New Lubar Dean Tim Smunt - UW-Milwaukee

Outlook Fall 

The Lubar School’s magazine for alumni and friends 

On the Job: 

New Lubar Dean Tim Smunt 

Inside: 

M&I Center for Business Ethics 

Gaining Impact, Recognition 

Insider Tells Tale of Madoff Scandal 

Multicultural Mentoring Program 

2009

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Cover photo: Dean Tim Smunt (center) with Lubar students 

(clockwise) Sarah Kuester, Ryan Fieck, Brittany Johnson, and 

Nick Kadulski. 

Published by the Sheldon B. Lubar 

School of Business, University of 

Wisconsin–Milwaukee as a source of 

information for alumni and friends. 

Dean: 

Timothy L. Smunt 

Editor: 

Kristine Piwek 

Contributors: 

Angela McManaman 

Graphic Designer: 

Susan McKay 

Photos: 

Peter Jakubowski 

Alan Magayne-Roshak 

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UWM Lubar School of Business 

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In This Issue 

Outlook 

FALL 2009 

2 Message from the Dean 

3 M&I Center for Business Ethics Gaining Impact, Recognition 

5 Insider Tells Tale of Madoff Scandal 

6 On the Job: New Lubar Dean Tim Smunt 

9 Going Against the “Thundering Herd” 

10 Judith G. Scott (MBA ’81), Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. 

11 Multicultural Mentoring Program 

12 Study Abroad: China and the New World Economy 

13 Paul Strebel (BBA ’94), Honeywell International 

14 James R. Mueller Scholar Named 

15 Faculty Research: Doctor Autonomy Linked to Technology 

Resistance and Reduced Health Care Quality 

16 Conference Focuses on Multistate Tax 

16 Research Seminar Series 

17 Night at the Harley-Davidson Museum 

18 Faculty Kudos 

20 2009 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards 

21 Education and a Dream 

22 2009-10 Scholarship Awards 

25 Alumni on the Move 

26 Honor Roll of Donors 

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Message from the Dean 

Dean Timothy L. Smunt 

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Hello! My name is Tim Smunt, and I’m pleased to introduce myself to you as 

the new dean of the Lubar School of Business. 

Since I arrived in Milwaukee late this summer, I’ve been captivated by a fascinating 

story. It’s set in a large Midwestern city and revolves around the pivotal, life-changing 

choices the characters make, the cast of people who infl uence their decisions, and 

the paths the heroes ultimately forge in life. 

However, I’m not reading a novel. I’m learning your story. The story of 25,000 Lubar 

business alumni, the faculty and staff dedicated to our students and to knowledge 

creation, the community that we serve, and our higher purpose in management 

education and free enterprise. 

As a newcomer to Milwaukee, the collective Lubar story has been unfolding with each 

conversation I’ve had with alumni, students, faculty, and business partners. What has 

emerged from those discussions is a picture of a great institution — an institution 

whose mission and quality have powered outstanding careers, generated signifi cant 

intellectual capital, and meaningfully connected us with business organizations 

across the region. I feel truly honored to join a school that instills such pride and has 

made such a signifi cant impact. 

A major factor in my decision to come to the Lubar School was its reputation for 

quality. As I’ve gotten to know you better, you have generously shared your personal 

experiences and your feelings of pride in that reputation. I have also come to 

understand that we have a strong, common desire to see our reputation for 

excellence recognized further — to be acknowledged nationally and among our 

peers as a great business school producing outstanding graduates and quality 

research. I look forward to working with you as we continue to move the meter on 

our national reputation. 

Yes, we have an impressive story. But the best part of a great narrative is that it 

leaves you longing for more. Thank you for your continuing support as we write the 

next chapter! 

Timothy L. Smunt 

Sheldon B. Lubar Dean

M&I Marshall & Ilsley Center for Business Ethics 

M&I Business Ethics Center Engages Students, 

Gains Recognition 

Should business schools teach ethics 

and values to students? AACSB 

International (the accrediting 

organi zation for business schools) contends 

in a 2004 report on Ethics Education in 

Business Schools that, while “ethics educa - 

tion is not the exclusive province of business 

schools…all of us involved in business 

education need to think more deeply and 

creatively about how to advance ethical 

awareness, ethical reasoning skills, and core 

ethical principles” among our students. 

That premise helped launch the M&I 

Marshall & Ilsley Center for Business 

Ethics in 2006. Just three years later, its 

initiatives are bearing fruit among students 

and faculty, and are gaining international 

recognition for Lubar faculty experts. 

Engaging Students 

The center’s mission, according to faculty 

director Richard L. Priem, Manegold 

Professor of Strategic Management, focuses 

on providing students with an educational 

and experiential framework that engages 

them in serious thought about ethics in 

business and instills in them ethical ideals 

that they can apply as future business 

leaders and professionals. 

To achieve that goal, the Center supports 

faculty development activities that help 

faculty members build more ethical issues 

into their business courses. Faculty partici- 

pants incorporate ethical awareness and 

reasoning into their coursework and report 

on the learning that results. Over time, 

said Priem, the objective is to have more 

and more Lubar faculty who actively 

integrate ethical issues into their courses. 

Associate Professor of Marketing Torsten 

Ringberg, who received a faculty development 

grant, believes that most people 

make good moral decisions in their 

personal lives, but that some people see 

business as an altogether different arena. 

“It’s become apparent to me that the 

important issue is to teach ethical 

reasoning in business settings — to 

identify the positive and negative ethical 

outcomes for all stake holders,” he said. 

“Exposing students to this process 

enables them to move up the ethical 

decision ladder, from egoistic and 

group-based decisions to treating every 

stakeholder with respect and integrity.” 

As a result of this approach, Ringberg’s 

students are becoming more sensitized to 

ethical issues. “My exposure to (these 

topics) has improved my awareness of how 

ethics plays a part in my everyday 

decisions…and how those decisions relate 

to my core values,” said one MBA student. 

The Center also sponsors Great Journeys: 

An Inspirational Series, which features 

on-campus presentations to business 

students by top executives who share their 

Richard L. Priem 

experiences and guiding infl uences. Great 

Journeys speakers to date have included 

the CEOs of fi rms including Lubar & 

Company, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, 

Northwestern Mutual, Nicholas Company, 

Bucyrus International and Robert W. Baird. 

Recognition for Research 

and Expertise 

At the same time that faculty members 

are becoming more engaged in the 

teaching of ethics, they are also increasingly 

recognized for their expertise by academic 

peers across the nation. 

(continued on next page) 

“ The important issue is to teach ethical reasoning in business settings 

— to identify the positive and negative ethical outcomes for all 

stakeholders. Exposing students to this process enables them to move 

up the ethical decision ladder. ” 

— Torsten Ringberg, Associate Professor of Marketing 

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Business Ethics Center 

(continued from previous page) 

Priem — whose research interests include 

improving corporate governance, the diffusion 

of illegal corporate activities, and the effects of 

CEO compensation on decision making — has 

recently partici pated in two prestigious, 

invitation-only conferences on business ethics. 

In Septem ber, he joined a select group of 20 

international “thought leaders” at the Ruffi n 

Summit on Public Trust in Business, hosted by 

the Business Roundtable and the Darden 

School at the University of Virginia. 

He and Maria Goranova, Assistant Professor of 

Organizations and Strategic Management, were 

among 15 inter national scholars invited to the 

2009 Corporate Governance Symposium, hosted 

by the University of St. Thomas and San Diego 

State University. Goranova studies how ownership 

portfolios affect mergers and acquisitions 

outcomes, as well as the interrelationship 

between corporate governance, executive 

compen sation and corporate diversifi cation. 

Lubar faculty members are also encour aging 

the next generation of ethics researchers. 

Jointly with Edward Levitas, Associate Professor 

of Organizations and Strategic Management, 

Priem guided the doctoral dissertation of 

Peter Snyder (PhD ’08) on “The Diffusion of 

Illegal Innovations among Management Elites,” 

which studied the spread of the illegal innovation 

of backdating CEO options. Snyder was selected 

as one of three fi nalists from among 30 

dissertations sub mitted worldwide for the Best 

Disserta tion of 2008 Award from the Social 

Issues in Management division of the Academy 

of Management. Now an Assistant Professor at 

Calvin College, a paper from Snyder’s dissertation 

also was recognized in the 2009 Academy 

of Management Best Paper Proceedings. 

“We’re ‘at the table’ on an international level 

in the area of business ethics,” said Priem. 

“That’s a great indicator for the Lubar School.” 

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More information on the M&I Center 

for Business Ethics is available at 

www.businessethics.uwm.edu. 

Bringing the Ethics Discussion 

to the Community 

The M&I Center for Business Ethics offers the semi-annual Business 

Ethics Speaker Series to stimulate discussion on ethical issues in business 

within the Milwaukee business community. Past programs in the series 

include: 

An Insider’s View of the Madoff Scandal 

Frank Casey, President 

Fortune-USA 

(see story on page 5) 

America’s Corporate Crime Epidemic: 

Why It Continues and How to Cure It 

Neil Weinberg, Senior Editor 

Forbes Magazine 

Taking an Ethical Stand: 

The Stories of Two Corporate Whistleblowers 

James Alderson and John Schilling 

formerly of Columbia-HCA 

Insights from a Reformed White Collar Criminal 

Walter Pavlo 

formerly of MCI/WorldCom 

To learn more about the series or to be added to our mailing list, 

visit us at www.businessethics.uwm.edu/ethics


Insider Tells Tale of Madoff Scandal 

It’s common practice for companies to 

analyze their competitors. So when 

Frank Casey, then the Vice President 

of Marketing for Rampart Investments, 

began to wonder what fi nancier Bernard 

Madoff was doing that yielded such 

attrac tive returns for his investors, he 

decided to look into it. But what began as 

a study of the competition uncovered a 

fraud scheme that — ten years later — 

left the investment world reeling. 

Madoff, once a Wall Street power broker 

and the former chairman of Nasdaq, now 

sits in federal prison serving a 150 year 

sentence for defrauding investors of more 

than $50 billion in a massive Ponzi scheme. 

