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Alums Lemon and Aoki Win Prestigious Research on “Sin Taxes” Finds Costs Often “Sells Award” for Top CPA Exam Scores Outweigh Benefits Alums to Receive Honorary USU Doctorates: Accounting Program Ranked in Top 6% Nike President Denson, and Bangkok University In the Nation, at #46 out of 800 President Santiwat Logan Ranked #1 Small U.S. City For Technology and Business CONTENTS:

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Dean Douglas D. Anderson

Editor Christine Arrington, Co-Director of Marketing and Branding

Design Hilary Frisby

copy editors Maren Cartwright Steve Eaton 6 Allie Jeppson Contributing Writers Christine Arrington Connor Child Steve Eaton Klydi Heywood Allie Jeppson Dave Patel

Photography Ron Adair On the cover: Donna Barry Huntsman Hall: a new era for the huntsman Russ Dixon school. building rendering by lmn architects. Steve Eaton 17 26 Sterling Morris Website in this issue Shara Gibbons Correction: The article on Dr. Abdinasir M. Abdulle, in the 4 The Dean’s Message 25 Stephen M.R. Covey Pays Tribute to fall 2012 issue of the Huntsman His Father Alumni Magazine, incorrectly 5 USU to Give Honorary Doctorates to Two listed the name and credentials Huntsman Alums 25 My Favorite Professor of his wife. It should have listed her name as Habiba Nur, with Nike President Charlie Denson and Bangkok Nicholas Bahr Thanks Dr. Chad Albrecht the following credentials: two University President Mathana Santiwat master’s degrees from 26 Legacy State, in Agricultural Systems 6 Recent Achievements THE VITAL FEW by Aggie Economist and Technology in 1993 and • Alums Jill Aoki and Tony Lemon Win Jonathan Hughes is the Seminal Book on in Nutrition and Food Science Prestigious “Sells Award” For Top CPA Exam American Entrepreneurs in 1997. Currently she is an adjunct professor on the faculty Scores 27 Future of the Salt Lake Community • Accounting Program Ranked in top 6% in College. The Abdulle’s have Dr. Arun Saha, with a USU Ph.D. in three children, Mayran, age 19; U.S. by Public Accounting Report Economics, Served as Vice Chancellor Of Ladan, age 16; and Liban, age • Logan Ranked #1 Small City in the Nation for India’s Tripura University, with its nearly 14. We regret the errors. MAY 6 - 10, 2013 Technology and Business 50,000 Students • Huntsman MBA Program Ranks in Top 25 28 Sin Taxes Send comments and letters to for Social Media Activity the editor to: • Economics and Finance Department Wins Research on “Sin Taxes” Finds Costs Often [email protected]. Outweigh Benefits SHINGO PRIZE - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - PROVO, UTAH USU 2013 Department Teaching Excellence Huntsman Alumni Magazine is Award 30 Keep in Touch published two times a year by Attend keynotes, breakouts, workshops and more with leaders across the globe including CEOs, the Jon M. Huntsman School 8 Student News 33 Contributions of Business at Utah State VPs and improvement experts from companies like Ingersoll Rand, FJ Management Inc., University. Logan, Utah. 10 Alumni News Johnson & Johnson, Unilever and Toyota. Register at www.shingoprize.org/2013Conference 36 Vision Copyright 2013 by Utah State 14 Academic and Program News Duane Shaw University. All rights reserved. 16 Research Highlights 38 Voice Bryan Broadbent Reflects on His Many Years 17 State-of-the-Art New “Huntsman Hall” on Wall Street Alumni use code Find these stories online at

by to be Built for School of Business huntsman.usu.edu/alumnispring2013 UtahAnniversary2013 40 The Huntsman Alumni Network THE SHINGO PRIZE to receive a 25% discount. photo Stretches Around the World PERATIONAL XCELLENCE TM Students use code 2 huntsmanfor O alumni magazine E • spring 2013 huntsman.usu.edu 3 USU2013 to receive a a world standard...for a global economy 50% discount. dean’s message a message from Dean Douglas D. Anderson USU to Award Honorary Degrees to Nike President Denson and Bangkok University President Santiwat forty years on?” It is not only the notes of a song like “The Scotsman” that bring these thoughts to mind. They come in a walk across the Quad, the roar of a Utah State University will honor two Huntsman Charlie serves at the pinnacle of brand and marketing, crowd in the Spectrum, a glimpse of Mt. Logan or, School alumni with honorary degrees at the 126th as is the case today watching out my office window, commencement on May 4, 2013. “for arguably one of the best known brands in the world. the sight of Lund Hall being demolished to make Charlie Denson, ‘78, business administration, way for the construction of the newest addition to president of Nike Brand, will receive an honorary He is such an inspiration to our students looking to the USU campus: Huntsman Hall. My mother has degree and will also serve as the commencement create similar careers of their own. told me stories of Lund Hall. She lived there in the speaker. As president of Nike Brand, Mr. Denson 1940’s as an upper-class “resident” when it was a is responsible for leading the strategy of one of the — Dean Anderson ” dormitory for freshmen women. Hers was the west world’s most distinctive companies in sports. He corner room on the top floor. That was precisely oversees Nike’s major global categories, including the spot where the demolition began today. When I action sports, basketball, football (soccer), men’s was a student at USU, Lund Hall was the dorm for training, women’s training, running, and sportswear, the football team. More recently, it has served as the as well as the Jordan Brand and Nike Golf. home of the math and statistics department. “Charlie serves at the pinnacle of brand and mar- We will miss Lund Hall, but we will be so keting, for arguably one of the best known brands in fortunate to have this new building. It will be a great the world,” said Dean Douglas D. Anderson. “He is asset for the college and for the entire University. such an inspiration to our students looking to create Huntsman Hall will be the physical manifestation of similar careers of their own.” our brand—excellence in everything we do! What Mr. Denson began his career with Nike in 1979, stories, I wonder, will it tell forty years from now? starting as an assistant retail manager at Nike’s first Recently, I read a speech by in which The name, “Huntsman Hall,” was selected by the retail store in Portland, Oregon, where he learned he quotes lines of the song, “Forty Years On,” sung University to honor Jon M. Huntsman, Sr., who the business from the ground up and the impor- by the students and alumni of The Harrow School, has done so much for our college of business, and tance of creating and maintaining a strong connec- the London school for boys, whose most famous who has provided the lead, private gift for the new tion with consumers. After more than three decades, graduate is Winston Churchill1. Here are a few lines building. In coming issues of this magazine, we he has developed a deep expertise in the athletic from that song: want to recognize all those whose support is making consumer products industry and has been instru- Charlie Denson with Aggie athletes donned in their newly Nike-designed uniforms this wonderful new edifice possible. We deeply mental in leading Nike to become one of the world’s Forty years on, when afar and asunder appreciate their generosity. biggest brands. Bangkok University. Besides her active work with This is an exciting moment in the history of He also has been engaged with his alma mater, the university, President Santiwat is also engaged Parted are those who are singing today, Utah State University. We are at a critical “point of helping students interested in marketing careers as in several Thai government-related committees, inflection.” Building on the legacy of those who have well as leading a 15-month rebranding campaign including her position as a National Quality When you look back, and forgetfully wonder gone before, we are laying the foundation of a truly that resulted in USU’s unveiling of its new athletic Assessor for Thai Higher Education Institutions and What you were like in your work and your play, great business school. Those of us who are actively logo in the spring of 2012. as the president of the Association of Private Higher involved in this effort can sense the momentum of Education Institutions of Then, it may be, there will often come o’er you, positive change, and feel fortunate to contribute Thailand. She is a longtime to the University we love at this time. But there is She remains a loyal Aggie despite the thousands supporter of the rights of Glimpses of notes like the catch of a song… still much to be done to fully realize our ambition. “of miles between us, and I am honored that she Thai women and is a member How will it seem to you, forty years on? Huntsman Hall will give us the space we need to of the executive board of the expand student opportunities in entrepreneurship, will provide the convocation at our graduation. Thai Women Watch. leadership, and international programs. But without President Santiwat is a The lyrics captured me the moment I realized a permanent endowment to grow and sustain these — Dean Anderson ” loyal Aggie who remembers that I am now 40 years on from my graduation programs, we will fall short of our vision. So we her time studying account- from Utah State University in 1973. At that time the are continuing to seek out visionaries among our USU will also honor Dr. Mathana Santiwat, ‘73, ing at USU under Larzette Hale and living in George S. Eccles Business Building was just three alumni and friends who will help us realize that accounting, with an honorary degree. Dr. Santiwat Merrill Hall. She served as the president of the years old. Like so many before me—and, I suspect, dream. We hope you’ll join us. Just think of what we will address graduates during the Huntsman alumni chapter in Thailand for several years W. Mitt Romney, (BA ‘71), BYU Magazine “Forty Years On; Mitt Romney Discusses the Business of Successful Living..” Winter 2013. You can listen to the song, “Forty Years On, Years “Forty song, the to listen can 2013. You Winter Living..” Successful of Business the Discusses Romney On; Mitt Years “Forty ‘71), BYU Magazine (BA Romney, Mitt W. 1 many after—I wonder, “where did the years go, can become—forty years on! scotsman.usu.edu link: this at “The to Scotsman,” listen view and better, Even bit.ly/10aGc0u link: this at website Harrow’s on School convocation following the university’s and gets together at least once a year with the commencement activities. Since her graduation more than 200 Aggies in Thailand. ba rry from USU, Dr. Santiwat has worked in a variety of “I had the pleasure of visiting Dr. Mathana positions at Bangkok University, starting as a junior two years ago in Bangkok when she hosted a Mathana Santiwat with an donn a award from Bankok University by

a dair lecturer in accounting and moving on to dean of dinner for Aggie alumni,” Dean Anderson said. “

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4 huntsman alumni magazine • spring 2013 huntsman.usu.edu 5 School of Accountancy Ranked in Top 6% in the U.S., Recent at #46 out of 800, By Public Accounting Report The School of Accountancy’s under- in the top 6% of programs nationwide. graduate program at the Jon M. Huntsman In addition, the Forbes list of top jobs Achievements School of Business has been ranked #46 in for 2013 put accountants and auditors in the nation by Public Accounting Report. the number 2 spot. The Bureau of Labor The publication, which bills itself as the Statistics estimates that jobs for accoun- “leading provider of competitive intelli- tants and auditors are expected to grow gence for public accounting firms and the 16% from 2010 to 2020. Two Huntsman profession,” prepares the rankings based “We appreciate the recognition we on a survey of accounting professors have received from the Public Accounting across the country. Report,” Dr. Walther said. “We take even Graduates, Anthony Larry Walther, who heads the School more satisfaction, however, in seeing of Accountancy at the Huntsman School, our students excel once they enter the Lemon and Jill Aoki, said there are nearly 800 undergraduate job market and effectively compete with programs that are eligible for the list, put- graduates of top schools from around the ting the Huntsman School of Accountancy country.” School of Accountancy department head Larry Walther with Earn Prestigious accounting students “Sells Award” Huntsman MBA Program Just 39 people out of more than 92,000 candidates who took the Uniform CPA Examination in 2012 scored above Ranks in Top 25 For Social 95.5, and two of those high scorers were graduates of Media Activity the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. The business organization Online The American Institute of Certified Public Accounts MBA Page.com recently ranked recently released the names of those who will be receiv- the Jon M. Huntsman School of ing the prestigious Elijah Watt Sells Award, given only to Business as one of the top 25 people who average above 95.5 on all four tests candi- schools in the country in social dates must take to become certified public accountants. media activity. Jill Aoki and Anthony Lemon, who graduated with master’s The Huntsman School was degrees in accounting from USU in 2012, were on that list. ranked 25th in the organization’s “Top 100 Most Social Larry Walther, the department head for the School of Logan Ranked #1 Small U.S. City Media Friendly MBA School Rankings for 2013.” Online Accountancy, said it is extremely unusual for a school For Technology and Business MBA Page.com describes itself as a “social education the size of the Huntsman School of Business to have two community.” For the rankings, it measured social media students win the Sells Award. For the second year in a row, Logan was metropolitan area in the United States in impact in five categories: , , YouTube, “I think it says something about us either being really named as the best-performing small city in 2012. LinkedIn, and Google Plus. lucky or, at least having the right curriculum in place,” he the country for technology and business, by Brian Carver, community and economic Eric Schulz, senior lecturer and co-director of stra- said. “I hope it says we have the right curriculum in place the Milken Institute, a nonprofit, nonparti- development director for the Bear River tegic marketing and brand management, oversees the and the right kind of students.” san think tank. The ranking is based on a Association of Governments, said, “The Huntsman School’s social media efforts. He said much Scott Nixon, who is a partner at survey of 179 cities, and credits Logan with university gives us a highly educated, highly of the credit goes to students and former students who PricewaterhouseCoopers where Lemon now works, having a “thriving technology sector.” The skilled work force. People from out-of-state have spearheaded the school’s social media efforts. doesn’t seem to think there’s any luck involved. study evaluates job growth, wages, salaries, are always telling us that our employee “These students helped us build a vibrant and “This is unheard of really,” he said. “That just says a and technology output. base is not only a little higher educated engaged online community of students, alumni, and whole lot about the program at Utah State.” In addition to the Milken Institute’s rank- than normal but they have a good work friends,” Mr. Schulz said. “There is always something Lemon said his classes introduced him to the basic ing, CQ Press ranked Logan as the safest ethic, too. We’ve got great assets here.” going on, and we have a very active student body.” concepts he would need to understand for the test, and the good study habits he developed in school helped him prepare for it. Department of Economics and Finance Aoki, who was the Huntsman valedictorian last year, Awarded USU’s Teaching Excellence Prize agreed that the classes she took and professors she worked with helped prepare her for the test. She said she Utah State University recently awarded the Economics and Finance Department took a course to prepare for the exam and tested herself at the Huntsman School of Business with the 2013 Department Teaching constantly with electronic flash cards before the exam. Excellence Award. Tracy Christman is an audit partner at Ernst & Young This award is the highest honor given to academic departments, and recognizes where Aoki had been offered a job after she completed department cultures that meaningfully value learning excellence. The award a summer internship more than a year before gradua- selection committee includes faculty, students, administrators, and a member of

