The Business Brief

September 2007

Last week will be tough to top during the remainder of my time as interim dean of the E. J. Ourso College of Business, even though it started ordinarily enough.

As expected, the week began with meetings with deans and donors and me teaching my class. There was a meeting with the faculty and staff of the college Wednesday...

LSU FLORES MBA PROGRAM RANKED SEVENTH IN THE NATION

For a second consecutive year, the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business Flores MBA Program has been ranked in the nation’s Top 10 by the Wall Street Journal among schools that draw corporate recruiters regionally.

ALEXANDRIA-BASED CORPORATION DONATES $3 MILLION TO
BUSINESS BUILDING CAMPAIGN

Pictured Left to Right
Interim Dean William Lane, Jonathan Martin,
Roy O. Martin III, LSU Chancellor Sean O'Keefe, LSU System President William Jenkins, LSU Foundation President William Bowdon

RoyOMartin, a third-generation family-owned corporation based in Alexandria, La., has donated $3 million to the Forever LSU campaign, university officials announced at a special event at the Lod Cook Alumni Center on campus.

The funds are earmarked, at RoyOMartin’s request, for the construction of a new building for LSU’s E. J. Ourso College of Business. The donation is the largest gift toward the construction of that building to date.

RoyOMartin is a group of family-owned, professionally managed forest products and forestland management companies. The corporation has a history of providing financial support for the LSU System, including LSU’s College of Engineering, the LSU AgCenter, the Tiger Athletic Foundation and LSU-Alexandria. President and CFO Roy O. Martin III, Chairman and CEO Jonathan E. Martin, both LSU alumni, recognized the necessity for a dedicated facility for the E. J. Ourso College.

JAMES C. FLORES TO SPEAK AT OCTOBER HOUSTON EXECUTIVE SPEAKER SERIES EVENT

The LSU Flores MBA Alumni Association-Houston Chapter will continue its Executive Speaker Series with James Flores on Thursday, October 4, 2007.

Flores is the chairman, president, and CEO of Plains Exploration and Production Company

PEGGY SCOTT INDUCTED INTO ACCOUNTING HALL OF FAME

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has inducted Peggy Scott, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, into its Business and Industry Hall of Fame.

ARJEN BOIN NAMED DIRECTOR OF THE STEPHENSON DISASTER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE

Arjen Boin accepted the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute’s director position in August and comes to SDMI from Leiden University in the Netherlands. Boin also serves as an associate professor in the Public Administration Institute