In their analysis of Madoff’s numbers, 

Casey and his colleagues Harry Markopolos 

and Neil Chelo knew almost immediately 

that something was amiss. It wasn’t only 

that Madoff’s returns didn’t correlate to 

the market. “Within four hours, we had 

mathematical proof that it must be a 

fraud,” he said. 

In early 2000, the Rampart colleagues — 

with Markopolos as front man — sent an 

eight-page memo to the U.S. Securities 

and Exchange Commission (SEC) 

detailing what they had discovered. For 

almost a decade, they made repeated 

attempts to draw regulatory attention to 

the matter but consistently received the 

“cold shoulder” from SEC offi cials. 

Madoff’s scheme fi nally crumbled during 

the stock market woes of late 2008, 

exposing not only the Ponzi scheme but, 

subsequently, the lack of regulatory 

responsiveness to the serious allegations 

that Casey and his colleagues had been 

making for years. 

The problem, Casey said, stems from the 

fact that the SEC deals with compliance 

Frank Casey 

issues, but it doesn’t do anything to actively 

prevent fraud. 

“That’s got to change,” he stated. “The 

SEC has got to have a dual mission that 

includes fraud prevention.” 

Casey recommended the development of 

a whistleblowers program to encourage 

fraud reporting. He also suggested the 

creation of a committee to review fraud 

allegations, comprised of highly respected 

fi nancial industry veterans who are “in 

their sunset years and want to give back.” 

Both whistleblowers and committee 

mem bers, he said, should receive a 

percentage of the awards when fraud is 

determined. 

Casey, now President of London-based 

hedge fund advisory fi rm Fortune-USA, 

spoke in the Business Ethics Speaker 

Series this fall sponsored by the Lubar 

School’s M&I Marshall & Ilsley Center for 

Business Ethics. 

“ The problem stems from the fact that the SEC 

deals with compliance issues, but it doesn’t do 

anything to actively prevent fraud. ” — Frank Casey 

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Cover Story 

ON THE JOB: 

New Lubar Dean Tim Smunt 

When new Lubar Dean Tim 

Smunt scanned the Union 

Ballroom at a student event 

earlier this fall, everything felt right. 

“There I was with 130 Lubar students and 

faculty, listening to the candid remarks of 

a distinguished CEO, and I had this 

tremendous feeling of satisfaction about 

what was ‘coming together’ in the room,” 

he said. “It was part of what being a top 

business school is all about.” 

Dean Smunt joined the Lubar School in 

August as its fi fth dean in 43 years. He 

comes to UWM with over 25 years of 

experience at leading universities in both 

the United States and Europe, most 

recently serving as Associate Dean, 

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Professor of Management, and Sisel 

Fellow in Opera tions at the Babcock 

Graduate School of Management at Wake 

Forest University in North Carolina. He 

also held a prestigious American Council 

on Education (ACE) Fellowship in the 

President’s Offi ce at the University of 

Chicago in 2005-06. 

School on the Rise 

Dean Smunt said his decision to join the 

Lubar School came down to two major 

factors: quality and potential. 

“The Lubar School of Business is a school 

on the rise,” he stated. “We really couldn’t 

be in a better position for strategic 

growth and rise in stature.” He points to 

an accomplished faculty who are gaining 

recognition on a national level for their 

research and expertise while maintaining 

a dedication to teaching and their 

students, a strong commitment to student 

services and career placement, a large 

alumni contingent in positions of 

infl uence, deep partnerships with the 

business community, and a strong fi scal 

position — despite state budget cuts. 

That solid standing, he said, lends itself 

to even greater potential for the future. 

Gaining prominence and recognition, 

he said, will take shape on a number of 

fronts including continued development 

of both faculty and programs. His initial 

plans include enhanced support of 

scholarly work, new faculty hires to

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strengthen key areas — including two 

strategic new hires jointly with the College 

of Engineering and Applied Science to 

bolster cross-functional efforts — and a 

redesign of the School’s doctoral program. 

Dean Smunt emphasized that growth in 

research — a major priority for the 

university as whole — is not about the 

esoteric. 

“Perhaps more so than in other disciplines, 

business faculty research — our intellectual 

capital — reaches our students more 

directly since it is pushed into the market 

more quickly than in other fi elds,” he 

noted. “That means that research and 

teaching are indelibly linked in management 

education.” 

The net result? “Lubar students are on 

the front line to benefi t.” 

Carpe Locus 

The new dean describes the Lubar School’s 

location in the heart of Wisconsin business 

as a “tremendous symbiotic advantage” 

for the region’s only major business school 

excelling in both research and teaching. 

“We’re in the best position to seize on our 

location in this great commercial center 

— to seek out the opportunities for 

student learning and to utilize our faculty 

expertise on research projects with 

world-class corporate partners,” Dean 

Smunt said. 

Both the campus and the business 

community are happy to have the new 

dean on board to facilitate linkages across 

campus and with key external partners. 

“Dean Smunt is an outstanding addition 

to the senior leadership team at UWM,” 

said Chancellor Carlos E. Santiago. “His 

academic and research experiences are 

certain to connect well with the campus 

and the wider community.” 

Those connections have already begun, 

with Dean Smunt laying the groundwork 

for new business partnerships and 

nurturing those already in place. 

“Tim’s doing a great job getting out and 

meeting with business, connecting with 

the Business Advisory Council, and 

charting a path for future partnerships,” 

said James L. Ziemer (BBA ’75, EMBA ’86, 

Honorary Doctorate ’08), President of the 

Business Advisory Council and retired 

President and CEO of Harley-Davidson, Inc. 

A Proud First Generation 

College Graduate 

One of four siblings who grew up in 

Chicago, Dean Smunt says that he has a 

good fi rst-hand understanding of what 

students face when they’re trying to get 

their foot in the door and succeed. 

“I was not only a fi rst generation college 

student, but also the fi rst in my family to 

graduate from college,” he shared. “My 

wife and I married young and found that 

with planning and hard work we could 

graduate from our undergraduate 

programs in just three years.” 

Because of his personal background, he 

recognizes the “drive” Lubar students 

have, and is committed to sustaining an 


Scholarship 

Specializing in the fi eld of operations 

management, Tim Smunt’s research 

and teaching focus on strategic 

planning for both manufacturing 

and service fi rms, supply-chain 

management, health care 

information systems and operations, 

business process management and 

international operations. Throughout 

his career, he has published in 

prestigious academic journals, and 

has taught in MBA and Executive 

MBA programs at top-ranked 

institutions around the world. Dean 

Smunt currently serves on the 

editorial board of the Journal of 

Operations Management, and is a 

past area editor for Production and 

Operations Management. He is a 

Certifi ed Fellow in Productivity and 

Inventory Management, a senior 

member of the Industrial 

Engineering Institute, and a member 

of INFORMS, the Production and 

Operations Management Society, 

and the Decision Sciences Institute. 

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Of Interest 

Education 

DBA, Operations Management, 

Indiana University 

MBA, University of Missouri-St. Louis 

BS, Industrial Management, 

Purdue University 

Hometown 

Chicago 

Favorite Course to Teach 

International Operations Strategy 

Regular Reads 

The Wall Street Journal, The 

Economist, David Baldacci novels 

Sports 

Skiing, Racquetball (and Ice Hockey 

in his “younger days”) 

Most Infl uential Mentor 

John (Jack) Muth, his dissertation 

advisor at Indiana University and the 

“father” of the rational expectations 

revolution in economics. “Jack was 

a brilliant man who taught me the 

value of friends and that the work 

you do tomorrow should always be 

better than the work you did today.” 

Family 

Married to his hometown 

sweetheart, Marsha 

Pet 

Beagle named Tammie, a certifi ed 

pet therapy dog, novice agility 

competitor, and in training with the 

Milwaukee Dog Training Club fl yball 

team, “Great Balls of Fur” 

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New Dean 


environment for students to succeed. “I 

appreciate how hard our students work, 

and respect those who have to work 

doubly hard to achieve their goals.” 

He also notes that those same values and 

strong work ethic make Lubar graduates 

exceptional employees. “I’ve already 

heard many times from employers that 

the work ethic of our graduates stands 

out and is something for which Lubar 

alumni are known.” 

Dean Smunt said he is eager to grow the 

Lubar School’s half million dollar 

scholarship program to reach even more 

students. He’s also committed to the 

university’s Access to Success initiative, a 

campus-wide effort to build a diverse and 

high-achieving student body, and to 

bolster student performance, retention, 

and graduation. 

Glad to Be in Milwaukee 

“Milwaukee’s a wonderful city,” he said. 

“It’s the right size and so much is 

happening here. The people are great 

and the companies are outstanding. 

Marsha and I have been very warmly 

welcomed here.” 

“While we grew accustomed to the milder 

winters in North Carolina, we’re looking 

forward to reengaging our passion for 

winter sports, including downhill and 

cross-country skiing, that living in 

Wisconsin provides,” Dean Smunt shared. 

“Milwaukee is an excellent place for many 

Lubar students to launch their careers, 

and I think it is the perfect place for me 

to continue mine.”


Going Against the “Thundering Herd” 

Timothy W. Sullivan 

When Timothy W. Sullivan, 

President and CEO of Bucyrus 

International, spoke to the 

Executive MBA Class of 2009 last May, he 

was fi nishing the end of a busy week. 

A few days earlier, he was honored as 

Business Leader of the Year by the Harvard 

Business School Club of Wisconsin. His 

remarks when receiving the honor — as 

he put it — “spread like a fi restorm” and 

led to national media attention. 

“I made the comment that within ten 

years, the United States would be the 

number two economy in the world,” he 

said. “Unfortunately, it’s true — we’ve 

got a tough competitor in China.” 

When Sullivan fi rst visited China in 1985, 

the tallest building he saw in Beijing was 

six stories high and the city streets held a 

sea of bicycles. In contrast, he said, today’s 

China is gaining economic strength, not 

only at home, but by investing around the 

world. 

“The skill sets you are building through 

your education and your cumulative 

experience will be critical to the U.S. 

economy as we face this challenge,” he said. 

To meet it head-on, Sullivan fi rmly believes 

that — as individuals, as companies, and as 

a nation — we have to fi gure out a different 

way of doing things to get an edge in the 

marketplace. 