tion. Christman said she was pleased to see Aoki get top morris the Board of Trustees. scores. “Our economics and finance faculty have demonstrated tremendous leadership “I think it is absolutely outstanding,” she said. “I know in creating a culture that is rigorous and student-centered, and we see the fruits s t erl ing from personal experience that passing the exam is a huge by of this labor every day through the success enjoyed by our students,” said Dean

milestone, but to be able to do so in such spectacular Douglas D. Anderson. “I am so proud of Tyler Bowles and his entire team.”

fashion…it’s just amazing to me.” photo Our winning Economics & Finance Department faculty

6 huntsman.usu.edu 7 student news Huntsman Students Doug Student Ran Duan’s Huntsman Students Create New Marketing Huntsman Students Win Skullcandy Case Deakin and Matt Brown Research Illuminates Approach Called “The Flash” Competition By Developing Training Metrics Awarded in Top 25 Utah Why Chinese Students It all started with an idea — an idea that then became a reality. Student-Founded Businesses Choose U.S. Universities First senior Kevin Schmidt and two other Huntsman students created an approach that In February, Huntsman students helped Skullcandy find a quantifiable way to allowed companies to advertise more effectively to college students, and then the Flash measure the results of a planned marketing push that will be carried out through Two Huntsman students, Doug Deakin and Matt Brown, Chinese student Ran Duan interviewed 15 Chinese Marketing Group was born. the company’s new “college ambassador program.” Skullcandy is a publicly traded were named among the 25 winners of the Top 25 Student- students at Utah State about why and how Kevin, an entrepreneurship major, said they are able to market to USU students rapidly and company based in Park City, Utah, that markets headphones, earphones, hands free Founded Businesses in Utah. The awards were given by they chose a U.S. university, for his marketing effectively using business logo-bearing T-shirts, games, and prizes. devices, audio backpacks, MP3 players, and other products, all targeted at outdoor the nonprofit “Utah Student 25” at the Utah Student 25 intelligence class project. Ran conducted the “We give out thousands of free shirts on a campus and then have all the students wear action sports enthusiasts. Awards Gala March 14 at the University of Utah. interviews, asked the students to complete a web- them on the same day — that is what we call the flash,” Kevin said. “We have crafted a new It was all part of the Huntsman Marketing Case Competition, a contest that gives Doug Deakin, founder of Organic Farms, a company that based questionnaire, and carried out secondary and exciting way to market.” teams of students 48 hours to find solutions to a real business problem, in this distributes organic grain products, placed number 7, while research on the topic, in the library, and online. The Flash Marketing Group held its first campaign in October for Firehouse Pizzeria. Kevin example, a challenge facing Skullcandy. Matt Brown, founder of Grass Masters, a landscaping Ran concluded that with rising incomes in China, said the campaign’s success showed the effectiveness of their approach to advertising, and Cohen Summers, Huntsman School of Business alumnus and Skullcandy global company, placed number 19. parents are “acutely aware that the Chinese led to an unexpected increase in the Flash Marketing Group’s business sales. training manager, explained that the company was specifically looking for a tangible The Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence at the educational system focuses too much on rote The Flash Marketing Group’s work became more visible after it conducted a successful way to measure its marketing efforts. Huntsman School, led by executive director Mike Glauser, memorization and doesn’t give students enough campaign for the Huntsman MBA program, Kevin said. Students Jon Edwards, Ace Beorchia, Spencer Hall, and Brad Cannon took the has focused on creating the academic and experiential training in morality and critical thinking, nor many first-place prize, winning an overnight stay in Park City, Utah, near Skullcandy head- opportunities necessary to prepare students to create and choices for extracurricular activities.” quarters, a day on the ski slopes, and a tour of the company. launch viable businesses. Ran identified five top factors that influence Two Huntsman Teams Make it to Finals in The team helped Skullcandy by developing an equation that measures several “This is the first time we’ve had two students place in the Chinese students’ choices: components of an event hosted by one of the ambassadors of the new program — top 25,” he said. “They both worked very hard to prepare 1. University ranking Global Information Systems Competition such as attendance, website visits, and sales — in different layers while still allow- for this competition, and I am so proud of both of them.” 2. Tuition and fees ing the variables to be adjusted for each event, Ace said. The “Utah Student 25” is a non-profit Utah corporation Two teams of Huntsman students have made it to the finals 3. Location that administers an awards program to recognize top of an information systems contest that drew 82 teams from 4. The university’s environment and culture student-founded businesses in the state of Utah. The goal some of the best universities in the world. 5. Professors’ expertise of the organization is to encourage growth and entrepre- The students will be going to Bentonville, Ark., to neurial activities in the state. The top two factors were most important, and participate in the 2013 Walmart IT Summit and AIS most students preferred an urban setting. The Student Chapter Leadership Conference, April 18 – 20. The students couldn’t learn much about the fourth and Association of Information Systems (AIS) is hosting the Huntsman Student Trevor Lund fifth factors until they arrived. competition. Only about 10% of Ran’s interviewees plan to Of the 17 universities that entered the contest, just six Job-Shadows stay long-term in the U.S., for three reasons: they teams in each of four categories made it to the finals. One PricewaterhouseCoopers’ U.S. aren’t willing to leave their families, “they can’t Huntsman team, Gina Baldazzi, Kristen Tenney, and Kyle get used to the food,” and they think it may be Bell, submitted a training video. The other team, Vishal Chairman in NYC harder to find a job here. Still, about 90% said they Patel, Dannaea Ward, and Eric Schnell, did a case study. want to acquire a U.S. graduate degree before “We have very tal- When Trevor Lund applied for an internship at returning to China. ented students here, PricewaterhouseCoopers in he hoped to and many companies gain valuable experience in public accounting and secure are recognizing a job. He didn’t think, however, he’d end up flying to New Huntsman Student Doug Fiefia that,” said David York City to learn directly from the company’s U.S. chair- Olsen, who heads man and senior partner Bob Moritz. Elected USU Studentbody President the Management Top: Vishal Patel, Eric Schnell, and Trevor submitted three essays and his resume, and was Information Systems In the 2013 ASUSU elections, junior Doug Fiefia took his education in business and lead- Dannaea Ward. Above: Kyle Bell, one of two interns from the U.S. market selected for this Department. “They Kristen Tenney, and Gina Baldazzi. ership beyond the classroom, and as a result was elected ASUSU president. Skullcandy employees with the winning team highly competitive program that allowed him to spend a now seek out our day job- shadowing Mr. Moritz, who is essentially the CEO “I felt I could help ASUSU out and help improve students because of of the company. This was the first time someone from it,” Doug said. “It was also a way to give back to what they can offer.” the Salt Lake office had been chosen to the school that has done so much for me.” participate in this event. During his visit he Doug said the skills he has learned through his was able to attend meetings with the PwC business administration major helped him market The School of Accountancy board of directors, regulators from Europe, himself and organize an efficient, successful and PwC clients. He also attended a live campaign. Continues to Rack Up interview Mr. Moritz did with Fox News. After a rule change which banned “couponing” Accomplishments “He was very kind, transparent, and — a practice in which candidates hand out campaign fliers printed on coupons to local candid,” Trevor said. “He was an open book • Graduating accounting seniors scored at or above the and gave us some great advice.” businesses, Doug chose to target friends and leaders in other key organizations to gain their 94th percentile on all nine business topics in the nationally He said that Mr. Moritz was familiar scored Educational Testing Service Major Field Tests. with the Huntsman School of Accountancy support, and then solicited their help campaigning within those organizations. • More than 90% of recent accounting master’s degree gradu- Trevor Lund (right) and was very interested in learning about ates secured meaningful employment. Trevor’s experience as a Huntsman Scholar In the same election, Steven Mortenson, a ju- meets with senior nior majoring in business administration and mar- • The School of Accountancy’s student chapter of the Institute partner Bob Moritz in in Europe and the time he spent in India of Management Accountants (IMA) achieved the Gold Level PricewaterhouseCoopers’ serving an LDS mission. keting, was elected as the new Jon M. Huntsman New York City office. School of Business senator. Award of Excellence for the seventeenth consecutive year, ASUSU president-elect Doug Fiefia which is now the longest streak in the nation.

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student news alumni news

Accomplished Alum Sachin Pavithran Appointed to Federal Disabilities Board Newly Hired Football Coach by President Obama Matt Wells Brings a Huntsman “It’s not often one gets appointed by the President,” said Sachin Pavithran HIS CHALLENGING NEW ASSIGNMENT upon being appointed by President Obama as a member of the U.S. Sachin’s appointment to the U.S. Access Board will require time in Education to Work on the Field

Access Board—officially the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Washington, D.C., and in Utah, helping develop and maintain design cri- at hl e tics

Compliance Board. “It is a big responsibility,” he said. teria for electronic and information technology and telecommunications Coaching a football team is not unlike running a business usu He was telephoned in April 2012 by the Office of Presidential equipment. The Board represents the public, particularly people with , for newly hired head USU football coach Matt Wells. The Appointments, and then thoroughly vetted for seven months, before being disabilities, and it acts as a coordinating body among Federal agencies. former Huntsman student says it gives him and his team an ta l bot officially appointed to a four-year term in December 2012. Sachin has been named Chair of two Board committees, the edge others may not have. rya n Information and Communications Technologies Committee and the Self- “It requires leadership,” he said. “I think it requires vi- by A STELLAR AGGIE BACKGROUND Service Transaction Machines Committee. sion. Business was my background, and I think a lot of what Sachin graduated from Utah State with His technical skills include knowledge of I learned has helped me in this world of coaching college photo degrees in Business Information Systems many assistive technology tools, such as football. Whether it’s managing people, setting up systems and Marketing, and a Master’s in Vocational Screen Reading Software, Kurzweil 1000, and functions, or following through, it’s all business and Rehabilitation Counseling. He was born in Duxbury Systems, and Braille Note, as well process related.” India, grew up in Dubai, and came to the U.S. as programming languages Visual C++, There are now 10 members of the team who are when he was 17 to start college at Utah State. COBOL, S.Q.L, Visual Basic, and HTML. Huntsman business students. Coach Wells said the experi- And he is blind. But that has not slowed him ence they have on the football team will be beneficial for their future business careers, as well as in life.

down. INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND r a dio

He has over 12 years of experience working 5 LANGUAGES A strengthened work ethic, goal setting, dealing with failure, and recovering are all skills his students can gain through publ ic

in the disability field and with individuals with Sachin also has worked internationally, in disabilities. He is currently Program Director Egypt, Syria, the Philippines and Turkey, his football program, Coach Wells said. “Football so closely u ta h of the Utah Assistive Technology Program helping implement the requirements of the resembles life,” he said. “It gives these students an advan- (UATP), and Disability Policy Analyst for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of tage to be a Division I student-athlete.” Football players enrolled in the Huntsman School of cour t esy

highly regarded USU Center for Persons with Persons with Disabilities. His international Disabilities. He is also working on a Ph.D. in work is supported by his ability to speak Business include Nick Chronister, Paul Clark, Kyler Fackrell, Disabilities Disciplines. Hindi, Malaylam, Urdu and Arabic. photo Chuckie Keeton, B.J. Larsen, Alex Marsaw, Michael Starting in October 2000 he was a Training Oknokwo, Travis Seefeldt, Brian Suite, and Josh Thompson. and Development Specialist on the innova- Coach Matt Wells with his Aggies tive WebAIM Project (Accessibility in Mind), You can listen to a Utah Public Radio interview with Sachin on his U.S. that developed WAVE, the Web Accessibility Access Board appointment at: Evaluation Tool, a free service that has been www.upr.org/post/utahn-appointed-us-access-board-president-obama.012 Huntsman Huntsman Alum Travis Hess Dies of Cancer used to evaluate the accessibility of millions Sachin Pavithran doesn’t let his blindness stop him Corporation Ranked of web pages. After Asking His Brother Brad to Lead #3 Best Employer the Hess Cancer Foundation Huntsman Alum Chris USU Alum Wayne Niederhauser to Work For by Even as Travis Hess was taking on his most difficult cancer battle ever, his thoughts were about helping others facing similar challenges, especially those Stewart Elected to the U.S. Elected President of Utah’s State Business Insider families who have lost children to cancer. House of Representatives Senate Mr. Hess, ‘01, business, beat skin cancer seven times and fought off colon, Business Insider and PayScale have brain, and chest cancer. Cancer finally took him on Friday, April 5, 2013. He’d ranked the Huntsman Corporation as Chris Stewart ran successfully on a conservative In January Sen. Wayne Neiderhauser was elected president had grandparents, uncles, and aunts die of cancer. His father died at 49, and the third best Fortune 500 employer to one of his brothers died at 19 of cancer. His sister beat breast cancer at 32 and reform platform, and in January he was sworn in as of the Utah State Senate. He has bachelor’s and master’s work for in 2012, behind just Celgene, the Republican congressman representing Utah’s degrees in accounting from the Huntsman School, is a CPA, a brain tumor at 39. Three of his five children have been diagnosed with the a biopharmaceutical company, and disease, and his daughter Alexis died at age three from a rare childhood cancer. Second Congressional District. and is an owner of real estate Google. Rep. Stewart, ’84, economics, voted in favor of development firm When Alexis died Mr. Hess had trouble finding the money to pay for the Among the list’s top 20 were funeral. Family and friends donated some money, and an anonymous donor the Republican budget in March, and joined a group CW Management. MasterCard (6), Chevron Corporation of bipartisan freshmen members that outlined some Elected to the Senate in contributed $1,000 that helped the family make it through that difficult time. After (7), Yahoo, Inc. (8), and Dow Chemical that he established the Hess Cancer Foundation, a non-profit organization that has helped about two basic principles to address spending reforms and 2006 representing Sandy and Company (20). PayScale’s list of 50 social security. He serves on the Homeland Security, Draper, Sen. Niederhauser dozen families in need pay for funeral costs for their children. Best Employers in America was based Brad Hess said it brought his brother to tears when he told him he would continue on the work of the Natural Resources, and the Science, Space, and sponsored the State Financial on a survey of topics, including cash Technology committees. He also has been named Transparency website, giving foundation for him. compensation, job satisfaction, job “If we can put it together and help this thing grow, I think it is something that can continue to help chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment. people access to financial stress, work schedule, high job meaning, When sworn in, he said his top priorities would information. families at a time when they really need the help,” said Brad, who is now president of the foundation. and salary data. “As you can imagine, families will do anything to cover the medical expenses of the child. Then when include “restoring fiscal sanity, ensuring national A Salt Lake Tribune article Huntsman Corporation is a global security, and establishing energy independence.” called him the Senate’s it doesn’t work, they don’t have any money, and they have stacks and stacks of medical bills they will Aggie and Congressman Chris Stewart manufacturer of differentiated Before becoming a congressman, Rep. Stewart “resident outdoor maniac,” be paying for the next 20 years. That’s when they have to come up with thousands of dollars to show chemicals. It employs 12,000 people at 75 proper respect for their kids.” was president and CEO of the Shipley Group — an energy and environment consult- who engages frequently in locations worldwide, with headquarters ing company that provides anti-terrorism training, corporate security, and executive backcountry skiing, night skiing, in Salt Lake City, Utah. preparedness consulting. He is also the author of several books, including “Seven climbing, and biking. He says his Miracles that Saved America.” “upbringing in Logan” helped More information about donating to the Hess Cancer Foundation may be found at: hesscancer.org create his love of the outdoors. Senator Wayne Niederhauser

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alumni news alumni news Conservice, Honored as a Top Job Creator, Dell Loy Hansen buys Major Recruits for a Day at Huntsman School Huntsman Graduate Mike Cordova Knows How to do League Soccer Team Real Salt Conservice, a Logan-based firm recently recognized byInc . Magazine as a promi- nent job creator, had its executives and recruiters devote an entire day to recruiting the Heavy Lifting Lake students at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business. Conservice is a utility management and billing company that employs more than 400 Most Huntsman graduates push ahead, testing their

Utah State University graduate Dell Loy Hansen recently pur- ne ws people, more than 70 of whom are students or graduates of the Huntsman School of limits, and reaching for new goals, but there aren’t chased the Major League Soccer team Real Salt Lake, along Business. The company was featured in Inc.’s inaugural “Hire Power” awards, rec- many like Mike Cordova, who really knows how to do with Rio Tinto Stadium and ESPN700 Sports Talk Radio. ognizing the private businesses that have generated the most jobs in the past three desere t the heavy lifting. On Jan. 24, 2013, it was announced that Mr. Hansen, who , years. Conservice created 203 new jobs between 2008 and 2011, ranking second in Mr. Cordova, ’99, accounting, ’01, MBA, placed sixth owned 49% of the club since 2009, bought the shares of the state of Utah and fourth in the real estate industry. in the world in 2005 in the bench press competition majority owner Dave Checketts, for an undisclosed sum. Mr. “It’s an honor to be recognized for creating jobs and rebuilding the economy,” said nichol son

for the World Association of Bench Pressers and Hansen is also president of Wasatch Property Management. CEO and Conservice founder Dave Jenkins in a Conservice press release. “Such Deadlifters, pushing up 546 pounds on the bench press. bria n

The Huntsman School of Business has honored Dell Loy rapid growth has allowed me to see many Now he is training to compete in the same contest Hansen, ‘82, political science, and his wife, Lynnette, ’73, new employees enter Conservice and next year, and his training regimen is intense. business administration, with Professional Achievement photo quickly become leaders within the company.” Mr. Cordova also is the controller for AAA for Awards. The Hansens have funded the Hansen Scholars Dell Loy Hansen (left) graciously accepts his new responsibility from Dave Checketts, former Mr. Jenkins, ’95, business management, Northern , Nevada, and Utah. “I do better at Program since 2002. RealSL owner ’99, human resource management, and the job because I feel like I’ve got something outside several executives and employees of the the job,” he said. “I just feel better. I feel strong, and, PoliticIt Accurately company, spent the day in the George S. at least for me, when I feel strong it just translates Eccles Business Building on Nov. 7 talking to through to the rest Predicted 91% Of Fall 2012 students about job opportunities. of what I do at the Dave Patel, assistant dean of the end of the day.” Federal Political Races Huntsman School, said he is excited about Logan Roller Coaster Company, S&S Conservice’s interest in Huntsman students. “They gave our students a chance to talk PoliticIt, a company started and run by current and Worldwide, Sold to Japanese Firm Mike Cordova gets former Huntsman students, predicted in November with not just the executives, but recent back in bench press graduates who could tell them what it’s like competition shape 2012 every federal office race in the country with 91 In January of this year, the sale of Logan-based amusement rides manufacturing firm percent accuracy, including ’s presi- to work for Conservice,” Mr. Patel said. “We S&S Worldwide was completed to Sansei Yusoki Co., Ltd. Sansei is a publicly held are grateful David Jenkins and others from dential win. The company uses a unique algorithm Japanese firm based in Osaka that designs, manufactures, and maintains amusement and neural network technology to gather information Conservice are willing to invest so much rides, stage equipment, elevators, and escalators. Sansei paid $8.6 million for 77.3% of time in our students.” about political candidates from social networks and S&S Worldwide. The Japanese firm had fiscal 2012 revenue of about $147 million, with Dave Jenkins, CEO mainstream media. net income of about $7.3 million. Alum Brady Huntsman School of Business alum Stan Checketts started S&S Worldwide in Logan Tyrone Couey Named in Top 50 US/ Murray Inovar Continues to Thrive in 1994. Today the firm has more than 150 amusement rides--roller coasters, towers, family rides, kiddie rides, and thrill rides--installed all over the U.S. and in 26 countries International Business Execs by Minority Accepts New Under Alum Blake Kirby, around the world. Mr. Checketts sold his 77.3% majority stake in 2010 to Larsen MacColl Partners, a private equity fund based in Radnor, PA, which then sold its stake to the Enterprise Advocate Magazine Position Chairman Japanese firm in January. Although Tyrone Couey graduated with a degree in history from Utah State in 1971, it was for business accomplishments that he was honored recently, by Minority Brady Murray was ap- Blake Kirby started Inovar in a converted garage in Enterprise Advocate Magazine. Mr. Couey was named by the magazine as one of the pointed as the President Hyrum in 1998, based on an insight: there could be sig- “50 Powerful US/International Business Executives” at a gala event in Washington, D.C., and CEO of MassMutual nificant advantages to manufacturing certain kinds of on March 27, not far from where he lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. Intermountain West. He products in the U.S. rather than overseas; specifically, He is best known to Aggies for playing football in the late ‘60s and being drafted by will be responsible for he was thinking of innovative new products with impor- the Dallas Cowboys in 1971. His recent work at two organizations, though, was what the overall growth of tant “intellectual property” elements, high complexity, Huntsman Alum brought him the latest honor—first, as president of the National Organization of College the company’s client critical quality requirements, and lower volumes. Those Parents (NOCP), and second, as a founding member of the group National Historically Brady Murray accounts as well as the products tend to be in the medical, military, aerospace, Ajay Krishnan Managing Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Alumni Association. development and well- and other high-end industrial categories. The National Organization of College Parents, under Mr. Couey’s leadership, estab- being of the company’s 52 advisors and staff. So while others were outsourcing manufacturing to New Wasatch Advisors lishes Parents’ Clubs near the nation’s 100 historically black colleges and universities Upon graduating cum laude with a bachelor’s Asia, Mr. Kirby started manufacturing domestically in Fund to provide support in a variety of ways—improving retention and graduation rates, car- degree in Accounting in 2005, Murray accepted a posi- Logan, Utah. Today Inovar has four full production lines rying out political advocacy, and connecting both students tion to open an office for Beneficial Financial Group producing more than 400 different products per month. Early this year, Huntsman School of Business and universities to twenty-first century opportunities. in Logan, Utah. In 2008, he moved to Boise, Idaho, The business has more than doubled in the last three alumnus Ajay C. Krishnan was appointed Mr. Couey also is one of 11 founding members of the where he accepted a position as Vice President of years. The largest product lines are components for co-fund manager of the Wasatch Emerging National HBCU Alumni Association, that encourages Allegis Financial Partners. unmanned aircraft including hand-held devices, used Markets Select Fund. This new fund was alumni to support those institutions and help position them Murray currently serves on the board of directors by soldiers, that communicate with drones or other launched by Wasatch Advisors, an employee- Ajay C. Krishnan for opportunities in the national and global marketplace. of Wasatch Social Ventures, a non-profit designed military applications. Inovar also builds hardware for owned investment advisor firm that had The gala event featured dignitaries such as Susan Rice, to educate and provide funding for entrepreneurs in uses in cardiology, radiology, and various surgeries. $13.1 billion in assets under management as of November. The fund invests in 30 to 50 U.N. Ambassador, and honored companies from industries developing countries. He also serves on the Board After a merger with inthinc in 2007, Blake bought the emerging-markets companies that are beyond a small-cap focus. such as energy, IT, cybersecurity, and telecommunications. of Directors of Reece’s Rainbow, a non-profit that Inovar business back in 2009, then adding engineer- Mr. Krishnan, who earned his MBA from the Huntsman School of Business in 1995, The keynote speaker was David Hinson, national director raises awareness and funding for orphans with ing resources, prototyping, and design to the firm’s manages the fund with Roger Edgley. Together, they also co-manage the Wasatch of the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Down syndrome. capabilities. Emerging India Fund and the Wasatch Global Opportunities Fund. Development Agency. Tyrone Couey 12 huntsman alumni magazine • spring 2013 huntsman.usu.edu 13

alumni news Our Spring 2013 academic&program news The Entrepreneur Leadership Series is Glenn McEvoy Earns viewable online at: goo.gl/ncQys OR scan Library Faculty Award this code with your BUILDING A THRIVING smartphone to watch E COMMERCE BUSINESS the series now Congratulations to this year’s Huntsman School Award Recipients The Merrill-Cazier library Jana Francis and Rett Clevenger: gave Professor Glenn Founders of Steal Network McEvoy its 2012 Library Faculty Award for his contributions to the library, BUILDING A MUSIC COMPANY a prize given to only one WITH SOCIAL MEDIA faculty member each year. Jon Schmidt: The Piano Guys

