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and former faculty news The JMU Emeriti Association is a multifaceted organization open to all faculty and administrative personnel who have been granted emerita or emeritus status by the JMU Board of Visitors. The organization provides an opportunity for retired faculty to continue association with colleagues and to maintain ties to the university community. More than 130 retired faculty and administrative professional staff members are actively involved with the JMU Emeriti Association. The professional and social organization encourages the interaction of emeriti through meetings, special interest groups and trips to cultural programs. For more information, please contact Faculty Emeriti President Rex Fuller at rfuller@northriver.coop or Sherry King, director of Parent and Faculty Emeriti Relations at kingsf@jmu.edu or phone at (540) 568-8064.
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Paul E. Bierly, JMU professor or management, died July 4, 2013, after a long battle with cancer. Bierly taught in the JMU College of Business from 1998 until February 2013. He taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Strategic Management and Management of Innovation and Technology. He was the zane D. Showker Professor of Entrepreneurship, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, and later became director of the M.B.A. Program where he created the highly successful Innovation M.B.A. Program. Kenneth D. Bahn, JMU professor or marketing, died Oct. 10, 2013. Bahn served in the United States Navy as a data analyst from 1967 to 1971. He was a professor of marketing for more than 20 years at JMU and also served as director of the M.B.A. program at JMU from 1997 to 2008. He was instrumental in creating an innovative international M.B.A. program in information security. He was the recipient of numerous awards including the Bartee Award for Teaching Innovation, the Rothenberger Faculty Fellowship and was honored as a JMU College of Business Madison Scholar. ➜ All former professors are encouraged to contribute an “Emeriti Note” at madisonmag@jmu.edu.
22 attorneys at Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP named 2014 Best Lawyers in America by U.S. News & World Report. Wright graduated from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law in 2002.
development conference in July 2013. All four hold the designation of Certified Government Financial Manager.
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is director of mental training for the Baltimore Orioles.
John H. Lynskey Jr. was 89 elected and served as the In February 2013 Vonya 2012–13 national treasurer for 93 Philicia Alleyne was promoted to vice president of the Association of Government Accountants, a 15,000 member Human Resources for Cox Comassociation of governmunications–Virginia, serving approximately ment accountability professionals. Lynskey 2,300 employees. is a deputy director Alleyne oversees all aspects of Cox Virwithin the National Science Foundation’s ginia human resources Office of Budget, functions, including Finance and Award employee relations; compensation and benManagement. Kelly Stefanko (’94) also efits; recruitment and serves on the Associaretention; training and tion of Government Rick Eisenman (’93) organizational develAccountants National opment and safety; Executive Committee as a senior and risk and security. ✱ Rick Eisenman, founder and owner vice president. Lynskey and Stefanko joined fellow JMU of Eisenman & Associates Inc., accounting alumni Kerry Canbegan his consulting company in field (’94) of CACI and Charbet 1993 as a one-man operation with just two clients. Today the RichDuckett (’88), a partner with Williams Adley and Co. LLP, at mond-area company has more the AGA’s national professional than 30 clients and a staff of six.
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