“Sometimes Americans tend to be sheep,” 

he explained. “Someone comes up with a 

good idea and we all want to chase it rather 

than come up with an even better idea of 

our own. You have to fi ght that urge.” 

The smart person, he believes, goes in the 

opposite direction of the “thundering 

herd.” 

In business, Sullivan asserted, diversifi - 

cation comes from being around people 

who are different from you and who 

think differently than you do. “I surround 

myself with people who think the opposite 

of what I do,” he said. “We have very 

respectful but very heated discussions 

about the avenue that we should take.” 

Going against the herd doesn’t come 

naturally, he said. “It requires a concerted 

effort,” he concluded. “But it’s necessary 

for us to meet one of the biggest challenges 

of our lifetime.” 

Tim Sullivan joined Bucyrus International 

in 1976, and rose steadily through the 

executive ranks, becoming President & 

CEO of the company in March 2004. A 

member of the Lubar School’s Business 

Advisory Council, he also serves on the 

boards of numerous business and civic 

organizations, and chairs the Governor’s 

Council on Workforce Investment. 

The Lubar School’s Executive MBA Program 

is one of the longest-running and most 

successful programs of its kind in the nation. 

Established in 1974, the program boasts 

more than 900 graduates from over 400 

businesses, providing skilled managers with 

a unique academic and peer learning 

experience in an accelerated format and 

preparing them for positions of executive 

leadership. 

“ I surround myself with people who think the opposite of what 

I do. We have very respectful but very heated discussions 

about the avenue that we should take. ” — Timothy W. Sullivan 

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Alumni Profile 

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Judith G. Scott 

(MBA ‘81) 

Senior Advisor 

Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. 

Taking a straight line may be the fastest route, but not 

necessarily the best one. Just ask Judy Scott (MBA ’81), 

who studied audiology, Italian literature, and motherhood 

before becoming one of the nation’s foremost investment 

research analysts. 

When Scott began pursuing her MBA in the mid-1970s, she had 

three children at home and little background in business. She 

biked to UWM from her home in Shorewood for six years and 

jokes that she was so mathematically challenged that her 

“greatest achievement in life” was an ‘A’ in her calculus 

foundation course. 

Today — though still fi ercely proud of that grade — she’s added 

a few more accomplishments during her distinguished career of 

almost 30 years with Robert W. Baird & Co. Baird is an employeeowned 

wealth management, capital markets, asset management 

and private equity fi rm with client assets of more than $66 

billion. 

Now a Senior Advisor in Baird’s Investment Banking group, Scott 

joined Baird in 1980 as an intern, and spent most of her career at 

the fi rm working as a research analyst focused on the human 

capital services industry. She was the fi rst woman in the fi rm to 

attain the title of Managing Director. 

Scott pioneered coverage of the staffi ng industry, publishing the 

fi rst comprehensive industry report in 1986. In 1999, she was 

rated her sector’s top analyst in the country by Institutional 

Investor magazine, which named her First Team on its All- 

America Research Team — one of the highest honors an analyst 

can receive. 

Her infl uence on the company — which is renowned for its 

preeminent research — has been great. Said Paul Purcell, Baird’s 

Chairman, President & CEO, “Judy has used her business 

acumen and extraordinary relationship-building skills to help 

put Baird on the map for groundbreaking research and staffi ng 

industry insights.” 

Considered a “trailblazer” in an industry that for many years was 

dominated men, Scott has long been a role model for her 

colleagues — men and women alike. She was recently recognized 

as one of the Business Journal’s “Women of Infl uence” in the 

mentor category. 

Scott attributes her professional success to a love of the market, a 

good education that opened up opportunities for her (she 

considers her MBA a key stepping stone in her career), and the 

support and encouragement of a great company and a wonderful 

family. And she doesn’t discount the importance of being 

well-rounded either — it was her Masters in Italian Literature 

that sparked the interest of her interviewer when she fi rst applied 

to Baird. 

Through it all, her husband Bob and her children — now 

grown — have cheered her on. “My children were the only kids 

in the audience when I was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, 

and they were there rooting for me at graduation,” she said. 

Now those are the accolades that really count.

Multicultural Mentoring Program 

Multicultural Mentoring Program Encourages 

Students to Defi ne Goals 

One person can make a difference. 

That’s certainly how Harriet 

Uzzi (BBA-Finance ’07) sees it. 

“My mentor has had such a positive 

infl uence on my life,” said Uzzi, describing 

Sherman On, a Financial Representative 

at Northwestern Mutual who volunteered 

as her mentor during her senior year at 

the Lubar School. Their partnership — 

which included discussions about Uzzi’s 

career goals, fi ne-tuning her resume, and 

conducting mock interviews — helped her 

land an accounting position with Rock well 

Automation, she said, and con tinues to 

positively impact her to this day. 

Uzzi took advantage of the Multicultural 

Mentoring Program within the Lubar 

School of Business, which matches 

working professionals to students based 

on their academic and career interests. 

“A good mentor relationship can play a 

critical role in shaping students’ futures,” 

said Howard Spearman, Senior Academic 

Advisor and coordinator of the School’s 

multicultural student programs. “It helps 

to make a smoother transition from college 

to the workplace.” 

Students and their mentors work one-onone 

to explore career opportunities and 

professional goals. Meeting at least three 

times per semester, they may discuss career 

objectives, attend networking events 

together, or practice interviewing skills. 

Each relationship is unique and takes its 

own direction based upon the individuals, 

said Spearman. 

Take Ed Cichurski and Luis Flores. 

Cichurski — a corporate fi nancial consultant 

and retired managing partner at Price 

Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) 

— and Flores — a senior majoring in 

accounting and fi nance — had an 

immediate connection. 

“We had a similar start in life,” noted 

Cichurski. “We were both raised by 

working class parents, and we were both 

the fi rst in our families to go to college. 

We connected on a basic human level.” 

Cichurski said he focuses on providing 

practical, professional advice, a skill he 

honed over many years working with 

young accounting professionals. “I’ve 

encouraged Luis to reach and to stretch 

beyond what he would normally do. He’s 

a very motivated young man.” 

For his part, Flores clearly understands 

the value of the advice he’s getting. “With 

Ed’s guidance, I‘ve further defi ned my 

career aspirations and the path I will take 

to a career in accounting,” said Flores. “I 

defi nitely benefi t from Ed’s years of 

experience and his vast knowledge of the 

business world. I value him and what he 

says to the ultimate.” 

Approximately 30 matches are made in 

the program each year. 

If you would like to learn more about becoming a mentor, 

contact Howard Spearman at (414) 229-5271 or spearman@uwm.edu 

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Study Abroad 

“ 

China and the New World Economy 

I went 

to China with a preconceived 

notion of what the country would be 

like, and left with a newfound understanding 

of the true culture, life, and 

business of a growing China.” This is how 

business senior Cailene Huerta summarized 

her experience in the Lubar School’s new 

study abroad program China and the New 

World Economy this summer. 

Led by Margaret Shaffer, Richard C. 

Notebaert Professor of International 

Business, and Sali Li, Assistant Professor of 

Management, students explored Chinese 

business, history, and culture through a 

combination of lectures and discussions 

at Chinese universities, corporate visits, 

and cultural excursions. They traveled to 

Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Xian, Suzhou, 

and Beijing. 

Professor Shaffer said that students gained 

valuable insights into Chinese operations 

Lubar students and faculty at 

the Great Wall of China. 

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and management practices at Johnson 

Controls’ joint venture in Shanghai and 

Brady Corporation’s wholly-owned 

subsidiary in Shenzhen. They also visited 

a Chinese manufacturing company, and 

went on an “insider’s tour” of one of 

China’s high tech business parks, where a 

technology entrepreneur candidly 

discussed the intellectual property and 

labor management issues he faces. 

Students were surprised to see how labor 

intensive both the manufacturing and 

service sectors in China are. They also 

gained a deeper appreciation of their 

opportunities and freedoms as Americans, 

particularly during a trip to Tiananmen 

Square (most of the students were toddlers 

during the 1989 protests). 

“What struck me most was the dichotomous 

nature of the country: old and new, rich 

and poor, a study in opposites,” said MBA 

student Rita Matute. 

“I went on this program because I recognize 

the importance of China’s role in 

economic change,” shared sophomore 

Steven Schnaare. “Through it, I learned 

how important my studies are in determining 

my future, and how fantastic the 

power of motivation can be on an 

individual. That motivation will return 

me to China in the near future.” 

The Lubar School also offers business 

study abroad programs to France, 

Germany, England, and Spain. The new 

China program was developed with 

support from a Business and International 

Education grant from the U.S. 

Department of Education.

Alumni Profile 

Paul Strebel 

(BBA-Marketing ‘94) 

Director of International Programs 

Honeywell International 

As a campus tour guide in the early ’90s, Paul Strebel 

(BBA-Marketing ’94) told visitors how much he enjoyed 

life at UWM. “I described the campus as a unique and 

incredible atmosphere with everything and everyone co-located 

within 25 acres,” he recalled. 

While maintaining a warm place in his heart for Milwaukee, Strebel 

has markedly expanded his geographic appreciation to include 

most of rest of the world. Right now, that means the Czech 

Republic, where he works for Honeywell International as Director 

of International Programs. Strebel is responsible for client relations 

in the fi rm’s defense logistics program in Europe, the Middle 

East, Africa, and India, part of its growing aerospace business. 

A native of Green Bay, Strebel said he always wanted to see the 

world. At the UWM, he took as many international courses as 

possible to prepare himself for a global career. After graduation, 

he worked for two international sales representatives, gaining 

experience in both European and Asian markets. Long interested 

in the aerospace industry (he once dreamed of becoming a 

pilot), Strebel later joined Derco Aerospace, working in account 

management and European business development. 

About fi ve years ago, he was offered the opportunity he had been 

working toward. Honeywell was interested in his international 

experience and his expertise in the aerospace industry for a new 

European-focused project headquartered in the Czech Republic. 

He and his family packed their bags for Prague. 