Chad Albrecht Gina Baldazzi Ben Blau Tyler Brough Mike Burnham John Gilbert Megan Hansen Undergraduate Graduate Assistant of Researcher of the Year Graduate Research Undergraduate International Professor Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year Mentor of the Year Teaching Fellow of the of the Year Researcher of the Year the Year Year BUILDING A WORLD-WIDE Huntsman School’s MARKET COMPANY Alan Hall: Founder of Grow America Curriculum Recognized and MarketStar by the CFA Institute BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL The Jon M. Huntsman School of Business is one of only 28 schools in the United States CONSULTING PRACTICE recognized by the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute for the work it is doing to Doug Anderson: Huntsman School Ruth Harrison Dan Holland Zachary John Maxfield Luis Patino Frank Shuman Brooke Siler Taci Watterson-Balls prepare its students to qualify for the CFA designation. The CFA Institute is a global as- Dean and Cofounder of the Center for Professional Employee Teacher of the Year Valedictorian Legacy of Utah State Undergraduate Faculty Scholar of the Year Classified Employee of sociation of investment professionals. of the Year Award Advisor of the Year the Year Executive Development Nine BUILDING THE WORLD’S LARGEST FITNESS COMPANY Women in Business Association Six-Week Entrepreneurship Bloomberg Scott Watterson: Cofounder of Icon Formed at the Huntsman School Minor Offered During Terminals Health and Fitness

In January, two Huntsman MBA students, Naomi Haigh and Annie Summer Semester Are Available BUILDING BUSINESSES AS A Smith, launched the Women in Business Association, with advisor In the upcoming summer semester, the Jon M. FAMILY AFFAIR Jamie Andrus, associate director of Partners in Business. The goal of to Huntsman Huntsman School of Business will offer students a Larry and Caryl Abdo: Social the group is to help women succeed in business education and in business careers, through new opportunity to earn an entrepreneurship minor Entrepreneurs - Founders of the Abdo networking and sharing critical knowledge. All women students, faculty, and staff are invited Students in just six weeks. Markethouse to join, by sending an email to: [email protected]. Six two-credit classes are offered, and students Knowing how to use a will identify a business opportunity to develop Bloomberg Terminal to BUILDING AN INTERNATIONAL throughout the six-week period. access all kinds of real-time Professor Paul Fjeldsted SPEAKING BUSINESS The classes include new venture fundamentals, financial, economic, and New MSHR Online Dan Clark: Founder of Clark Success management, marketing, financing, planning, and so- business news information is something that can set a student apart. Why? More than Systems Program Now cial responsibility. These courses will guide students 350,000 finance professionals use Bloomberg Terminals every day to access news, analyt- in learning to identify and develop new products and ics, charts, liquidity information, functionalities, and execution services. The Huntsman Available services; start, launch, and manage a new business School has invested in nine Bloomberg Terminals, located in the downstairs computer lab, BUILDING A PREMIER SKI venture; and develop entrepreneurial leadership and all students are encouraged to use the tutorials on the system to become Bloomberg The Master of Science in Human skills. certified. COMPANY WHILE IN COLLEGE Resources (MSHR) program at the Jon M. The minor will begin May 6 and end June 10. “This is the same service that many of our students’ potential employers use,” says Daniel Nebeker, Adam Hepworth, and Huntsman School of Business is now avail- Paul Fjeldsted, senior lecturer in the Huntsman School of Business. “Bloomberg training Jared Richards: Founders of Blue able online. The new online MSHR program and certification is another way Huntsman School students can differentiate themselves House Skis will offer 12 seven-week courses that can in the marketplace.” be completed in as little as one year. INNOVATION IN THE HEALTH AACSB Accreditation Renewed For Business CARE INDUSTRY Charles Sorenson: CEO of and Accounting Degree Programs Intermountain Healthcare Grad Students Travel the World After a rigorous examination by the Peer Review Team of the Eight MBA students and two professors from the Huntsman School of Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, ac- INNOVATION AND Business traveled to Brazil in March as part of the MBA Global Learning creditation was renewed for the Huntsman School’s business ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT DISNEY Experience. The students participated in a service project, providing dental and accounting degree programs. The AACSB accreditation is hygiene kits to children at a school in Rio de Janeiro. The Huntsman students Cydni Tetro: Entrepreneur in the hallmark of excellence in business education, and has been Residence for the Walt Disney also visited companies in São Palo and São Jose dos Campos, a city about earned by fewer than 5% of the world’s 13,000 business programs. 50 miles from São Palo. Company

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academic & program news research&academic highlights

New Edition Published of Dr. Shughart’s “Elgar Companion to Public Choice” Selected Faculty Publications

The latest research on public choice issues is included in the new edition ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT of the “Elgar Companion to Public Choice,” published in April 2013. The Chad Simon authored with W.F. Alison Cook and Christy Glass Messier and J.L. Smith, “Two authored, “Glass Cliffs and book’s 30 essays were edited by Michael Reksulak of Georgia Southern Decades of Behavioral Research Organizational Saviors: Barriers University, Laura Razzolini of Commonwealth University, and on Analytical Procedures: What to Minority Leadership in Work Have We Learned?” in Auditing: A Organizations,” forthcoming in William F. Shughart, II, of Utah State’s Huntsman Journal of Practice and Theory, 32 Social Problems, 2013. School of Business, where he is the J. Fish Smith (1): pages 139-181. Alison Cook and Christy Glass Professor in Public Choice. The book lays out a Rosemary Fullerton authored with authored, “Women and Top comprehensive history of the field, and includes five F.A. Kennedy and S.K. Widener, Leadership Positions: Toward an “Management accounting and Institutional Analysis,” forth- Huntsman additional sections exploring topics from the study of control practices in a lean coming in Gender, Work and the origins of the state to the behavior of international manufacturing environment,” in Organization, 2013. Launches a organizations facing transnational terrorism. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 2013. 38, pages 50-71. Alison Cook and Christy Glass authored, “Glass Cliffs, Bold 2nd Edition Published of ECONOMICS AND FINANCE Moves and Organizational Saviors: New Era John Gilbert authored with R. Oladi, Analyzing the Promotion of Racial/ Hall “Net Campaign Contributions, Ethnic Minority CEOs,” forthcom- New building to bring together students, David Stowell’s Agricultural Interests, and Votes ing in the Journal of Managerial on Liberalizing Trade with China,” Psychology, 2013. faculty, staff, alumni, and friends Investment Banking Book in Public Choice, 2012, 150(3-4), pages 745-69. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION The Agricultural College of Utah is founded March Elsevier’s Academic Press has pub- SERVICES The Huntsman 1888 8, 1888. lished a second edition of “Investment John Gilbert authored with R. Oladi, Nicole Forsgren Velasquez and School of Business “Buyer and Seller Concentration two others—B.J. Donie and Banks, Hedge Funds, and Private The first business department is formed and named in Global Commodity Markets,” A.B.M. Koster—were awarded 1889 is the oldest Equity,” by Utah State alum David in Review of Development a U.S. hardware patent, number the Commercial Department. continuously Stowell. The author teaches at Utah Economics, 2012, 16(2), pages 8,281,154, on October 2, 2012, 359-67. for “Encrypting Data in Volatile operating business State’s Huntsman School of Business, Memory.” Professor Velasquez 1890 The first university classes begin at the Logan campus. school west of Northwestern University, the University of Utah, and James Feigenbaum authored with said the patent “describes an S. Bagchi, “Is smoking a fiscal encrypted memory allocation the Mississippi BYU. In what Elsevier describes as “the only textbook on investment good?” in the Review of Economic function, which is paired with en- River, having its banking,” the new edition includes expanded coverage of international Dynamics, 2013. crypted input/output operations to 1894 The first eight business students graduate. further obfuscate memory in RAM. origins in 1889 as firms and markets, and illuminates issues related to the recent financial One possible use of this patent is The Commercial Department changes its name to the the Commercial crisis. The book also describes, “the technical and procedural processes to help further safeguard against 1902 Department of Commerce. cold boot attacks.” Department of the Agricultural these institutions use to amass and wield global power and influence.” College of Utah. The first class

The School of Commerce creates an independent four-year of eight graduated in 1894. As business curriculum culminating in a bachelor’s degree. the university grew, so did the At USU TEDx Talk Professor Ronda Callister Advocates 1903 business department, evolving to a The Department of Commerce changes its name to college of commerce, and then the Reducing Barriers to Women’s Contributions the School of Commerce. April 2013 Issue of Public Choice college of business in 1970, and then to the Jon M. Huntsman Two thirds of the illiterate people in the world are women—500 million Tackles Some International Issues School of Business in 2007. The School of Commerce becomes the School of The original Commercial Department made its physical women, to be exact. 1918 Commerce and Business Administration. home in a small space in the Old Main Building in the 1890s. Top left: Commercial Club, Building on that stark fact, Huntsman School of Business Professor 1909 The new issue of the journal Public Choice, edited by Over the decades, that home became larger space in Old Ronda Callister spoke at the first ever TEDx event held at USU, in the Huntsman School’s Dr. William F. Shughart, II, November of 2012. She used her requisite “18 minutes of innovative The School of Commerce and Business Administration Main, and with the growth of the campus, moved to other Top right: Incoming examines some particularly interesting international becomes the College of Business and Social Sciences. buildings until 1970, when the college of business moved freshman in front of the ideas” to describe the powerful, world-changing effects that could result Eccles Building, 2011 issues. 1957 to its own home in the George S. Eccles Business Building. from enabling women to become full contributors to human wellbeing • An essay by Cristina Bodea, for example, examines The Agricultural College of Utah becomes a university, Utah State University. Generations of Aggies studied in the classrooms of the Eccles Above left: Business and progress. the fiscal performance of independent central Dr. Callister, a professor of organization- Building, and untold businesses were hatched in its hallways. students display new banks in post-communist countries, all equipment, circa 1960 al behavior, also led a six-year, $3 million Construction begins on the George S. Eccles For a time, USU students threw couches and watermelons, filtered through the prism of “regime 1968 National Science Foundation grant-funded Business Building. among other items, off the roof as part of student activities. Above right: Beta Alpha type.” Psi accounting students, project “to improve the recruitment and The College of Business and Social Sciences But enrollment growth quickly outpaced the capacity of • Another essay, by William Pyle circa 1985 advancement of women faculty in the sci- 1970 becomes the College of Business, and the George S. this iconic Cache Valley building, and with the support of and Laura Solanko, studies Russia’s Eccles Business Building is dedicated. ences and engineering.” The work resulted the university, and our alumni and friends, we undertook the business lobbies, particularly their planning to add a new building that could serve as a business in documented significant improvements composition and interests. The College of Business becomes the Jon M. complex for future generations to come. In the following pages, we pay in both recruitment and advancement of 2007 • Inequality in developing economics Huntsman School of Business. homage to our history and give you a glimpse of a new era for the Huntsman women at Utah State over six years, from is dissected by Adalgiso Amendola, di xon 2003-2009. School. This new space is built for our entire community of students, faculty, Joshy Easaw, and Antonio Savoia, Governor Gary Herbert signs a bill authorizing the

russ staff, alumni, and friends, and we hope you will be as excited as we are to specifically to understand the impact 2011 construction of a new business building to house the by growing Huntsman School. bring to reality our dream of a new home that can bring together many, many Watch Ronda’s TEDx talk at: youtu.be/ikMrgjbT5Tw of institutional development on that 2013 Construction begins on Huntsman Hall. more members of the Huntsman community. inequality. photo Ronda Callister 16 huntsman alumni magazine • spring 2013 huntsman.usu.edu 17 photos cour t esy of usu specia l collections, merril l-c a zier l ibr a ry 6 18 7 2 5 3 1 T 1.  Beginnings 4. School of Commerce Agathon display, 1955 Historical Old Mainwas hometothe 3.  2. Dr. Vernon Israelsen’s typing class in the 1950s Commercial Departmentin1889. 7.  6.  5.  starting with asmallspaceforstarting the Mississippi hadhumbleorigins. business school west ofthe business school for several decades, he oldestcontinuouslyoperating Old Main, Experiment Station, President’s Residence, from the early 1900s Business students admiring anew gizmo, 1950s Students working in the College Bank, amock First student body and faculty photo, April 1891 Business faculty discussing the ever-important third floor Oldof Main, early 1900s trends in real estate, February 1959 bank at the School of Commerce, located on the 4 building was dedicatedandtheschool was 1. George S.and Dolores Doré Eccles with USU President Glen Taggert and business school Dean Robert P. Collier Building beganin1968, andin1970, the 4. Legendary Professor Vern Buehler with accounting 6 The George Construction oftheEcclesBusiness 6. Professor Paul Fjeldsted teaches students in a 3. TheGeorge Eccles S. Business Building, 1970 renamed theCollegeofBusiness. 2. Huntsman student athletes in front of the at the dedication of the George S.Eccles S. Eccles Business 5.Laptops replace notebooks for many Building renovated classroom, 2010 Business Building, 1970 Building, Business Eccles Building, 2009 Huntsman students students circa 1987 1 3 5 4 2 19 “People retain information better when learning in memorable environments. We have designed Huntsman Hall to create effective learning environments and encourage lasting memories.”

