hoover Monmouth University Elizabeth E. Cotter Montclair State University Betty R. Nolan Naval Postgraduate School Antonio L. Scinicariello New York University Mara E. Baror Calvin R. Carver Chiaho Chang John J. Creedon Joel E. Ewan Donald E. Foley Alan P. Gallo David M. Levine Richard C. Nerod Samuel H. Owens Gregory S. Patrick Steven B. Wolitzer Gunda E. Vesque Northeastern University Thomas P. Brady Michael J. Dziuba Stephen P. Schultz Gary H. Stein Northern Illinois University Harman J. Ziev Harry G. Beckner Northwestern University Charles R. Enever Kenneth A. Fry Gordon G. Rockafellow *Deceased
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The University of Tennessee at Knoxville Lynda L. Newton The University of Texas at Arlington Mark C. Hensel The University of Texas at Austin Donelson M. Houseman The University of Texas at Tyler Laura Koenig Young Cadmus Williams Thunderbird School of Global Management Slobodan Jaksic Tulane University Stephen M. Berman Lance B. Young University at Albany, State University of New York Edward J. Wehle University at Buffalo, State University of New York Sherman A. Cox Kenneth I. Tuchman University of Alabama at Birmingham Armin K. Tilley University of Arkansas Richard M. Bushkuhl Oneta C. Cox David R. Malone Harry Shipley Robert E. Wahlman University of Bridgeport Andrew M. Dolny University of California, Berkeley James A. Craft Jennifer L. Eccles Manfred Michlmayr Gerald E. Myers Kenji Tomita University of California, Los Angeles William H. Barbour
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West Virginia University Marie L. Prezioso Western Michigan University Q. Terry Wilber Wichita State University Melvin L. Bird
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A Lifetime of Giving to Beta Gamma Sigma There are thousands of BGS members who invest in the Society every year and provide essential leadership education for future generations of BGS members. These philanthropic gifts of support make the Global Leadership Summit, Master Class Series, Ethical Leadership Certification and more possible every year. There are a select group of donors who, over time, have consistently demonstrated outstanding levels of support. We are pleased and humbled to acknowledge the following Beta Gamma Sigma members for their exceptional commitment to Beta Gamma Sigma.
25+ Years of Consecutive Giving Neil P. Anderson University of California – Berkeley Inductee, 1961 Steven M. Bernstein University of Minnesota Inductee, 1969 Robert L. Boumann University of Nebraska – Lincoln Inductee, 1967 Sallie C. Brown Case Western Reserve University, 1977
Leland E. Leisz University of California – Berkeley Inductee, 1962
Donald R. Beall University of Pittsburgh Inductee, 1961
Dr. Robert D. Reid James Madison University Inductee, 1996
Thomas J. McManus Northeastern University Inductee, 1973
Bruce D. Bottomly Michigan State University Inductee, 1969
Theodore C. Rogers Marquette University Inductee, 1968
G. R. Nelsen Miami University Inductee, 1963
Paul F. Eckel University of Buffalo-State University of New York Inductee, 1952
Dr. Kenneth L. Stanley Emory University Inductee, 1970
Dr. Ronald J. Patten Michigan State University Inductee, 1959 Dr. David B. Pearson Indiana University Inductee, 1958
M. A. Evans Washington and Lee University, 1953
Chester E. Rauch Drake University Inductee, 1976
Dr. Felix C. Garcia Oklahoma State University, 1986
Lynne L. Rogerson University of Rochester Inductee, 1973
Jay H. Grodin University of Southern California Inductee, 1966 Dr. John P. Harman Clemson University Inductee, 1981 John F. Hill University of Rochester Inductee, 1977 Rodger L. Johnson Georgia State University Inductee, 1982 James R. Kearnan Boston College Inductee, 1965 William B. Kennedy Roosevelt University Inductee, 1968
Robert C. Salem Kansas State University Inductee, 1985 Thomas B. Sleeman University of Illinois Inductee, 1953 Richard C. Viinikainen The University of Michigan Inductee, 1963 Richard A. Warne Indiana University Inductee, 1956
Lifetime Giving of $10,000+ Dr. Ogden O. Allsbrook University of Georgia Inductee, 1976
All gifts reflect donations received between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017.
Dr. James W. Fenton Jr. Francis Marion University Inductee, 1976 Lawrence D. Glaubinger Indiana University Inductee, 1949 Dr. Carl W. Gooding University of Georgia Inductee, 1972 Queens University of Charlotte Inductee, 2008 Bernard J. Milano North Carolina AT&T State University Inductee, 2000 Temple University Inductee, 2009 Rampaho College of New Jersey Inductee, 2016 Joseph W. Moeller BGS Business Achievement Award Recipient, 2005 Wyckoff Myers University of Florida Inductee, 1947 Dr. John M. Norwood Louisiana State University Inductee, 1980
Dr. George E. Stevens Kent State University Inductee, 1980 James Viehland University of Rhode Island Inductee, 1980 Dr. James K. Weeks East Carolina University Inductee, 1970 Dr. John T. Wholihan Bradley University Inductee, 1979 Christopher T. Winkler Indiana University Inductee, 1992 Beta Gamma Sigma extends sincere appreciation to these donors and the thousands of other BGS members who include Beta Gamma Sigma in their personal philanthropy. Every effort was made to ensure accurate information. If you discover an error or omission, please send an email to bgshonors@ betagammasigma.org.
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