These days, Strebel and his wife Kim (Kane) Strebel (BBA- 

Marketing and Real Estate ’93) are sharing their passion for 

world travel with their young daughters. “We hoped that the 

assignment would have a lasting personal impact for us, but it’s 

been even more than we expected for our children,” he said. 

In addition to attending an international school in Prague, the 

girls travel frequently with their parents throughout Europe, 

Asia, and the Middle East. “The kids are like walking sensors,” 

he said. “They adapt so easily to new experiences — both 

culturally and with language. I think it will put them at a great 

advantage as they get older and have a broader perspective of 

the world.” 

Though he wasn’t able to study abroad during college, he 

encourages today’s students to seek out as many opportunities as 

possible to study and experience foreign cultures and business 

practices. “If you can’t go abroad, get to know some of the 

international students at UWM,” he advised. “There are so many 

different ways to learn about other lands and people.” 

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James R. Mueller Scholar 

Ramamurthy Named James R. Mueller Scholar 

Keshavamurthy (Ram) Ramamurthy, 

Professor of Management 

Information Systems, has been 

selected as the fi rst James R. Mueller 

Distinguished Scholar at the Lubar School 

of Business. The award recognizes faculty 

members who exhibit excellence in 

scholarly research and teaching, and have 

gained national recognition. 

Dr. Ramamurthy is an expert in information 

systems management, electronic commerce, 

and information technology adoption, 

implementation, and diffusion. He has an 

impressive publication record in leading 

journals such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of 

MIS, Decision Sciences, Decision Support 

Systems, Journal of Engineering and 

Technology Management, and Journal of 

International Marketing. He served four 

years as an Associate Editor of the fl agship 

journal MIS Quarterly and currently 

serves as a referee for several scholarly 

Keshavamurthy Ramamurthy (left) and James R. Mueller 

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journals. A member of the Lubar faculty 

for the last 20 years, he holds a PhD in 

Management Information Systems from 

the J.M. Katz Graduate School of Business 

at the University of Pittsburgh. 

The James R. Mueller Distinguished 

Scholar Program is supported by alum 

James R. Mueller (BBA-Marketing ’79), 

Executive Vice President of Willis of 

Wisconsin, Inc. Mueller has an extensive 

executive background in the employee 

benefi ts industry. Prior to joining Willis 

of Wisconsin, he was President of Frank F. 

Haack & Associates, President of HRH- 

Milwaukee, President of Zywave, and a 

Partner in Trivantage, a pharmacy 

con sulting fi rm serving Fortune 200 

companies. A long-time supporter of 

education in Wisconsin, he also serves as 

a member of the Lubar School’s Business 

Advisory Council. 

Mueller says his support of the program 

stems from his intense pride in both the 

city where he has spent his entire life and 

in his business education at UWM. 

“I feel that I ‘owe back’ to this community 

and to the university for the great 

experiences and many rewards I’ve been 

fortunate to enjoy here,” he said. “In 

providing support that allows the Lubar 

School to retain and recruit top faculty, 

my hope is that we will continue to 

escalate the reputation of the School and 

simultaneously draw talented professionals 

to the Milwaukee area.” 

“We thank Jim for his generosity and 

support of excellence at the Lubar School,” 

said Dean Tim Smunt. “He’s a wonderful 

example of the dedicated alumni we have 

who want to help us continue to enhance 

the prestige of this great business school.” 

“ In providing support 

that allows the Lubar 

School to retain and 

recruit top faculty, my 

hope is that we will 

continue to escalate the 

reputation of the School 

and simultaneously 

draw talented 

professionals to the 

Milwaukee area. ” 

— James R. Mueller

Faculty Research 

Doctor Autonomy Linked to Technology Resistance 

and Reduced Health Care Quality 

by Angela McManaman, UWM University Communications 

Recent research by a Lubar School 

professor suggests that the $80 

billion in federal stimulus funds 

allocated to health information technology 

and improved health care quality may be 

ineffective if physicians do not feel a strong 

attachment to their employers. Physicians 

who feel detached from their employers 

are least likely to prescribe appropriate 

medications to their patients or to adopt 

health information technology, particularly 

when they are strongly encouraged to do 

so by their management. 

“Detached physicians will have sicker 

patients and will be less tech savvy,” says 

David Hekman, Assistant Professor of 

Organizations and Strategic Management. 

“Because physicians in general value their 

autonomy and are taught to be independent 

in medical school, implementing these 

advancements through their employers 

may be particularly diffi cult.” 

Physicians’ resistance to prescription 

guidelines and information technology 

may contribute to the more than 100,000 

patient deaths resulting from medical 

errors and poor communication each 

year. “Many hospitals employ many types 

of highly skilled workers who have minimal 

coordination or integration with each 

other, and our fi ndings indicate physicians 

need to feel strongly connected to their 

organizations for health care quality to 

improve,” Hekman says. 

The researchers identifi ed “attached” 

physicians as those who reported saying 

“we” when talking about their employing 

organization and “they” when talking 

about the medical profession. “In other 

words, patients will probably get the best 

care from physicians who wear the 

company T-shirts instead of white coats,” 

says Hekman. 

The study, authored by Hekman and 

three colleagues from the University of 

Washington (H. Kevin Steensma, Gregory 

A. Bigley, and James F. Hereford), 

appeared in the September 2009 Journal 

of Applied Psychology. It followed some 200 

physicians employed by a large HMO in 

the Pacifi c Northwest. Attached physicians 

in the study sent a greater number of 

messages to their patients through a 

newly implemented electronic health 

information system. This result held even 

when taking into account physicians’ age, 

familiarity with technology and experience. 

Nearly 20 percent of the physicians had 

not even logged on to the system two years 

after rollout, despite encouragement from 

organizational leaders and the majority of 

their patients. “For the most part, these 

resistant physicians were the ones who 

reported feeling least attached to their 

employer,” says Hekman. 

A second study based on the same sample, 

and forthcoming in the Academy of 

Management Journal, found detached 

physicians were less adherent to national 

prescription guidelines and less diligent 

in terms of the number of questions they 

asked each patient. These disconnected 

physicians performed even worse when 

they were encouraged to perform well by 

management. 

“Health care organizations apparently 

can do nothing right for detached 

physicians and they can do nothing 

wrong for the attached ones,” says 

David Hekman 

Hekman. “Physicians with a strong 

attachment to their employer perform 

well whether they are encouraged to do 

so or not, but detached physicians 

generally perform poorly and perform 

even worse when they feel encouraged or 

pressured by management.” 

The authors’ advice to health care 

administrators dealing with detached 

physicians is to take the focus off the 

organization and instead focus physicians 

on threats—from competitors and 

diseases. “If a competing health care 

provider is offering better care or is more 

high-tech, or if physicians realize their 

behaviors are potentially putting patients 

at greater risk of disease, they will become 

more attached,” says Hekman. 

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Deloitte Center for Multistate Taxation 

Conference Focuses on Multistate Tax Issues 

The Lubar School’s Deloitte Center for Multistate Taxation 

hosted the 13th Annual Multistate Tax Institute in June. 

“Particularly in today’s tough economic environment, it’s critical 

for companies to be able to effectively navigate multistate tax laws 

and policies to minimize their tax burden,” according to James 

Collins, Executive Director of the Deloitte Center. 

The day’s agenda included a “U.S. Supreme Court Watch,” updates 

on recent multistate tax decisions in state courts, new developments 

in nexus, taxation without factor representation, and state tax 

reporting under the International Financial Reporting Standards. 

The national conference featured many of the country’s foremost 

multistate tax experts, including Paul Frankel (Morrison & 

Foerster, New York), Richard D. Pomp (University of Connecticut 

Law School) and Maryann Gall and Laura A. Kulwicki (both of 

Jones Day, Columbus, OH). 

In addition to focusing on education in state and local taxation, the 

Deloitte Center promotes research aimed at making state and local 

tax systems more responsive to modern business realities. 

Research Seminar Series 

The Lubar School’s Research Seminar 

Series, which stimulates research 

scholarship among faculty and doctoral 

students through the sharing of cuttingedge 

research, presented the following 

campus seminars last spring: 

“Pricing of Idiosyncratic Risk for Canadian 

Equities,” presented by Shishir Singh, 

Visiting Professor at the Sheldon B. 

Lubar School of Business. 

“An Introduction to R with Business Data 

Analysis Examples,” featured Joseph J. 

Retzer, Director of Marketing Sciences 

for Maritz Research in Chicago. R is a 

system for statistical computation and 

graphics. 

“(De)-Institutionalizing Organizational 

Competence: Olivetti’s Transition from 

Mechanical to Teletronic Technology,” 

presented by Gianmario Verona, Head of 

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the Institute of Technology and Innovation 

Management and Director of the 

PhD in Business Administration and 

Management at Bocconi University in Italy. 

“Industry Technological Innovations and 

Initial Public Offerings: An Empircal 

Analysis,” presented by Scott H.C. Hsu, 

Assistant Professor of Finance at the 

Lubar School. 

“Knowledge Capability Assessment and its 

Infl uence on Individual Outcomes,” 

featured Uday Kulkarni, Associate 

Professor of Information Systems at the 

W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona 

State University. Dr. Kulkarni earned his 

PhD in Management Information 

Systems at the Lubar School in 1989. 

“Quantifying the Fraction of Missing 

Information for Hypothesis Testing in 

Statistical and Genetic Studies,” presented 

For more information about 

the Deloitte Center for Multistate Taxation 

or the annual Multistate Institute, 

contact John C. Healy at (414) 229-2262 

or jhealy@uwm.edu 

by Xiao-Li Meng, Whipple V.N. Jones 

Professor of Statistics at Harvard University. 

“Cutting the Gordian Knot: Examining the 

Implications of Managerial and Board 

Ownership for Underpricing and Liquidity 

in IPO Firms,” featured Ravi Dharwadkar, 

Professor of Management and Director of 

the PhD Program at the Whitman School 

of Management at Syracuse University. 

“Leaders, Not Just Administrators: 

Inculcating the Mindset to Nurture World 

Class Institutions,” presented by 

Lakshman Prasad, Professor of 

Organizational Behavior at the Indian 

Institute of Management-Bangalore. 