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20 huntsman alumni magazine • spring 2013 huntsman.usu.edu/huntsmanhall 23 UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY - HUNTSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS GSBS + ARCHITECTS UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY - HUNTSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS GSBS + ARCHITECTS Stephen M. R. Covey Pays Tribute to His Father Launching a New Era By christine arrington Dr. Stephen R. Covey, a worldwide best-selling author who held the Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chair in Leadership at Utah State University, passed The Eccles Building was created at a time Huntsman Hall will provide the space to away on July 16, 2012, in his 80th year. Just three months later, on what would have been Dr. Covey’s 80th birthday, his eldest son, Stephen M. R. Covey, ad- when student enrollment was 1,016. Today, bring all of our students into a common dressed a packed hall at a Special Commemorative Dean’s Convocation at the enrollment just for the Logan campus is experience and to expand programmatic Huntsman School, to share his memories and thoughts about his father. over 2,200. Every space available throughout quality and scope. New classrooms, labs, Stephen M. R. Covey thought back many years to when he was seven years the Logan campus and the USU Regional and office space will more closely resemble old and his father gave him the responsibility for keeping the yard “green and Campuses has been used to provide those in the business community. It will be clean”—“results words,” he said. He described how his father taught him to take appropriate facilities for our students, faculty, emblematic of our vision and values and responsibility for the lawn and how he was tasked with figuring out what to do and staff, and we have made considerable promote interaction just through its very to make it look as nice as their neighbor’s yard. “I realized my dad trusted me, and I didn’t want to let go of that,” the son said. investments to upgrade the Eccles Building. design. It will be a place for people to be “My dad helped me find my voice. He would say, ‘Son, take responsibility. Use involved with others, for active learning, for But as we transformed the academic your own initiative. Make it happen. Be persistent. experience for our students, we saw a real interaction, collaboration, teamwork. It will “Dad had a very specific definition of leadership—it’s communicating people’s need to expand the physical footprint of the be student-centered. Most of all, we envision value and work so clearly that others are inspired to see it in themselves and Huntsman School, creating a commanding the physical space as one that promotes then rise up from that.” His father would say, “I know what I want to do--un- visual presence to enhance the academic community. leash human potential.” Stephen M. R. Covey personally led the strategy that propelled his father’s Stephen M.R. Covey, left, celebrates with his father at the experience for future generations of Aggies. announcement of Dr. Covey’s Presidential Chair in Leadership title book, “7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” to become one of the two most in February 2010. influential business books of the 20th century, as described by CEO Magazine.

myfavoriteprofessor USU Grad Nick Bahr Recalls Working on Research Projects with Dr. Chad Albrecht By Nick bahr

My experience with Dr. Chad Albrecht was life learning. He treated me like an equal and rarely changing in a literal sense. I was privileged to took credit for the things he did for me. For collaborate with him on several research projects instance, we decided that my name should appear while working on my undergraduate degree at as the lead author in the article we published. Nick Bahr USU. All along the way he spent time: One project, on how management styles are • explaining how the research process works new square feet new student shifting, led to a presentation at the Mountain • guiding me and my student peers through how classrooms meeting rooms Plains Management Conference in Utah. It was to cite authors correctly based on a theory from Simon L. • teaching us how to use research tools such as “Working with Dr. Albrecht is like Dolan at ESADE Business School in surveys and coding. an ongoing pep talk peppered with Barcelona, where I am now studying. He also spent time and Dr. Albrecht and I researched how money drinking hot cocoa enlightening flashes of learning.” management styles are shifting with us and discussing our from “managing by instruction” to futures. “managing by objectives” to the current and future Dr. Albrecht has a Opening Fall 2015 method, “managing by values.” contagious enthusiasm for Watch the progress of our new addition live: Another project, on financial fraud prevention, learning, and never made led to publication in a scholarly journal. In each us feel we were wasting his case Dr. Albrecht listened to my ideas and allowed time. HuntsmanHallwebcams.usu.edu me to choose what I wanted to work on with him. I can’t thank you Working with Dr. Albrecht is like an ongoing enough, Dr. Albrecht, for by

pep talk peppered with enlightening flashes of your time. Chad Albrecht photo

24 huntsman alumni magazine • spring 2013 huntsman.usu.edu 25 1990 commencement. 1990 an honorary doctorate from USU, from doctorate honorary an Jonathan Hughes waits to be awarded arrington christine By Legacy 26 huntsman alumni magazine magazine huntsman alumni By T Entrepreneurship, Hughes, SpeakstoUs he SeminalBook A ggie EconomistJonathan THE VITAL FEW, “the dean of American economic historians” by on American & American Economic Hughes wrote to his help book readers “under Hughes, a1950USU graduate ineconomics, touches The book University. Vital His “The book Few” was published Jonathan Hughes as respectfully is described Oxford University Press. Vital title is “The The full with dog-eared the problem of ‘the role of in- the Progress.” The EntrepreneurFew: Philosophy degree ineconomics in1955at Oxford dividual inhistory,’” American since the he views Israelsen. Huntsman of School Business Professor Dwight cesses, and failures, of individuals engaged- ineco economy as resulting from “the past actions, suc- central to- raging the po on anumber of issues capitalism, the especially insights for us today. is wonderfully written, and read anew offers many ists, “the bankers bosses, interest of history inthe in 1966by Houghton Mifflin, and inpaper then nomic enterprise of sorts.” all stand American the economy’s development and system inrecent years, and brokers economy.” the run who relatesand also book the prime motive force.” He out set to “come to grips ofhistory capital the - to intense the newfound litical debates that have American the bedeviled back and inan expanded second edition in 1986by Scholar and aRhodes became got his Doctorate of • spring 2013 Henry Ford Henry 1 Hughes’s book T oday - - “In capitalist America, • • • • • Hughes agrees that “the question of economic Mormons were “a kindof distillation of main several Brigham Y which he says is “really mathematics. Business firms cultural history.” economic analysis with insights the and of social entrepreneurship has own motives—and that Harmony, and ahundred other frontier settlements.” Hughes writes that Brigham Young and the In his description of “the of taking Continent,” the He posits five stages that simultaneously can occur in that system are merely formulas, ‘production is what is book this New England village, Puritan the the millennialism, gotten short shriftin upon acting uals their growth is question the of mobilization the of re- in different industries, with two individuals who Five StagesandTen Entrepreneurs mechanism by individ- mainly done been microeconomics,sical sources.” He continues, academic economics, about.” He writes that experimentationsocial of Oneida, Brook Farm, New strains of American utopianism. included These the - inneoclas particularly through market the mobilizationthis has each stage:typify Stagnation and decline, with Marriner Eccles and Organization, with Edward Harriman and Innovation, with Andrew and Carnegie Henry Invention, Whitney with Eli and Thomas Edison Idealism, represented by William Penn and SwitzerMary Brigham Young Pierpont Ford Interestingly, accord his views with anewly 2013—an effort to understand “the relation- documented New York inthe Times economy.” Thefield new “marries hardheaded entrepreneurship, most the forceful, dramatic, events happen.” economists of story intheir how economic relative prices and costs. This has meant that ing back and forth according to changes in it is atimeless paradigm of resources shift- andship capitalist the democracy between functions.’ and obvious phenomenon of inall economic interestarisen in“the of history capitalism,” as life has perforce ignored been by theoretical

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Research on “Sin Taxes” Finds Costs Another Perspective on the “Soda Tax”, Often Outweigh Benefits From USU Alum Dr. Richard Daines

By christine arrington By christine arrington

William F. Shughart, II, and Michael D. Thomas, 1. SIN TAXES USUALLY FUND GENERAL Dr. Richard F. Daines, health commissioner for an excise tax that would USU Alum Dr. Richard Daines Had a two economics professors at the Huntsman School, BUDGET SHORTFALLS. the state of New York from 2007-2010, and a USU have brought in some partnered recently with economist Adam The taxes do not raise alumnus, worked under then Governor David $450 million to help Noteworthy Healthcare Career J. Hoffer from the University of - money that is especially tar- Paterson in support of a proposed New York state stave off imminent health La Crosse on a working paper on “sin geted to address the effects public health policy to add the tax to sugary soda. cost cuts. The revised bill Richard Daines grew up in taxes.” The paper was published in February of the disfavored good itself. Dr. Daines spoke and wrote on the subject, up until also failed to pass. Logan, graduated from Utah by the Mercatus Center at George Mason The tax, instead, takes his untimely death at age 60, in February 2011. Today, in 2013, 33 State in history in 1974, and University. The authors make the case that advantage of unpopular A headline in the New York Times back on April states have a soft drink then graduated from Cornell the costs of “sin taxes” often outweigh the activities to raise revenue 4, 2010, read, “Health Official Willing to go to the tax, but New York isn’t Medical School in 1978. He benefits. So-called “sin taxes” are applied which would otherwise be Mat Over Obesity and Sugared Sodas.” That health one of them. In addition, practiced medicine in the Bronx to a variety of things, such as politically difficult to do. official was Dr. Daines. (see his bio in sidebar) one third of U.S. adults for 22 years at St. Barnabas alcohol, tobacco, gambling, and This goes beyond simple Dr. Daines was defending a proposed penny-an- are considered clinically Hospital, making good use of more recently, soda. The paper paternalistic grandstand- ounce tax on sugared sodas. The article continued, obese, along with 20% the Spanish he learned on his garnered wide media coverage, ing into shifting monetary “The state budget office estimates such a tax would of kids. Some 24 million LDS mission in Bolivia. He then served as president and CEO of

in U.S. News & World Report, resources from politically 2/5/13 USNews.com, raise $1 billion a year when fully in effect, and re- Americans have type-2 2 St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, Atlantic Business, Forbes, unpopular groups in order duce consumption by 15 percent, an estimate based, diabetes, often related one of the leading teaching Newsweek, and more. to keep tax rates low for Dr. Daines says, on industry price elasticity models.” to poor diet, and 79 William F. Shughart, II hospitals in New York, from The public debate, groups with a stronger The tax proposal was supported by the health care million have pre-diabetes Richard F. Daines 2002-2007. From 2007-2010 he particularly on the political voice. workers’ union and the Greater New York Hospital symptoms. A group of was New York state health costs and benefits Association, partly because the earnings were desig- health advocates asked the FDA in February “to commissioner. In that position of a tax on sugary 2. A REGRESSIVE TAX BURDEN nated to be used to stave off health service cuts. regulate the amount of caloric sweeteners in sodas he oversaw a staff of 6,000 soda, has been ex- FALLS MOST HEAVILY ON POOR People in the soft-drink industry had argued that and other beverages, arguing that the scientific and a budget of more than PEOPLE. $50 billion. He died in 2011, at Michael D. Thomas tensive. Drs. Hoffer, the link between soda consumption and obesity consensus is that the level of added sugars in those Shughart, and “Like consumption taxes in general, hadn’t been proved. Dr. Daines replied, “It’s obvi- products is unsafe.”1 The medical cost of obesity in age 60. Thomas explained in their recent the burden of sin taxes usually falls ously scientifically plau- the U.S. was estimated at paper that state and local gov- disproportionately on low-income sible that if you reduce con- $190 billion for 2005, in ernments are burdened by ever households,” the authors write. As the sumption of excess calories, the Journal of increasing spending obligations U.S. News article states, “sinners are you reduce obesity.” Health Economics. Dr. Daines’s YouTube video on sugary soda can be viewed at:

USNews.com, “‘Sin Tax,’ Costs Outweigh Benefits,” 2/5/13; Benefits,” Outweigh Costs Tax,’ “‘Sin USNews.com, 2/13/13 Times, York New youtu.be/N5fHFIHM5Ik and by the political unpopular- not very sensitive to increases in the 1 1 The proposed Most recently, in ity of raising traditional taxes. To prices of the sinful goods and services tax failed to pass, February 2013, New find needed revenue, state and they buy. They reduce their purchases, and a revised York State Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling federal governments have recently of course, but not by much.”1 version of the struck down a separate law formulated in May

Adam J. Hoffer t imes revived “an old but not necessar- bill changed 2011 that would have banned the sale of sugary soft york

ily good idea” of adopting “sin taxes” to refill their 3. TRIGGERS WASTEFUL SPENDING ON ya ng the sales tax to drinks larger than 16 ounces in New York City. The - ne w coffers. LOBBYING. ruling overturned the law one day before it was to moua t he

The paper addresses the application of sin taxes to The expanding list of goods taxed in this way trig- be implemented, with Justice Tingling calling the pa

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a whole range of new products, not just sugary soda. gers socially wasteful lobbying by the affected pro- proposed limits “arbitrary and capricious.” The While the authors note that there is a connection ducers. The beverage industry, for example, spent ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed against the ba rry

photo between excessive consumption of soda and obesity, $57 million in 2009 alone, lobbying against the soda law by the American soft-drink industry. da niel

they suggest that taxes only work when behavior tax that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and hof f er by , responds to the increased price. The paper offers Dr. Richard Daines advocated.2

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Bio of authors: Adam J. Hoffer is an assistant professor of economics at the University of photos

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William F. Shughart, II, is J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choice at the Huntsman School • 1 can of cola contains 10 teaspoons of sugar. by

shugh a r t The 40-page working paper by Drs. Hoffer, Shughart, of Business at Utah State, a senior fellow of the Independent Institute, editor in chief of • A 20 oz. bottle of cola contains 18 teaspoons. and Thomas can be read online at mercatus.org by

Public Choice, and a past president of the Southern Economic Association. Michael D. a nd • A 32 oz. fountain drink (including ice) contains more than 24 searching for “Sin Taxes.” Thomas is clinical assistant professor at the Huntsman School of Business at Utah State, teaspoons of sugar. specializing in transportation economics, regulation policy, and welfare economics. t hom as illustration

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Chad Hunsaker, ‘91 is a VP at Joshua Everton, ‘00 is the VP/ Markley Ward, ‘02 works as a Christopher Bremser, ‘04 works Convergys in South Jordan, UT. Sylvia and Paul Jones Named eSolutions Manager at Bank of Director, Contract Services at as an APAC Customer Support - ‘60s USU 2012 Alumni of the Year American Fork in Springville, UT. Clarity Consulting Group in Finance Sr. Manager for eBay, Inc. Albert Yost, ‘92 works as a Group Sugar Land, TX. in South Jordan, UT. Barry Jordan, ‘69 is the President/ VP and Treasurer for Palomar Huntsman alum Sylvia Jones and her Michael Cordova, ‘01 is a VP, Owner at Jordan & Associates in Products in Redmond, WA. Controller at AAA NCNU Club Jeramy Petersen, ‘02 works as a Darin Young, ‘04 works as an husband, Paul Jones, were named Utah West Jordan, UT. in Clayton, CA. 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Mr. Jones, ‘86, speech, ‘89, at CPR Dental in Reno, NV. master’s degree in the Interdisciplinary Bryson Allen, ‘02 is a Director of Randall Hild, ‘04 is CEO and Kay Toolson, ‘69 is the Owner for Burton May, ‘92 is a VP of Program at USU, is now vice presi- John Gutke, ‘01 is an Attorney - HR at Canyons Resort in Ameri- President for KS Marketing in Paradigm in Eugene, OR. Deposit & Card Operations at Business & Corporate Law at Fox can Fork, UT. Lehi, UT. Transportation Alliance Bank in dent, administration and operations, at Rothschild in Las Vegas, NV. Syracuse, UT. Georgia College. Greg Bench, ‘02 works as a Robert Lifferth, ‘05 is an HR Man- Touch David Lamb, ‘01 is a Sr. Project Divisional Replenishment ager for Fusion-io in Layton, UT. Brandon Butterfield, ‘92 works as Manager at United Health Care in Manager at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc ‘70s Justin Robinson, ‘97 is President Jacob Bingham, ‘99 works as a Sr. a VP Marketing and Communica- Salt Lake City, UT. in Bentonville, AR. Adam Beck, ‘05 works as a for Dollars & Sense in Paradise, Manager of Business Intelligence Alan Palmer, ‘71 is the Owner Have you written a book or climbed a mountain? Had a baby tions at LifeVantage Corporation Financial Planning and Analysis UT. for Ancestry.com in Pleasant of Napa Auto Parts of Logan in or run for office? Gotten married or started a new job? We in Riverton, UT. Wendy Erdenbrack, ‘01 works as Dennis Isaacson, ‘02 is CEO/ Manager for Rio Tinto Minerals Grove, UT. Logan, UT. would like to know—and so would your classmates! Share a CPA for Gary K Hollenbaugh, Founder/Owner at PowerTraks in in West Jordan, UT. Robert McKenna, ‘97 is a Barbara Haines, ‘93 is a District CPA in York, PA. 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Scott Poulsen, ‘82 works as a VP Paul Jones, ‘86 is an Interim CFO David Baugh, ‘88 works as a David Hancock, ‘93 is President promoted to yet another management position, this time as vice president of administration for in Lehi, UT. Regional Manager for Western at USANA Inc. in Herriman, UT. Partner at Tanner & Company in at GRO-WELL Brands in Gilbert, Wexpo, Questar’s natural gas development and production arm. Michael Herron, ‘05 is the CFO Joseph Wood, ‘76 works as a VP/ AgCredit in Smithfield, UT. Bountiful, UT. AZ. Mr. Rasmussen had been a general manager of accounting, and has worked in various account- Jonathan Badger, ‘03 is President at Southern Hills Hospital in Las General Manager for CloudVU in David Funk, ‘86 is a Broker/ ing, supervisory, and management positions at Questar since the start of his employment. of Lee’s Marketplace in Hyde Vegas, NV. Salt Lake City, UT. 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Stephen Wade, ‘88 works as a Jeffrey Johnson, ‘89 is the Owner Lake City CPA Firm ager for Professional Education Tooele, UT. Lead DBA for L-3 Communica- at Amish Excellence in Smithfield, Craig Adams, ‘95 is an Invest- ‘00s Institute in Woods Cross, UT. In January 2013, Daniel P. Rinehart was promoted to partner of the Kent Ure, ‘83 is the Executive VP tions in West Jordan, UT. UT. ment Advisor for Statos Wealth Christine Sparks, ‘00 works as a Sr. Bob Schulte, ‘81 works as a & Owner for Milk Specialties Co Partners in Logan, UT. Salt Lake City firm Wisan, Smith, Racker & Prescott, LLP. Ormonde Cragun, ‘98 works as a Manager of Operations Finance Financial Officer/Title IV-E in Morgan, UT. 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Football Coach for Utah State audit documentation. Huntsman Alum Brian Tarbet Honored at USU’s University in Logan, UT. ‘90s Brian Weston, ‘98 works as a Sr. Michael Cook, ‘00 is CEO for Ap- th 125 Founders Day Celebration Technology Analyst at Goldman, plied Concepts Corp in Spanish Paul Nielson, ‘90 is the CFO for Laird Scheer, ‘96 is the Owner Sachs, and Company in Salt Lake Fork, UT. Destination Cinema in Kaysville, at Integrated Trucking, Inc in Kelly Bryson, ‘01 works as a Daniel Moench, ‘03 is a Director Integrated Employer Solutions in Maj. Gen. Brian L. Tarbet was awarded with a Distinguished City, UT. UT. Schertz, TX. Director for Lake, Hill and Myers of Marketing for Gibbs Smith West Jordan, UT. Service Award by Utah State University during its annual Founder’s Kamilyn Balls, ‘00 is a Sr. Manager in Centerville, UT. Publisher in Kaysville, UT. 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Dustin Brown, ‘06 works as a Sr. Matthew Brown, ‘08 is the Owner Hayley Anderson, ‘09 is a Peter Jacobson, ‘10 is a Sr. Buyer at Taylor Freckleton, ‘11 is an Ac- contributions DBA at Ancestry.com in Sonora, for Grass Masters Landscape Marketing Asst for Conservice in Harman International in Salt Lake count Manager for MarketStar CA. Maintenance, LLC in Logan, UT. Salt Lake City, UT. City, UT. Associates in West Haven, UT.