Professor and Roger L. Fitzsimonds 

Distinguished Scholar Ehsan Soofi of the 

Production and Operations Management 

faculty serves as the series coordinator.


Night at the Harley-Davidson Museum 

The Executive MBA Alumni Association hosted an 

“EMBA Executives After Five” event at the Harley- 

Davidson Museum last spring. The gathering featured 

a behind-the-scenes tour and a special presentation by business 

school alum Jim Ziemer, retired President & CEO of Harley- 

Davidson. The event was attended by close to 125 alumni and 

guests. It was sponsored by Harley-Davidson, Inc., Assurant 

Health, CG Schmidt, and Pieper Electric. 

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Faculty and Staff News 

Faculty Kudos 

Lubar School Staff Honored 

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Belle Rose Ragins, Professor of Organizations and Strategic Management, 

has been invited to join the Society for Organizational Behavior. 

The society’s invitation-only membership includes approximately 50 of 

the top OB scholars from throughout the world. Dr. Ragins is also a 

fellow of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, the 

American Psychological Society, the Society for the Psychology of Women 

and the American Psychological Association. She specializes in diversity, 

mentoring, and gender issues in organizations. 

Fatemeh (Mariam) Zahedi, Trisept Solutions Professor of Management 

Information Systems, has accepted an invitation to become a Senior Editor 

for MIS Quarterly, one of the most prestigious academic research journals 

in the fi eld of MIS. Dr. Zahedi is highly regarded for her expertise in 

behavior issues and theories in web/interface design, languages 

supporting web programming, decision support systems, intelligent 

systems, knowledge base systems, data mining, IT strategies for software 

maintenance, decision policies for component, and web-services design. 

She has published extensively in leading journals, including Management 

Science, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Journal of MIS, 

Operations Research, and Decision Sciences. She is the author of two books 

and presents frequently at major international and national conferences. 

Dr. Zahedi has also recently served on the editorial boards of three other 

top journals: Information Systems Research, Journal of Management 

Information Systems, and Information Resources Management Journal. 

TJ Jeske, Assistant Dean of Student Services, was presented with the 

Academic Staff Distinguished Service Award at the University of 

Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s 2009 Fall Awards Ceremony. As Assistant Dean, 

he is responsible for the Lubar School’s undergraduate and graduate 

student services, including student advising, counseling, recruitment, and 

retention. The award recognizes outstanding and sustained service to the 

university community. Jeske, who has been with the School for 21 years, 

has an exemplary record of dedication to students and campus service. 

Howard Spearman, Senior Academic Adviser, was honored this fall with 

the UW-Oshkosh Alumni Association’s Outstanding Young Alumni 

Award. Spearman advises 750 undergraduate business students from 

registration through graduation. He also serves as the Lubar School’s 

multicultural student coordinator. In addition to earning bachelor’s 

and master’s degrees from UW-Oshkosh, he recently earned a doctorate 

in leadership for the advancement of learning and service from 

Cardinal Stritch University.


Faculty Promotion 

Congratulations to Xiaohang 

Yue, who has been promoted 

to Associate Professor of 

Production and Operations 

Management. 

Welcome Visiting Professors 

Matteo DeAngelis 

Visiting Professor, Management 

PhD, University of Bologna 

Baichun Feng 

Visiting Professor, Production & Operations Management 

PhD, Pennsylvania State University 

Nicholas Applied Finance Lab 

Kevin Spellman Hired as Director 

Welcome New Faculty 

A warm welcome to Massimiliano 

(Max) Ostinelli who joined the 

Lubar School as an Assistant 

Professor of Marketing. His 

PhD is forthcoming from 

McGill University in Canada. 

Michael Haselhuhn 

Visiting Professor, Management 

PhD, University of California-Berkeley 

Valery Pavlov 

Visiting Professor, Production & Operations Management 

PhD, Pennsylvania State University 

Kevin Spellman has joined the Lubar School as director of the David O. Nicholas Applied Finance Lab 

and as a lecturer in fi nance. In addition to teaching in the School’s new Investment Management 

Certifi cate program, he will oversee the recruitment, advising, and mentoring of students in the program, 

and will work with the fi nancial community to facilitate student internships and other partnerships. 

Most recently, Spellman was the director of the S.L. Hawk Center for Applied Security Analysis at the 

University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has held teaching appointments at UW-Madison, The Ohio State 

University, and Durham University in England. His industry experience includes serving as a portfolio 

manager for Members Capital Advisors (a division of CUNA Mutual) and the State Teachers Retirement 

System of Ohio, where he was also director of research. Spellman earned his PhD in Behavioral 

Finance from Durham University in Durham, England. 

“We’re very excited to welcome Kevin Spellman to the Lubar School,” said Dean Timothy L. Smunt. 

“Our investment management students will benefi t tremendously from his expertise and experience.” 

The Investment Management Certifi cate program is recruiting its fi rst class to begin in January. 

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2009 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards 

Exceptional merit in research, teaching, and performance was recognized by the Lubar School’s Business 

Advisory Council last spring. The following awards were presented to faculty and staff: 

IZZET SAHIN RESEARCH AWARD 

Huimin Zhao, Associate Professor, Management Information 

Systems 

Dr. Zhao specializes in the areas of data integration, data 

mining, Web services, and medical informatics. Among his 

current research projects, he is looking at several data mining 

approaches to predicting choice behaviors, as well as the 

development of a structure for web-based natural disaster 

management systems. He received his PhD from the University 

of Arizona. 

BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL RESEARCH FELLOW AWARD 

Valeriy Sibilkov, Assistant Professor, Finance 

Dr. Sibilkov focuses on capital structure, corporate cash policies, 

and corporate governance. He earned his PhD from Purdue 

University. 

ROGER L. FITZSIMONDS SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 

FOR JUNIOR FACULTY 

Xiaojing Yang, Assistant Professor, Marketing 

Dr. Yang specializes in issues related to consumer behavior, 

especially how advertising and creativity infl uence consumer 

information process and persuasion effectiveness. He earned his 

PhD from Indiana University, Bloomington. 

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BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD 

Layth Alwan, Associate Professor, Business Statistics and 

Operations Management 

Dr. Alwan specializes in statistical quality control, operations 

management, and forecasting. He teaches throughout the entire 

array of undergraduate, graduate, and Executive MBA programs. 

Dr. Alwan received his PhD from the University of Chicago. 

BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL OUTSTANDING 

PERFORMANCE AWARDS 

Rachael Daniel, Senior Academic Advisor & Recruitment 

Coordinator 

Ms. Daniel works in Graduate Student Services and is the Website 

Manager for the Lubar School. She was recognized for her 

outstanding service to students and her recent coordination of 

the School’s website redesign. 

Dawn Koerten, Academic Affairs Coordinator 

Ms. Koerten works with Lubar School faculty on curriculum 

development issues, academic program reviews, and enrollment 

management, among a host of other activities. She was honored 

for her signifi cant contributions in academic affairs. 

(Left to right) Former Dean V. Kanti Prasad, Xiaojing Yang, Rachael Daniel, Valeriy Sibilkov, Dawn Koerten, 

Layth Alwan, and Sheldon Lubar. (not pictured: Huimin Zhao)

Beta Gamma Sigma 

Education and a Dream 

Jim Ziemer 

In a career that spanned almost four decades, Harley- 

Davidson’s Jim Ziemer (BBA ’75, EMBA ’86, Honorary 

Doctorate ’08) said that he witnessed unparalleled change 

and growth in the iconic American motorcycle company. 

Ziemer retired as President and CEO in May 2009 after starting 

FACULTY 

Torsten Ringberg 

MASTERS CLASS 

Jeanmarie Steinman 

Heyden 

Yu-Shan Hsu 

Viktorija Sakaliene 

SENIOR CLASS 

Jamie Baerwald 

Alexander Fons 

Aliksan Khalatyants 

Benjamin Sakhitab 

with the company as a freight elevator operator more than 39 

years ago. 

“Still, it never ceases to amaze me that — just when I thought 

I’d seen it all in business — something new would come along,” 

he said. Ziemer was honored at the spring induction ceremony 

of Beta Gamma Sigma, the national honor society in business 

administration. 

He credited his college education with helping him through 

those challenges. 

“Without question, my UWM education was a major turning 

point in my career that introduced me to new ways of thinking 

about and analyzing our business,” he said. He encouraged 

students to continue working hard and to stay intellectually 

curious so that they, too, would be prepared to take “new and 

unexpected roads.” 

Ziemer reminded students of the power of their dreams. As a 

child growing up near Harley-Davidson’s Juneau Avenue plant, 

he dreamed of being a Harley test rider. He ultimately became 

the company’s CEO. Dreaming, he shared, is also a critical trait 

for leaders. “A good leader has the ability to envision about 

what could be, and works tirelessly to make it happen.” 

In 2008, Harley-Davidson reported net revenue of $5.59 billion 

and shipped over 300,000 motorcycles. Within the community, 

Ziemer is active in a number of initiatives, including Junior 

Achievement, United Way, and the Next Door Foundation. He 

is the current president of the Lubar School’s Business Advisory 

Council. 