Jacob Blasi, ‘06 works as an Bryan Stevenson, ‘08 works as a Jeffrey Rickords, ‘09 works as a Brett Knighton, ‘10 is an Craig Kingsford, ‘11 is an IP ESSN Area Service Manager for Xerox Director at Black Cliff Capital in Tax Analyst for CCK Strategies in Application Developer at Public Sector Partner specialist Corporation in Logan, UT. Bountiful, UT. Collinsville, OK. Xactware Inc. in Saratoga Springs, for MarketStar Associates in UT. Orem, UT. leadership gifts Huntsman School Alum Jonathan Badger Promoted Michael Koch, ‘10 is a Unit Vineet Lakhlani, ‘11 is an Ac- Business Director at Savage counting Analyst for J.C. Penney In recognition of individuals and organizations whose cumulative giving exceeds $100,000. to President of Lee’s Marketplace Services Corporation in Company, Inc. in Caldwell, NJ. Royersford, PA. Jonathan Badger, a USU alumnus, was promoted from COO to Jared McBride, ‘11 is an Opera- president of Lee’s Marketplace, Inc., in January. Mr. Badger gradu- Michael Mansfield, ‘10 is a tions Analyst at Goldman Sachs Society of 1888 Benefactor Boeing Company Joseph L., ‘67 & Diane Keller ated from the Huntsman School of Business in 2003 with a bachelor’s Brian, ‘93 & Natalie Broadbent, ‘94 Ross E. ‘60 & Nancy Kendell Professional Services Manager for Bank USA in Salt Lake City, UT. $25,000,000 or more degree in marketing. WebFilings in Grand Prairie, TX. $500,000 – $1,000,000 Val A. Browning Foundation Jack D. & Betty Lampros The Huntsman Foundation Vernon M. Buehler, ‘41 He began his climb in the supermarket business at age 13 as a Cody Montgomery, ‘11 is a Direc- Harold W., ‘48 & Ruth B. Dance, ‘49 Steven ‘79 & Tammy, Milovich, Jr. Broc Neagle, ‘10 is a Software tor of Sales at Finicity Corpora- IBM Corporation Scott & Cathie Davis William G. ’72 & Billie L., Murray, Jr., ’74 garbage clean-up boy, and from there, he worked his way up through Developer for Gecko Software in tion in Albion, ID. Juniper Society Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation Deloitte Foundation Jay H. Price, Jr. several management positions, such as assistant manager and HR Farmington, UT. Oracle Corporation manager, to his current position. Adam Moulding, ‘11 is a Direc- $1,000,000 – $10,000,000 Eccles First Security Foundation Rational Software Corporation Jon Peterson, ‘10 works as a HR tor of Operations for Logica in The Call Family Foundation Mignon Perry, ‘41 & ‘47 Mark V. ‘95 & Jennifer Erickson ‘94 Jim K. Sorenson, Jr., ‘70 Manager for 3rd Gen Machine in Clearfield, UT. George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles James H., ‘74 & Bonnie B. Quigley, ‘74 Ernst & Young Foundation Edna Southworth Maple Valley, WA. Foundation O. C. Tanner Company Ford Motor Company Harold C., ‘42 & Grace M. Steed, ‘46 Ashlee Howard, ‘06 is a Design Dru Brown, ‘08 works as a Mar- Nathan Needham, ‘09 is a Timothy Tuckett, ‘11 works as a Kem & Carolyn Gardner Great Plains Software Donnell B. & Elizabeth D. Stewart Engineer at SEAKR in Littleton, keting Manager for Autonomous Financial Analyst at Xerox Andrew Watanabe, ‘10 works as a HR Manager for JBS USA Hold- Education Foundation CO. Solutions Inc in Logan, UT. Corporation in Stamford, CT. Market Partner Account Manager ings Inc. in Logan, UT. Woodey B. Searle & Vonetta S. Searle Trust Dean’s Circle Dell Loy, ‘82 & Lynnette Hansen, ‘73 & ‘75 for Overstock.com in Logan, UT. Duane ‘73 & Marci M. Shaw $100,000 – $500,000 David D., ‘77 & Loretta S. Hickox Kay ’69 & Judy Toolson Kari Bonham, ‘06 works as an HR Eric Rickords, ‘08 works as an Dane Reese, ‘09 works as an Katie Freckleton, ‘11 works in Menlo F. Smith Alan, ‘74 & Kathleen Allred, ‘72 Mark K., ‘86, ‘88 & Wendi Holland Workers Compensation Fund Manager at Gerber Legendary HSE Technical Professional Operations Analyst for Goldman, Chelsi Firmage, ‘10 works as a National Sales at KUTV Channel Gary, ‘78 & Marjorie Anderson, ‘78 Young-Chul, ‘73 & Mira Wie Hong Estate of Leah M. Wright, ‘27 Blades in Portland, OR. at Halliburton Company in Sachs, and Company in Kaysville, HR Generalist at Staker & Parson 2 in West Haven, UT. Gary R., ‘63 & Karen K. Walton Black, ‘65 Philip Kyupin, ‘68 & Morris H., ‘35 & Loree McGee Wright, ‘37 Houston, TX. Companies in Salt Lake City, UT. UT. Gemma Yang Hwang, ‘68 Stephanie Prows, ‘06 works as a Sr. Tyson Land, ‘11 is a Sales/Web/ Joseph L. & Karen Black, ‘58 Audit Associate at CBIZ MHM in Brett Stimpson, ‘08 is the Owner B. Chase Skidmore, ‘10 works Organization specialist for Wild Salt Lake City, UT. at First Mortgage of Utah in as a Cycle Count Supervisor at Country Outfitters in Ogden, UT. Kuna, ID. ‘10s Backcountry.com in Kaysville, UT. Ana Rodriguez, ‘06 works as an Paul Rossiter, ‘11 works as an MDI why we give Ecommerce Operations Manager Erik Swensen, ‘08 works as an Tyler Riggs, ‘10 works as a Michelle Kolbe, ‘10 is a Business Division Manager for Energy for Skullcandy in Salt Lake City, Area Manager at Summit Lending Solution Consultant at Adobe Intelligence Engineer at Management Corporation in Salt “We greatly appreciate the force for good Utah State UT. Associates in Smithfield, UT. Systems Inc in Seattle, WA. Backcountry.com in Woods Lake City, UT. Cross, UT. University has been in the lives of our kids, and believe it’s Benjamin Harper, ‘06 is an HR Blake Watterson, ‘08 is the VP - Richard Williams, ‘10 works as a Michael Smith, ‘11 is a Running important to give back to provide that opportunity for other Business Partner Supervisor for Resourcing at ICON Health & Marketing Manager for O’Neal Nathan Niebergall, ‘10 is a Lead Back for the Tampa Bay Buc- students. And we strongly support the Land Grant Mission IM Flash Technologies, LLC in Fitness, Inc. in Logan, UT. Flat Rolled Metals in Kaysville, UT. Expansion Analyst for Surf Air in caneers. Lehi, UT. Santa Monica, CA. of the university, extending the benefits of higher education Ether Wong, ‘08 works as a McKay Owens, ‘10 works Tyler Spurlock, ‘12 works as an throughout our state.” Gayathri Samarasingha, ‘07 works Marketing Specialist at Wynn as a Financial Analyst for Lance Larsen, ‘11 is an Analyst for Operations Analyst at Goldman, as a Regional Market Manager- Encore in Las Vegas, NV. Intermountain Healthcare in Goldman, Sachs, and Company in Sachs, and Company in Sandy, Scott & Cathie Davis Latin America at MonaVie in Lehi, UT. Farmington, UT. UT. South Jordan, UT. Bradford Schultz, ‘08 works as a Divisional Controller for Aaron Wade, ‘12 works as an Shelly Dowdle, ‘07 works as Skullcandy in North Salt Lake, Chance Murray Wins Operations Analyst for Goldman, an Audit Sr. for Tanner LC in UT. Outstanding Scholar Award Sachs, and Company in Center- Midvale, UT. ville, UT. Jase Allen, ‘09 is an Associate Chance Murray was the 2012 recipi- Adam Fowles, ‘07 works as a Attorney at Hillyard, Anderson & ent of the Federation of Schools of Mehmet Omur Baris Okte, ‘12 Patent Agent at Sterne, Kessler, Olsen in Logan, UT. is an Energy Consultant for RM Goldstein, & Fox in Falls Church, Accountancy Outstanding Scholar Energy Consulting in Pleasant VA. Jakob Brandley, ‘09 works as the award. He completed his Master’s of Grove, UT. Giving Jul2012– Feb2013 International Sales VP at Bullet Accounting degree in the fall of 2011. to the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Kevin Liu, ‘07 is a District Tech Armoring in Logan, UT. He was a Huntsman Scholar and Mason Clark, ‘12 works as an Manager for Automatic Data Accounts Specialist for IHC Se- In recognition of individuals and organizations who contributed. Processing Inc. in Draper, UT. Isaac Brown, ‘09 works as a completed two internships. He is cur- lectHealth in Salt Lake City, UT. Customer Experience Engineer rently working for Deloitte in Virginia. $500,000 and above $50,000 - $99,999 David D. & Loretta S. Hickox Deloitte Foundation Corporation/KSL Preston Otte, ‘07 is a General for Skullcandy in Logan, UT. Bobby Wagner, ‘12 is a Linebacker Mark K. & Wendi Paskins Holland Eva Myrle Johnson Bradly A. & Christy J. Oldroyd Manager and Head Professional at Seattle Seahawks in Renton, The Huntsman Foundation Dell Loy & Lynnette Hansen Steve, Jr. & Tammy K. Milovich Glenn N. & Karen Larkin Brody E. & Keesha Ann Holbrook for Clear Lake Country Club in Heather DuPree, ‘09 works as a Daniel Call, ‘10 is President/COO Mark Anderson, ‘11 is an WA. George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles James H. & Bonnie B. Quigley Buhl, ID. Corporate Recruiter at Overstock. for Winco Inc. in New Prague, Engineer for Sandia National Foundation William G., Jr. & Billie L. Murray Kurt L. Larsen Cache Valley Bank com in Salt Lake City, UT. MN. Laboratories in Albuquerque, Jonathan Anderson, ‘12 is a $10,000 – $49,999 Jay H. Price, Jr. Brady & Andrea A. Murray Cortney L. Taylor Starla Francis, ‘07 works as a NM. DataBase Developer at Equitable $100,000 – $499,999 A & S Marketing, Inc. Jim Sorenson, Jr. Dennis A. & Julie A. Parker David C. & Myrna I. Miller Software Engineer for H&R Block Lindsay Moriyama, ‘09 is a Joshua Hough, ‘10 is the Founder/ Life & Casualty in Roy, UT. Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Douglas D. & Ross D. & JoAnn Stokes Douglas L. Polson David L. & Lynda F. Jeppesen Financial Technician for the President/CEO at Systems Financial Advisors in Bedford, Vanessa Hardman, ‘11 is an Kay & Judy Toolson Edna Southworth Gail Anger WY. United State District Court in Salt Analysis Inc in Cornish, UT. Accounting Consultant at Boman Jake Moore, ‘12 is a Regional Site Kem C. Gardner Katherine C. Anderson Lake City, UT. Consulting, PLLC in Ogden, UT. Supervisor for ThermoFisher Charles G. Koch Charitable Gary R. & Karen W. Black The Walt Disney Company Gary B. & Helen U. Hansen David Mecham, ‘07 is a Sr. Fund Mark Houtz, ‘10 is an IT Business Scientific in Pleasant Grove, UT. Foundation Mary McAllister & C. Mark Bold $5,000 – $9,999 Foundation OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc. Accountant for J D Clark & Co in Jase McCormick, ‘09 is a Sr. Analyst for Machinery Enterprises Ranae Dickey, ‘11 works as a HR Duane & Marci M. Shaw Brian R. & Natalie I. Broadbent AIM Utah Pinnacle Security, LLC Syracuse, UT. VP of Pricing/Acquisitions at Inc in Heber City, UT. Generalist at Innovative Medical Jeffrey Peaden, ‘12 works as an Menlo F. Smith Scott G. & Catherine B. Davis C. William, Jr. & $2,500 – $4,999 Scott Joseph Schaefer CampusBookRentals.com in Device Solutions in Hyrum, UT. SBA Loan Specialist for Zions O. C. Tanner Company Eccles First Security Foundation Margaret M. Bullen Blue Square Phase I, LLC Tracy Christman Clearfield, UT. Bank in American Fork, UT. The Call Family Foundation Mark V. & Jennifer Erickson George H. & Helen A. Champ Bonneville International KPMG Foundation

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Yuko Fukushima Reese T. Murray Ronald Chester & William J. Campbell Ronald P. Garrett Kay L. & Valynn D. Kunzler Karl G. & Marjorie B T Perry Tyler A. & Anna M. Gillespie Denise N. & Robert S. Nelson Louise L. Tolman Kassi Ann & Randell M. Capener David S. & Ann T. Geary Ken Lambert H. Craig & Maradee S. Petersen why I give Walter & Jolene Luthy Graham John R. Nelson Scott C. & Sue E. Ulbrich James B. Cartmill Arlo Gilbert Robert M. Lamkin, Jr. Marc E. Peterson Robert C. & Newfield Exploration Company Bonnie B. & Oscar Villarreal Chemical Methods Riki P. & Erin Brynn Graybill Cory L. & Kimberly Anne Larson Lowell B. & Kathleen A. Plowman “I benefited greatly from scholarships while Judy Schovaers Green Jay C. & Peggy Niederhauser Robert T. & Karen E. Larson Mary E. & Sage Johnson Price at USU. How could I not return the favor? I Matthew Alan & Funmilayo Ojo Jean C. Lattin Stephanie J. Prows want to help provide students with amazing Deborah Jenson Grizzell Clifford D. Olsen why I give Thad K. & Emily L. Lemon Kelly G. Purser & opportunities that will benefit them for years Ronald C. & Bonnie H. Hadfield Takeshi Omura Teresa Douglas Lewis Shauna L. Coats to come. I know the School of Business will Steven J. & Cherri H. Hart Paul H. Oto “I give to honor a friend, mentor, and Erik T. & Julie Lindstrom Aaron Balthaser & use my contributions to maximize the benefit R. Michael & Janice Elich Histon Sumol Padungchai colleague who always knew I could Gary T. & Glenda G. Logan JaNell J. Rentschler to students. Even the small donations help!” W. Martin Holmes Fred G. & Margaret D. Palmer Megan N. Low Larry E. Richins and wished she had. Her desire to Loy A. Holt J. Marie Pehrson Bud E. Lowe Julianne Balls Roberts help others succeed remains a very Jill Aoki (B.S. Accounting, Finance, Winnie W. Hou Jay Phillips Rajiv K. Mallick Richard Roth powerful example to me.” Economics ‘11, MAcc ‘12) Carl L. Hulet Susan E. Pohl Nolan F. & Marian Mangelson Roselena & Raymond T. Sanders Kimball Ray Humphrey Shirley Ann Polejewski Michael D. & Motoomi & Amy Shimazaki Alan D. & Linda James Clark A. Porter Ruth Harrison (B.S. Marketing, ‘89, M.S. Megan G. Mansfield Mallikarjun B. Shintri Haven J. Barlow E. Vance & Tamara Grange David W. Baugh Thomas William & Tracy Lynn Jeffrey Dean Poulsen Human Resources ‘04) Thomas P. Marchant Dennis E. Skinner K. Boyd & Donna Baugh Michael D. Groll Sidney L. Beckstead James Katherine M. Chudoba & Eric T. Marnell Hyrum L. & Melissa L. Smith Lisa Hubbs Daniel K. & Marilyn Bell Lynn E. & Irma Janes Dave Powelson Lucretia Wilson Mattson John W. & Carol T. Steinitz $1,000 – $2,499 Brian Michael-John Huculak & Donald E. Beste Heather B. & Darrell Jensen Matthew E. & Sarah Jane Regen Kristine Holt McEachern Stephens Management Corporation Dale B. Adams Paula L. Rosson Rulon D. Bickmore Hal M. Jensen Roll Top, Inc. Patricia P. McFerson Hua-Yi C. Stern Curtis & Venice Andersen Paul D. & Jan Judd Chlodene Bingham John R. & Donna M. Jensen Paul Steven Rossiter Clark Andrew & Lisa Warnick Associates, Inc. Bryan Paul Halling Michael David Mcleskey Gary M. & Julie Jensen Stevens Anthony E. & Janell V. Berrett Ross E. & Nancy M. Kendell Tracie Lynn Blake Richard L. & Carol D. Jenson Brian G. & Leeann Russell Walter D. Welti Kerry Val Christensen H. Reese Hansen James A. McNamara Doug & Tana Stowell Tyler J. & Marni G. Bowles Tyler R. & Cristina Kirkham Ingrid Blankevoort Eldon Ralph Johnson Lois P. Salisbury N. C. Whitehouse Camille Christiansen Rustin Ray Hansen David V. Meadows Strong & Hanni PC Frank A. & Caroline Condie Gaylyn Larsen Robert D. Bond Wally J. & Harriet Johnson Robert David Scharman Rebecca Williams Derald B. & Mary Ann Clark Ruth Checketts Harrison Arlo & Joyce H. Mendenhall Kevin B. & Tracy T. Suminguit Matthew Todd Cook Timothy R. & Julie P. Willie Louise Cole Landon Mitchel Hemsley Lucky Layne Mercer Bill G. 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Mugleston Kent Van Leeuwen Scott & Shiree Nixon have a great academic experience while supporting the new David Cruz Corey D. Holm Tricia Mumford Liz Veibell Tyler R. & Marce E. Olsen programs the university is moving forward on to create even $99 and below MicKeal Larry Dahle Danette Chapman Houston Wallace P. & Pauline C. Murdoch Gary D. Walker Katherine Papanikolas more opportunities for its students.” Kyle D. Abplanalp Spencer L. & Sheila Daines Peter S. Hristou Megan Myers John Chung Wang Sheldon L. & Angela Peck Clint E. Allen Jacob Dean Dettinger Dale C. & Linda K. Huffaker Jordan E. Needles Brian D. & Melissa O. Webster PricewaterhouseCoopers Eric (B.S. Economics, ‘12 ) & Shayly Levesque (Elementary George J. & Alene M. Allen Richard M. & Suzy C. Dooley Robert T. Hunting Brandon C. & Kathryn A. Nelson Laura Weston Lloyd L. Rasmussen Education ‘11) Jesse D. & Heather Allen Milo A. Doran Steven Walker & Karen D. Hurd Edward L. Niebauer Brady J. & Stasha Kay Wheeler Schwab Charitable Fund Alliant Techsystems Community Shelly A. Dowdle Amanda Anne Jacob Eric S. & Jacquelyn Grant L. & Carol M. White Clark P. Skeen Investment Fndt Andrew Driggs Mike J. Jensen Michelle Nielsen Kirsten Widdison Donnell B. & Elizabeth D. Stewart Gregory Reynolds Alston Ed Fndt American Express Foundation Sweet Candy Company Dayton Lierley Christopher Mark Bradley Christopher Gil Jones Searle Hart & Associates PLLC Darren V. & Jason J. & Tami R. Van Tassell Michael S. & Heather Loughton Andrew C. Castagneto Fay F. Jones LuDean T. Seely Lisa Skousen Anderson why we give Dominic A. & Jeanette Welch Patrick Morton James W. Chadburn Jason B. & Sara Keller Craig Sellers Thomas L. Arnett Wells Fargo Educational Robert B. & Beverlee Z. Murray Adam J. Chamberlain Rourk D. Kemp Miran Seo & Eric Soskin Tarian Auker “We agree with economist E. F. Schumacher, who said, ‘the Matching Gift Program Jack Nixon, Jr. Brian & Jacqueline A. Chambers Charles Klamm Eric L. & Kelly Shipley Steven W. & Heidi Kay Baer key factor of all economic development comes out of the mind Jason Richard & Paul E. & Lisa R. Quinn Scott S. Chappell Tad Arden & Donna Koch Patrick Shuldberg Bob & Maria Bailey of man … in a very real sense, therefore, we can say that Rebecca R. Wendel Dan C. & Manon C. Russell Shiann-Jang & Jin-jy Y. Chern Don C. Laws Frank D. & Anita F. Shuman Sheryl J. Bainbridge education is the most vital of all resources.’ We give because Mary Ann Wright Michael R. & Jessica R. Seeley Gene Arthur Chiodo Pearl C. Lee Helen L. Simmons Marina S. Balabaeva it is exciting to invest in students’ education so that they may Matthew Shuman Anthony C. D. Choi Eric L. Levesque Stephen A. Simmons Ryan Griffin Baldwin develop the skills and creativity that they need to make a $500 -$999 Randy T. & Janet Simmons Douglas B. Christensen I-Rong Lin Janice & Clifford R. Skousen Nicholas & Adele P. Ballam profound contribution to our community and our world.” John & Debra Aoki Quentin K. & Kay H. & Diane H. Christensen Paul M. Lindley Doyle John Snow Bank of Utah Greg D. & Cindy P. Bangerter Barbara Loomis Stewart Leah P. Christensen Branden B. & Carson B. Lish Christopher William & Brooke Frederick O. Benson Dan & Carole Holland Brad H. & Ruelinda N. Bearnson Theo & Arla D. Thomson Eric J. Church James N. Lund Beth Snyder David J. Bergener Robert J. & Susie Beers Kristy Wall Cody W. & Stephanie K. Clement Kirirath Mam Don L. Sorensen Greg D. & Stacy Bleazard Kent E. Bracken Ward Anthony Coombs Sheila Manning Jerry R. Springer Cary Bliss & Kim Boshard Garry Dee Bybee $100 -$499 Arnold J. & Margaret L. Dance Ian B. & Raylyn K. McNeal Melvin J. & Linda B. Stanford J. Curtis & Marilyn P. Broadbent C. Gordon Call Keith Abbott Denzel F. & Joan Datwyler Bryan Nolan & Michele Mecham Nathaniel M. 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for out-of-state Duane Shaw, ‘73 Owner/Founder/Chairman, Academy Mortgage Corporation parents, & NOW, Fundamentals of Success in Business and in Life I grew up in the shadows of Old Main in Logan workforce, expenses, controllable growth, etc. etc. and was an Aggie by the time I was four or five. I etc. It is a never ending balancing act as a company grandparents. attended public schools in Logan and without a grows and is generally a result of taking “baby steps.” second thought enrolled at USU. There are a number of fundamental business I began working at the age of nine mowing five principles that I have learned along life’s journey: neighbors’ lawns. I moved up to working at a grocery store at the age of fourteen, and from the age of 1. Everyone in the world is a salesman. Always be sixteen until graduating from USU I worked at aware of who your customers are. It may surprise Smith’s Food King in Logan. I am not certain why I you. began working so young, but it just seemed to be the 2. Choose to do something that you truly enjoy right thing to do. The work ethic instilled in me by and are passionate about or success will be much Live outside of Utah? No problem. my parents has carried on throughout my life. As an harder to come by. You can send your children or adult I have often worked multiple jobs developing 3. Always give more than you receive. grandchildren to Utah State and my career and expanding my knowledge. And I 4. Always be worth more than you are paid. their out-of-state tuition will be suspect I will end up dying with my work boots on. 5. No matter what you are doing, see it as a career I grew up in a home where fundamental principles and not a job. waived through the Alumni Legacy of success were taught, and those principles helped 6. Always be available and ready to help others in Nonresident Scholarship. me develop a skill set and an attitude that started me need. on the right path in life. It was common to hear my father make some of the following statements: Academy Mortgage has grown steadily and weathered the 2008 financial crisis, because from · If anything in life is worth doing, it is worth doing the start, we had focused on quality and integrity. well. The last five years have brought unexpected · If you can’t think of anything nice to say about opportunities to Academy Mortgage. We have been someone, don’t say anything at all. given the opportunity to employ and integrate into · Be part of the solution, not part of the problem. our corporate family incredibly talented people from · You can do and be whatever you want to be. Only all across the country. you can limit your destiny. Vision? Yes. But vision can really be broken down · Always treat others the way you would want them into a group of smaller pieces. to treat you. · Stand for something. 1. Maintaining a proper balance as a company · Establish short, medium, and long-term goals in 2. Refining a business model continually for peak your life. Without a clear destination in life it won’t performance Old Main, the Quad, balmy winters, Utah matter which way you go. 3. Being prepared to weather the storms State, “Hey, Aggies All the Way” - can all become 4. Anticipating and embracing opportunities your children’s and grandchildren’s traditions. Upon graduating from USU, I began my career 5. Employing the right people in the right positions So consider the outstanding programs at the in mortgage banking with the largest bank in Utah Huntsman School and across USU in a new light. at the time. In July of 1988 I opened the doors Luck? Yes. I was lucky enough to grow up in Logan, of Academy Mortgage and began the journey of Utah, in a wonderful home and family. I was lucky building my own company. Owning one’s own enough to attend USU. I was lucky to have chosen For more information call the business brings a whole new perspective to a person’s a career that I loved. I have been fortunate to have USU Admissions Office at 800-488-8108. life. One must control, balance, and develop an surrounded myself with very talented employees. infrastructure to deal with risk, vision, business And I have been lucky enough to have the skills and morris model, accounting, sales production, technology, vision to build such a business. s t erl ing About Academy Mortgage Corporation: by by by

• In 2012 the Largest Independently Owned • $4.7 Billion in Loans Funded in 2012 photo photo photo Mortgage Banker in America usu.edu/admissions/legacy • Over 26,000 Loans Closed • 25th Year Anniversary 37 36 • $247 Million Gross Income Managing Director Brian Broadbent, ‘93 Private Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs Huntsman Guiding Principles of Leadership What resonates the most for you from Honesty... You have to be honest with yourself, From Goldman Sachs your two decades on Wall Street? teammates, and clients. Always put the interest of and Honeywell to ICON your clients first. Wall Street has had a tough few Health & Fitness and In my years on Wall Street I have seen many years in the press, and there will be conflicts of people do extremely well and others who have not interest in almost any career you choose. You have Zion’s Bank, companies found success. A couple of phrases that come to to earn clients’ trust and always do the right thing. find that our students mind when I think about this are: 1) There is no Teamwork …..Is critical in any business. You such thing as luck; rather, luck is when hard work have to lead by example. Don’t be afraid to get demonstrate success meets opportunity, and 2) It takes a lot of work to your hands dirty. I remember boarding a flight working in small and become an overnight success. where I saw the CEO of the airline company I believe it takes a lot of commitment, desire, helping load the bags. That has always stood out in large, public and private and work to be successful at anything you set out my mind. enterprises in Cache to do, and this is true whether it includes your Loyalty...Clients and teammates need to Valley and beyond. career, family, athletics, or hobbies. You have to understand that I am there for them and vice versa. put yourself in the position to excel when the I have their backs and can be relied upon. This opportunity presents itself by being prepared. It is helps build great unity. also important to remember to not only work hard, Listen... A lot of the time it is better to just listen but also work smart. It doesn’t do a lot of good to instead of doing all the talking. You can learn just put in the hours if you aren’t strategic about it something from everyone. Did you know? or heading in the right direction. Otherwise, you will just be running in place. What does “Dare Mighty Things” mean Find a career for which you have a passion. I to you? of Huntsman students have worked in jobs where I have “watched the % speak a language other clock.” Nothing can make for a longer day or The first thing I think about is getting outside than English fluently career. No matter what you do, you most likely of your comfort zone. Embrace and seek out will have to dedicate significant hours to become opportunities that may seem uncomfortable at successful at it. If you choose something you enjoy the time but will put you in a position to gain of Huntsman students are or love, at the end of the day it doesn’t even feel new experiences. These are the times in my life % highly interested in owning like work. when I have learned and grown the most, through their own business Lastly, you need to find something that successes and failures. challenges you and keeps you sharp. Try to The second thing I think about is that it is continue to learn and grow. At the start of any necessary at times to take risks in life. Hopefully of Huntsman students work career the learning curve can be very steep. The they can be calculated risks. You may not always 10+ hours a week while % key is to try to keep it steep. Always try to stretch know with certainty the outcome, and it may attending school yourself, keep things interesting. come down to a leap of faith, but occasionally you need to try to seize opportunities that will make of Huntsman students What are some guiding principles that you stretch. anchor your leadership philosophy? intend to pursue additional Try to learn from your decisions, good and bad, % but always “Dare Mighty Things...” education after graduation Most of these are going to be principles that you have heard about since grade school but they still hold true. ba rry

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The Huntsman Alumni Network Top 10 Stretches Around the World Huntsman School Alumni by Country: 1. United States 6. Japan The Huntsman School of Business has alumni in all 50 U.S. states and in 47 countries around 2. China 7. South Korea the world. This fits nicely with the fact that 47% of our students speak a second language 3. Hong Kong 8. Thailand fluently. The school’s international reach continues to grow. While China and Hong Kong are ranked number two and three, there are also 28 Huntsman School alums in South Korea, 4. Canada 9. Dominican Republic and even one in North Korea. 5. Malaysia 10. India