Twenty-three students and one faculty member were inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma at the May ceremony: 

JUNIOR CLASS 

Kyle Bentz 

Levi Boehrig 

Lauren Christ 

Andrew Czekalski 

Jordan Haack 

Aleece Koller 

Jessica Kordus 

Catherine Lohr 

Amy Moses 

Jeff Nelson 

Daniel Sakar 

Daniel Siekierski 

Philip Smith 

Gwyneth Sowa 

Patrick Welch 

See Yang 

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Scholarships 

Scholarship Awards for 2009-10 

The Sheldon B. Lubar School of 

Business congratulates the following 

scholarship recipients on their awards: 

ROBERT W. BAIRD BUSINESS 

SCHOLARS SCHOLARSHIPS 

Stephanie Henn, $2,500 

Michael Anderson, $2,500 

CHARLES BALL SIOR 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Nathan Powers, $2,000 

Ben Schauer, $2,000 

Jared Slawinski, $2,000 

BDO SEIDMAN ACCOUNTING 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Katelynn Curzon, $2,000 

Emily Di Nardo, $2,000 

BETA GAMMA SIGMA 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Andrew Hetebrueg, $1,000 

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BRADY CORPORATION 

FOUNDATION FUTURE 

LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP 

Kelly Emmer, $7,500 

BRICKMAN BUSINESS 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Matthew Rose, $2,500 

BRUNSWICK/REICHERT 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Alyssa Druckrey – Fall Tuition 

ALOIS BULAWA SCHOLARSHIP 

Jose Pimienta, $10,500 

BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Yu-Shan Hsu, $2,000 

Gloria Miller, $2,000 

CHANCELLOR’S FELLOWSHIPS 

David Gust, $4,000 

Lukas Belter, $4,000 

Robby Collins, $4,000 

Pamela Geike, $4,000 

Amanda Ihlefeld, $4,000 

James Knutson, $4,000 

Julieta Langarica, $4,000 

David Lawlor, $4,000 

Carlos Marquez-Barrientos, $4,000 

Andrew Slosiarek, $4,000 

Jessica Vorbeck, $4,000 

Jesse Waukau, $4,000 

James Zenisek, $4,000 

VICTOR CHOU SCHOLARSHIP 

Grant Witte, $2,000 

DEAN’S AWARD 

Yu-Ping Chen, $2,000 

DELOITTE ACCOUNTING 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Samantha Keller, $2,000 

Recipients of the Dennis and Sandy Kuester Scholarships and the Alois Bulawa Scholarship (named in memory of Sandy’s dad) 

met with the Kuesters at a spring reception. The scholarships are awarded to outstanding minority business students from the City of 

Milwaukee. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Brittany Johnson, Sandy Kuester, Dennis Kuester (BBA ’66), Antoinette Spencer, and 

Brittney Payne, and (back row, left to right) Sabrina Eagles, Willie Hampton, Blen Bayu, TraVon Haase, Jose Pimienta Jr., and Natalie Hendrix.

Scholarships 

RAMZI DOANY MEMORIAL 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Jieli Wei, $500 

MARK AND TERRY DOLL 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Brittany Hill, $2,500 

Amie Thimmesch, $2,500 

EMBA ALUMNI 

UNDERGRADUATE 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Pashoua Lor - Fall Tuition 

ROGER L. FITZSIMONDS 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Vikas Lachhwani, $5,000 

Nitin Walia, $5,000 

GREATER MILWAUKEE 

FOUNDATION WILBUR AND 

ARDIE A. HALYARD 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Jasmine Ridgell, $2,700 

JOSEPH HEIL, JR. BUSINESS 

SCHOLARS SCHOLARSHIPS 

Kyle Bentz, $2,500 

Jordan Boehm, $2,500 

DELWIN C. JACOBUS 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Julie Truse - Fall Tuition 

KLOTSCHE SCHOLARSHIP 

Kyle Weise, $2,000 

KURT KLUMB MEMORIAL 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Aleece Koller, $1,000 

RONALD AND MARJORIE 

KRIZEK SCHOLARSHIP IN 

ACCOUNTING 

Rose Ouweneel, $3,500 

RONALD AND MARJORIE 

KRIZEK SCHOLARSHIP IN 

FINANCE 

Marlee VanPortfl iet, $3,500 

DENNIS AND SANDY KUESTER 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Blen Bayu, $10,500 

TraVon Haase, $10,500 

Natalie Hendrix, $10,500 

Brittany Johnson, $10,500 

Brittany Payne, $10,500 

Antoinette Spencer, $10,500 

JERRY LEER ADVANCED 

ACCOUNTING SCHOLARSHIPS 

Carly Bruskiewicz, $3,000 

Andrea Doucette, $3,000 

LEER/ TELLIER SCHOLARSHIPS 

Jordan Boehm, $5,000 

Jordan Haack, $5,000 

Jonathan Jensen, $5,000 

Aleece Koller, $5,000 

Greg Roberts, $5,000 

Chad Vandenlangenberg, $4000 

LUBAR SCHOLARSHIPS 

Abdullah Alshwer, $5,000 

Amita Bhadauria, $6,000 

Courtney Bonk, $6,000 

Sarah Borden, $6,000 

Melissa Bublitz, $5,000 

Mukul Chawla, $4,200 

Stacey Cline, $10,000 

Aaron Cook, $6,000 

Jasmine Crandall, $6,000 

Jie Feng, $5,000 

Byron Hahn, $4,200 

Carmen Harter, $6,000 

Andrew Hartinger, $7,000 

Brent Johnson, $7,000 

Brian Keller, $7,000 

Amy King, $10,000 

Hope Lealou, $10,000 

Brian Lloyd, $4,200 

Marizza Martinez, $7,000 

Steven Mussatti, $7,000 

Drew Oldenburg, $6,000 

Joseph Radliff, $7,000 

Taras Smereka, $4,200 

Michelle Smith, $4,200 

Krystle Storms, $6,000 

Barbara Teyssandier, $10,000 

Jelena Trifkovic, $6,000 

Kathryn Voitek, $4,200 

Patrick Welch, $4,200 

Doan Winkel, $5,000 

Rebecca Wyland, $5,000 

JAMES H. MARCH 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Erin Lewis, $4,000 

PAT AND JERRY MORIARITY 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Stephanie Henn – Fall Tuition 

Matthew Rose – Fall Tuition 

THOMAS PERZ ACCOUNTING 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Jessica Parrent, $2,500 

KIRK PETSHEK MEMORIAL 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Jacob Lindemann, $500 

RATH FOUNDATION MERIT 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Samuel Mantych, $7,000 

Phil Masiakowski,, $7,000 

Ashley Smith, $7,000 

Melissa Zehren, $7,000 

RED PRAIRIE MIS 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Christopher James Stull, $5,000 


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Scholarships 

Scholarships 


JACK F. REICHERT BUSINESS 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Michael Hartke, $5000 

Rebecca Kolar, $5000 

Sahar Milani, $5000 

Nicholas Kadulski, $5000 

Hlee Her, $5000 

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION 

ACCESS TO SUCCESS 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Terry Brimley - Full Tuition 

Catherine Lohr - Full Tuition 

Jacqueline Martinez - Full Tuition 

Zuzana Nikodemova - Fall Tuition 

Kim Noeski-Rivers - Fall Tuition 

SAFEWAY SLING SCHOLARSHIP 

David Wenzel, $2,000 

SCRIBNER-COHEN 

ACCOUNTING SCHOLARSHIP 

Katelynn Curzon, $1,500 

ERIC SCHENKER 

DISSERTATION SCHOLARSHIP 

Craig Claybaugh, $2,000 

Barjinder Singh, $2,000 

DOUGLAS AND JEAN SCHWINN 

OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP 

Alexander Fons, $8,278 

TUSHAUS COMPUTER 

SERVICES MIS SCHOLARSHIPS 

Tyler Oestreich, $2,500 

Shawn Olwig, $2,500 

US BANK BUSINESS SCHOLARS 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Jenna Emmer, $2,500 

Jewel Eronson, $2,500 

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UWM TAX ALUMNI 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Pamela Geike, $1,500 

David Lawlor, $1,500 

HARRY AND MARY BETH VAN 

GROLL SCHOLARSHIP 

Joshua Moench, $5,000 

GREATER MILWAUKEE 

FOUNDATION WEISS FAMILY 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Kelechi Anyanwu – Full Tuition 

Genesis DeLeon – Full Tuition 

C. EDWARD WEBER RESEARCH 

SCHOLARSHIP 

Wanrong Hou, $500 

WIGCHERS FAMILY REAL 

ESTATE SCHOLARSHIP 

Amanda DiMiceli, $2,200 

WIPFLI ACCOUNTING 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Marisa Jens , $2,500 

Amanda McGlone, $2,500 

The Leer/Tellier Scholarship Program, benefi tting top accounting students, held its 

annual celebration dinner in September. Pictured (left to right) Sue Bruner (attending 

for grandson Jonathan Jensen who is studying in Spain this semester), Emeritus 

Professor Jerry Leer, Aleece Coller, Jordan Haack, Gregory Roberts, Jordan Boehm, and 

Pete Tellier.

Alumni News 

Alumni on the Move 

Dale M. Barbiaux (BBA-Accounting 

’71) has accepted the position of Executive 

Director of Cerebral Palsy, Inc. in Green 

Bay. 

Mark S. Werych (BBA-Marketing 

’75) has been appointed Director of 

Business Development/Product Support 

at H-E Parts International in Mesa, 

Arizona, where he is responsible for the 

development of business relationships 

and products for equipment in the 

surface mining industry. 

Shirley Klenke (BBA-Finance ’77) is 

now working at North Shore Bank as a 

Personal Banker. 

Honora Ann Norton (BBA- 

Marketing ’79) received her doctorate in 

ministry from Wisdom University in June 

2008. After a successful career in 

information technology, she now enjoys 

giving back to the community through 

work with a variety of nonprofi t 

organizations. 

Bradford Murphy (Executive MBA 

’83) joined the legal fi rm Stafford 

Rosenbaum in Madison, Wisconsin as 

Chief Executive Offi cer. Murphy’s 

extensive business leadership experience 

complements the skilled team of 28 

attorneys and more than 30 professional 

support staff. He oversees the day-to-day 

management of fi nances, business 

operations, staff and facilities. 

Robin Martin (BBA-Accounting ’85) 

recently was named Partner with Komisar 

Brady. 

Sheila Zenner (BBA-Marketing ’85) 

has accepted a position with MTE Corp. 

as an Inside Sales Manager. 

John Kloss (BBA-Finance ’86 and 

MBA ’92) has been promoted to 

Relationship Team Manager with the 

Wells Fargo Business Credit Branch. 

Walker Young (BBA-Management ’86) 

has been named President and Manager 

of Mitchell Furniture Systems Inc. 

Thomas A. Greenwald (BBA- 

Finance ’87) was named as one of the 

“Best Lawyers in America” by Woodward/ 

White Press, one of the “Top 100 Lawyers 

in Dallas/Fort Worth” by Texas Monthly, 

and among the “Best Lawyers in Dallas” 

by D Magazine. 

Bernita Hile (BBA-Finance ’88) was 

promoted to Vice President of Compliance 

Services at Marshall & Ilsley Corp. 

Dave Spano (BBA-Marketing ’88) was 

named President of The Financial Planning 

Association of Southern Wisconsin. 

Mike Schwarz (BBA-Accounting ’89) 

has been named Director of Marketing 

and Business Intelligence at ABC Supply 

Co. Inc. 

Bradley Boyles (Executive MBA ’90) 

was promoted to Director of Voluntary 

Mart Operations at Assurant Health. 

David Kelley (BBA-Marketing ’90) 

joined Ogden & Co Inc. as Commercial 

Sales Associate. 

Joanne Szymaszek (BBA-Marketing 

’90) is working at Humana Inc. as the 

Director of Sales. 

Rob Kaminsky (BBA-Marketing ’91) 

recently accepted a position with Extendicare 

Health Services Inc. as Area Director 

of Managed Care. 

Joel Joyce (BBA-Accounting ’92) was 

recently named Partner at Reilly, Penner 

& Benton. 

Wayne Frangesch (BBA-Human 

Resources Management ’93) has been 

appointed Senior Vice President of 

Human Resources at Wheaton Franciscan 

Healthcare. 

Christian Slaats (BBA-Accounting 

’93) has been promoted to Partner at 

Kerber, Eck, and Braeckel, LLP. 

Anthony Deutsch (MS-Management 

’94) has joined Schenck Business Solutions 

as Manager in the Tax Division. 

Beverly Garves (BBA-Human 

Resources Management ’94) accepted a 

position with Bank Mutual as Offi ce 

Manager. 

Lois Gresholdt (Executive MBA ’94), 

Business Technology Analyst at U.S. 

Bank, was recognized by The Business 

Journal among the “2009 Women of 

Infl uence.” Lois was recognized for her 

service as a tutor and mentor through 

Our Next Generation, a nonprofi t 

organization that helps Milwaukee-area 

children with their school work and 

supports them through life’s lessons. 

Brad Bertler (BBA-Accounting ’96) 

joined Ernest & Young as Tax Partner. 

Patrick Froemming (BBA-Marketing 

’96) is now working at Waterstone 

Mortgage Corp. as a Mortgage Analyst. 

Stephen Heyroth (MBA ’97) was 

appointed Advisory Director at KPMG, 

LLP. 

Dusko Marinovic (BBA-Finance ’97) 

recently joined Schenck M&A Solutions 

as Associate Director. 

Mary Schuler (MBA ’97) has joined 

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. as Wealth 

Manager. 

Barbara Hofstetter (BBA- 

Accounting ’01) has been promoted to 

Supervisor at RitzHolman CPAs. 

Sara Junio (Executive MBA ’01) has 

been appointed Vice President of Risk 

Management and Strategic Planning 

Director with US Bank. 

Natasha King (MS-Management ’01) 

has been promoted to Senior Associate 

with Clifton Gunderson. 


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Alumni News 

Alumni on the Move 


David Cwiklinski (BBA-Finance ’02) 

recently was named Vice President of 

Commercial Lending at Cornerstone 

Community Bank. 

Peter Schubilske (BBA-Accounting 

’03 and MBA ’04) was appointed to the 

position of Accounting Supervisor with 

Kolb + Co. 

Dan Roslawski (BBA-Accounting ’04 

and MS-Management ’05) was recently 

promoted to Auditing Manager at Kolb + 

Co. 

Rebecca Sorvick (BBA-Accounting 

’04 and MS-Management ’06) has been 

named Tax Manager at KPMG, LLP. 

Thomas Stocco (MS-Management 

’04) recently joined RitzHolman CPAs as 

a Business Team Member. 

Christine Rickaby (MBA ’05) has 

been named Vice President of M&I 

Wealth Management. 

Honor Roll of Donors 

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Jonathon Henshue (BBA- 

Accounting ’06 and MS-Management ’07) 

has been promoted to Senior Associate at 

Clifton Gunderson. 

Mark McGuire (EMBA ’07) has been 

promoted to Administrative Director of 

Laboratory Services at MetroWest 

Medical Center in Framingham, 

Massachusetts and Natick, Massachusetts. 

Matthew Schmieder (BBA-Finance 

’08) has accepted a position with New 

England Financial as a Financial 

Representative. 

Peter Snyder (PhD-Management ’08) 

was selected as one of three fi nalists for 

the 2009 Best Paper award in the 

Academy of Management’s Social Issues 

in Management division. His dissertation 

examined “Crime at the Top: Factors 

Affecting the Diffusion of Illegal 

Innovations among Top Management 

Elites.” Peter is now an Assistant Professor 

of Business at Calvin College in Grand 

Rapids, Michigan. 

Jeff Vanevenhoven (PhD- 

Management ’08) was awarded the 

2008-09 Hermsen Excellence in Teaching 

Award by the Dean’s Advisory Council at 

the UW-Whitewater College of Business 

and Economics. A former small business 

owner and now an Assistant Professor of 

Management, Jeff teaches in the areas of 

corporate strategy, international 

management, and business ethics. 

Paul Bersch (BBA-Management 

Information Systems ’09) recently joined 

GS Design Inc. as an Application 

Developer. 

Aaron Matter (BBA-Finance ’09) has 

accepted a position with Tarantino & 

Company, a real estate development 

company in Waukesha focused on 

residential communities and assistedliving 

communities for the elderly. 

UWM’s Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business is grateful to the following alumni, friends, corporations, and foundations 

for their generous gifts and payments received by the UWM Foundation from January 1, 2009 through June 30, 2009. 

LUBAR SCHOOL 

ALUMNI FUND 

Mr. Thomas P. Ackerman 

Mr. Jeffrey P. Adix 

Mr. Mark S. Ambrosius 

A.O. Smith Foundation, Inc. 

Mr. Robert H. Armstrong 

Mr. Charles M. Austin 

Mr. Eric T. Baker 

Mr. Robert J. Bal 

Bank of America Foundation 

Baxter International Foundation 

Mr. John B. Beckwith 

Mr. Scott L. Boyce 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation 

Mr. Ralph J. Bureta, Jr. 

Mr. Matthew J. Bushman 

Mr. Patrick B. Carey 

Mrs. Patricia L. Clemens 

Community Foundation For 

Greater Buffalo 

Mr. Matthew G. Corby 

Ms. Rachelle Costas 

Mrs. Kristin C. Coulthurst 

Mr. James E. Dalton 

Mr. Henry J. Davis, Jr. 

Ms. Jewell A. Dukes 

Mr. Kirk L. Dunlap 

Eaton Charitable Fund 

Mr. Jeffrey N. Eggert 

Mr. Konrad H. Ellenberger 

Environmental Audits, Inc. 

Ernst & Young Foundation 

Mr. John P. Ernst 

Mr. Wayne E. Feest 

Ms. Renee M. Fisher 

Ms. Rita A. Freiburger 

Mr. Jiro Fukuyama 

Mr. Daniel R. Gavronski 

GE Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Gerardo H. Gonzalez 

Mr. Thomas E. Goss, Jr. 

Ms. Tamiko C. Grady 

Ms. Kathleen M. Greb 

Mr. Donald A. Gregory 

Ms. Patricia J. Gross 

Mr. Roger R. Hahn 

Harley-Davidson Foundation, Inc. 

Mr. James A. Heinzel 

Mr. and Ms. Russell E. Hetebrueg 

Mr. James L. Hintzke, CPA, S.C. 

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Mr. Thomas J. Hirsch 

IBM International Foundation 

Mr. Shawn S. Jensen 

Mr. Stephen A. Jorjorian 

Mr. Robert J. Junge 

Mr. Robert B. Kaczmarek 

Dr. David W. Kesler 

Mr. Paul J. Klajbor 

Mr. Gary G. Kubesch 

Mr. Thomas E. Kvasnicka 

Mr. James T. Labre 

Mr. Jack F. Le Veque 

Ms. Joanne K. Leskowicz 

Mr. Kent A. Lewandowski 

Mr. Thomas O. Martin 

Mr. Peter A. Matthias 

Medtronic Foundation 

Mr. Dennis Menzel 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation 

Mr. James A. Meyer 

Mrs. Julia E. Meyers 

MGIC Investment Corporation 

Mr. Peter R. Milewski 

Ms. Sharee L. Mulhollon 

Mr. Ronald L. Nett 

Mr. Thomas A. Nevins 

Mr. William K. Niemeyer 

Norfolk Southern Foundation 

Northwestern Mutual Foundation 

Ms. Anne M. V. Novotny 

Mr. Paul G. Paprocki 

Mr. Lawrence J. Pierzchalski 

Mrs. Maria L. Piotter 

Mr. Allan L. Rank 

Raytheon Company 

Ms. Tristann L. Rieck 

Rockwell International 

Corporation Trust 

Mr. Richard L. Ruenzel 

Mr. John R. Ruetz 

Mr. Thomas P. Runnells 

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Sampson 

Mr. Michael M. Sargent 

SC Johnson Fund Educational 

Matching Grant 

Mr. Eric J. Schmidt 

Ms. Mary J. Schrimpf 

Ms. Renate Schulz 

Mr. John R. Shefchik 

Mr. Jonathon P. Sievert 

Mr. Paul W. Simons 

Ms. Margot E. Smith 

Ms. Diane M. Sommers 

Mr. Kenneth J. Stefancic 

Ms. Monica J. Stehlik 

Ms. Linda A. Steinberg 

Ms. Heejeong Suh 

Mr. Brian J. Sullivan 

Mrs. Marci C. Taxman 

Mr. Scott E. Taychert 

Mr. Richard E. Thickens 

Mr. David K. Thiel 

U.S. Bancorp Foundation 

Mr. Phillip J. Vandermus 

Mr. Rainier V. Varilla 

Wachovia Foundation 

Mr. Richard D. Wachter 

Mr. Kenneth D. Wegner 

Wells Fargo Foundation 

Mr. Robert L. Wierichs 

Mr. John R. Wilde 

Mr. Kurt Windbiel 

Wisconsin Energy Foundation 

Mr. James R. Wrocklage 

Mrs. Diane M. Zausch 

Ms. Faye H. Zwieg 

EXECUTIVE MBA 

ALUMNI EXCELLENCE 

American Transmission 

Company LLC 

Assurant Health Foundation 

Mr. Ben E. Bender 

CG Schmidt, Inc. 

Mr. Thomas G. Cromwell 

Mr. George A. Dampare 

Ms. Caitlen A. Daniels 

Mr. Steven J. DeAngelis 

Mr. Jose M. Delgado 

Ms. Kathryn J. Dunn 

Mr. James R. Ellsworth 

Ms. Deborah Fabritz 

Mr. Thomas E. Feil 

Mr. Jon C. Gaines 

Ms. Christina Gensch 

Mr. Michael E. Hansen 

Mr. Brent Hibbard 

Ms. Elizabeth R. Jacobs 

Mr. Thomas W. Junker 

Mr. Anthony Lampasona 

Ms. Beth A. Lanham 

Mr. Frank S. Lococo 

Mr. Randy Elroy Matter 

Mr. Christopher D. Noble 


Mrs. Denise C. Olsen 

Mr. Thaddeus A. Palus 

Mr. Bradley C. Pietz 

PPC Foundation 

Roberta L. Remstad and 

Mr. David R. Remstad 

Mr. Kenneth E. Robertson 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. 

Rutherford 

Mr. Jonathan Sahin 

Mr. Carsten Schweigert 

Mr. Rohit Sharma 

Mr. Jeffrey C. Siegel 

Mr. Conrad L. Sobczak 

Ms. Dianna Steinbach 

Ms. Marcia Stojsavljevic 

Mr. Joshua R. Sulsberger 

LEER ACCOUNTING & 

TAXATION EXCELLENCE 

FUND 

Mr. Jeffrey A. Arndt 

Baird Foundation, Inc. 

Mr. Dale M. Barbiaux 

Mr. Mark A. Barnes 

Ms. E. Jill Barton 

Mr. Robert J. Becker 

Mrs. Kathryn L. Bennett 

Ms. Sharon A. Bloom 

Mr. John W. Brannan 

Mr. William Branta 

Dr. Rita Hartung Cheng 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephan J. Chevalier 

Deloitte Foundation 

Deloitte Services LP 

Mrs. Terri L. Desris 

Ms. Karen M. Domagalski 

Mr. Dennis W. Dreikosen 

Mr. Justin M. Dyson 


Mr. Michael D. Fuss 

Mr. Kevin M. Hablewitz 

Mr. David J. Hamernik 

Ms. Lindsay H. Hammerer 

Ms. Beverly J. Hansen 

Mr. William A. Harwood, JD, CPA 

Mr. Kenneth W. Hauser 

Mr. Robert W. Hauswirth 

Mr. Stephen K. Heyroth 

Ms. Patricia A. Hintz 

Mrs. Laurel E. Horvath 

Johnson Controls Foundation 

Ms. Judith Ann Kabriel 

Kalmbach Publishing Co. 

Ms. Elizabeth Kaschak 

Mr. Robert Kastenschmidt 

Kimberly Clark Foundation 

Mr. Kenneth K. Klimeck 

Ms. Cynthia A. Kopperud and 

Mr. Thomas J. Watson 

KPMG Foundation 

Mr. Jason P. Kravits 

Mr. Peter J. Kubacki 

Mr. Aaron C. Kuen 

Mr. Jay H. Kurtzweil 

Ms. Jennifer Lyn Laib 

Mr. Gary E. Lakritz 

Mr. Kevin J. Lewicki 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Makovec, Jr. 

Mr. Glen E. Marquardt 

Mr. Michael A. Martinelli 

Ms. Oletha M. Mays 

Ms. Nancy S. Melewski 

Mr. Martin W. Meyer 

Mr. Allan K. Michalski 


Ms. Lynn S. Ohm 

Ms. Laura L. Olewinski 

Mr. Erik S. Owen 

Mr. Ronald E. Pawasarat 

Mr. Frank J. Poja 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 

Mrs. Maxine L. Riche 

Mr. Joseph A. Rock 

Mr. Robert J. Ruttgers 

Mr. Sirous H. Samy 

Ms. Elizabeth A. Schinko 

Mrs. Jeanine D. Schoen 

Mr. Myron E. Schulz 

Schwab Charitable Fund 

Ms. Kathy M. Shaw 

Sitzberger, Widmann & Company 

Mr. Frederick J. Sitzberger 

Mrs. Rebecca M. Sorvick 

Ms. Beje M. Spahiu 

Mrs. Christine M. St. Louis 

Mr. James W. Stuart 

Mr. Daniel D. Tomko 

Mr. Lawrence A. Totsky, C.P.A. 

Mr. Misha Vojo Tubic 

Mr. James T. Tucker 

Ms. Jennifer A. Veith 

Mr. James M. Wahlen 

Mr. James W. Wallner 

Mr. Robert B. Willkomm 

Mr. Phillip C. Wolfsohn 

CENTER FOR 

TECHNOLOGY 

INNOVATION/ 

MANAGEMENT 

INFORMATION 

SYSTEMS 

Briggs & Stratton Corporation 

Dr. William D. Haseman 

La Macchia Enterprises 

Mr. Bruce R. Maas 

Mark Travel Corporation 


Northwestern Mutual 

Rockwell Automation, Inc. 

Wisconsin Energy Corporation 


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Donors 


ENTREPRENEURSHIP 

Mr. Christopher J. Ciancimino 

Flowers Communications Group 

Ms. Judith J. Goetz 

Grace Matthews, Inc. 

Headquarters Internet, Inc. 

Heartland Information Research 

La Macchia Enterprises 

Mark Travel Corporation 

Optimal Handling Solutions 

Tech Upgrade, Inc. 

Terra Nova 

Waukesha Tool & Stamping 

HELEN BADER 

INSTITUTE FOR 

NONPROFIT 

MANAGEMENT 

Mrs. Donna M. Garski-Eft and 

Mr. David M. Eft 

Faye McBeath Foundation 

Greater Milwaukee Foundation 

Milwaukee Center for 

Independence 


Time Warner Cable, Inc. 

Time Warner Cable of 

Southeastern Wisconsin 

INTERNATIONAL 

BUSINESS 

Sigma-Aldrich Foundation 

M&I MARSHALL & 

ILSLEY CENTER FOR 

BUSINESS ETHICS FUND 

Marshall & Ilsley Foundation, Inc. 

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DAVID O. NICHOLAS 

APPLIED FINANCE LAB 

Nicholas Family Foundation 

Mr. David O. Nicholas 

Ms. Lynn S. Nicholas 

PROFESSORSHIPS AND 

RESEARCH 


Mrs. Leona I. Fitzsimonds 

Rockwell Automation Charitable 

Corporation 

Storr Family Foundation 

Mr. Hans G. Storr 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

American Transmission Company 

Brady Corporation 

Brady Corporation Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Brickman 

Ms. Jacalyn A. Budelier 

Mrs. Clarice H. Chou 

Christian Stewardship Foundation 

Patrick and Anna M. Cudahy Fund 


Ms. Elyce D. Dilworth 


IBM International Foundation 

Inacom Information Systems 

Richard G. Jacobus Family 

Foundation, Inc. 

Jewish Community Foundation of 

the Milwaukee Jewish Federation 

Mr. and Mrs. Allan J. Klotsche, Jr. 

Mr. and Ms. Paul J. Klumb 

Mr. Paul J. Krejcarek 

Mr. Dennis J. Kuester 

Mr. Jerome A. Leer 

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. 

Leonardson 

Lubar Family Foundation, Inc. 

Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon B. Lubar 

Mr. Eric D. Mangold 

Mr. Daniel A. Matre 

Ms. Christina Morris 

Mr. Jason R. Naumann 

Mr. and Ms. Brian O’Day 

Dr. Carolyn S. Ottman 

Mr. Richard J. Ploeckelmann 

Dr. V. Kanti Prasad 

Rath Foundation Inc. 

RedPrairie Corporation 

Mr. Timothy G. Roloff 

Ms. Barbara J. Rucks 

Mr. and Mrs. Sean W. Rutter 

Ms. Joslyn F. Schiedt 

Mr. Ryan Todd Schuelke 

Mr. Douglas J. Schwinn 

Scribner, Cohen & Company, S.C. 

SIOR Wisconsin, Inc. 

Time Warner Cable, Inc. 

Tushaus Computer Services 

Mr. Gregg A. Tushaus 

Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Van 

Groll, Jr. 

Wipfl i Foundation Inc. 

UNRESTRICTED 

American Transmission Company 

Bank of America Foundation 


Ms. Sheryl A. Flaherty 

Ms. Judith E. Forsea-Lynch and 

Mr. James G. Lynch 

Mrs. Jacquelyn E. Fredrick 

GFWC Shorewood Woman’s 

Club, Inc. 

Mr. Norman R. Jensen 

Mr. Richard E. Johnson 

Mr. James K. Kasum 

Mrs. Jeanne A. Kennedy 

Kikkoman Foods Foundation, Inc. 

Mr. Gale E. Klappa 

Mr. Charles A. Konkol 

Mr. William H. Lacy 

Mr. Brian J. Lavin 

Mr. Victor Ledesma 

Marcus Corporation Foundation 

Mr. Stephen H. Marcus 


Mr. Keith A. Miller 

Mr. Philip G. Neary 


Mr. Ronald E. Pawasarat 

Rockwell International 

Corporation Trust 

Dr. Georgia R Saemann 

Mr. Charles F. Severson 

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lloyd 

Sterling 

Ms. Pamela G. Stokke-Ceci 

Storr Family Foundation 

Mr. Hans G. Storr 

Mr. Todd A. Sulger 

Vector Marketing Corporation 

William Lacy Foundation 

Wisconsin Energy Foundation 

Dr. Huimin Zhao 

Mr. Edward J. Zore 

Mr. Brian J. Zuberbier 

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To make a gift to the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, please make your checks payable to the UWM Foundation. 

You may send them to UWM Offi ce of Development 3271 N. Lake Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53211, Attention: Ann Panter. 

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