JON M. HUNTSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | STATE UNIVERSITY | FALL 2018

Creating a WIN-WIN The Next Generation of Huntsmans and Coveys launch the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center “Deep within each of us is an inner longing to live a life of greatness and contribution— to really matter, to really make a difference. We can consciously decide to leave behind a life of mediocrity and to live a life of greatness—at home, at work, and in the community.”

— STEPHEN R. COVEY

Autumn in Logan Canyon. Photo by Justin McFarland

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On November 2, 2018, I had the great privilege to FALL 2018 announce the establishment of the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center at the Huntsman School of Business. I want to begin with the end in mind, as Stephen would say, PUBLISHER to relate how and why this center came to be. Douglas D. Anderson BA ‘73, MA ‘75, PhD I feel deeply fortunate to count myself as one of Dr. Dean and Jon M. Huntsman Endowed Professor Covey’s millions of admirers and friends. I was a student MANAGING EDITOR of Stephen’s— first through his books, then by teaching Dave Patel BA ’91, MA ‘93 his principles, and later through a deeply meaningful Associate Dean, Student & External Affairs

personal relationship. Stephen and I began talking about ART DIRECTOR a leadership program in the fall of 2009, when he came Hilary Frisby to Logan to speak to our students. He then served on our faculty for two years as the inaugural Jon M. Huntsman CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Presidential Chair in Leadership. After his death, we had Ron Adair Donna Barry MFA ‘06 many conversations with members of the Covey family, Russ Dixon several of our alumni who were also close to Stephen, Casey McFarland and university leadership, all culminating with the Yin Tang MBA ‘13 Sylvia Weston BFA ‘07 announcement of the Covey Center. As Stephen taught and as I believe, an organization’s purpose and mission CONTRIBUTORS “Developing are an expression of its most important aspiration or goal. Our purpose at the Dave Patel BA ’91, MA ‘93 Scott Wilcox BA ‘18 Huntsman School is to be a career accelerator for our students and an engine 8 leaders is of growth for our community, the state of Utah, the nation, and the world. Our NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD mission is to develop leaders of distinction in commerce and public affairs. Gary Anderson BS ‘78 our reason Purpose and mission must guide our every decision, our every action. Tim Barney MA ‘03 Gary Black BS ‘63 Leadership is central to our mission. Developing leaders is our reason for Brian Broadbent BS ‘93 for being.” being. We hope to make ethical, principle-centered leadership a core part of the Boyd Craig Huntsman School brand and a core part of the brand of . Danielle Crosland-Nielson BA ‘00 MS ‘02 24 David Colling MBA ‘94 In establishing this center, we acknowledge Stephen’s profound role and Scott Davis contribution to fostering principle-centered leadership, and our own desire Blake Dursteler BS ’96, MAcc ‘98 Mark Erickson BA & MAcc ‘95 18 to become better practitioners of the principles he taught. We honor and are Theresa Foxley BA ‘04 inspired by his legacy. But we want to do more. We want to build upon it. We Larry Hendricks BS ’68 want to influence the lives of all students who graduate from the Huntsman Brad Jackman BS ‘79 School, from USU, and extend this influence beyond this campus to our state, David Jenkins BS ’95, MSS ‘99 Ron Labrum BS ‘83 CREATING A WIN-WIN the nation, and the world. The cover of this magazine shows two of Stephen’s Kurt Larsen BS ‘69 sons, Stephen MR and Sean, as well as David Huntsman, the son of Jon Crystal Maggelet 8 The launch of the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center and Karen Huntsman and the president of the Huntsman Foundation. Roger McOmber MBA ‘91 Steve Milovich BS ‘79 As you will note from the cover story in these pages, they are all Brady Murray BS ‘05 NEW FACULTY committed to our purpose and mission. Jennifer H. Parkin Huntsman School welcomes 16 new faculty We are honored that this center could be established here at the Jeffrey Roberts BA ‘03 18 Duane Shaw BS ’73 Huntsman School. We know we have a great responsibility now to live Ryan Stowers BA ‘00 MS ‘02 up to that privilege. In the words of Jon Huntsman, who clearly shared Tessa White AWARDS a deep vision with Stephen, “no exercise is better for the human heart 24 Alumni and friends recognized than reaching down and lifting another up.” Send comments and inquiries to: [email protected]. 7 My Huntsman Experience Huntsman Alumni Magazine is published twice a year by the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State 14 @Huntsman University in Logan, Utah. This issue was printed at Hudson Printing in , Utah. Copyright 2018 22 Alumni News & Notes Our Fall 2018 cover is a nod to Stephen R. by Utah State University. All rights reserved. Covey and Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. appearing on the cover of our Spring 2010 issue 30 Contributions announcing Covey’s selection as the Huntsman Presidential Chair in Leadership. huntsman.usu.edu/alumnifall2018 34 How I’m Building Huntsman

4 HUNTSMAN ALUMNI MAGAZINE • FALL 2018 huntsman.usu.edu 5 My Huntsman Experience

SCOTT WILCOX, ECONOMICS, FINANCE, STATISTICS ‘18

My Huntsman experience has been nothing short of incredible. Inside the classroom, I have learned from professors worthy of the most elite HIGHER TALENT business schools in the world, including Paul Fjeldsted, Ben Blau, and TJ Bond. Outside of the classroom, I have experienced the world, including a month-long experience in Asia, visiting universities and companies in Vietnam, Thailand, China, and Hong Kong. As a member of Huntsman Scholars, I spent 10 days in London studying financial markets at companies st nd rd like Bloomberg, Deloitte, and IBM. These experiences helped me develop a 1Place 2 Place 3Place Huntsman student named global vision of the world’s business and economic network, and to see the diversity of the world’s workplaces. Qualtrics Sales Idol Competition Beehive Five Because of this education, I was offered a summer internship with Strata Under 25 Fund Solutions, an investment services firm. This internship allowed me to gain real world experience in accounting and finance. I subsequently applied for and was offered an internship in the risk management summer program with J.P. Morgan in New York City. Of the eight interns on my team, I was the only one who did not come from an ivy-league school. At J.P. Morgan, I rubbed shoulders with some of the brightest finance professionals in the world, working on a high- Grand Prize exposure project affecting the company’s work with expected Wake Forest Marketing Analytics Case Competition, st credit losses. I was given a return offer and will be rejoining my team in New York after I graduate in December. beating teams from Wharton, Notre Dame, and USC 1Place Because of my experience at the Huntsman School of CFA Institute Business, I can compete with the best. I have learned Research Challenge that my education at Huntsman is no less in value Huntsman DECA team than an education offered at Harvard or Yale. at 2018 International nd Competition won 2 Place st EMILY HOWE, ACCOUNTING ‘18 in 1Place On my eighteenth birthday, as a senior 3 Categories Zions Bank Fixed Income Portfolio Competition, in high school, I sat and listened to Jon Business Ethics, against 8 universities from around the world, including Oxford and BYU Huntsman’s dream for the Huntsman School of Entrepreneurship, Business at the Vision2020: Journey to the Top Tier conference. Right then and there, I decided where I Corporate Finance was going to college. Nearly five years later, I look back at that moment as monumental. They say you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. For me, those five people include incredible professors, These are just some of the ways to measure the talent at the Huntsman School. There’s also classmates, colleagues, and mentors. I truly am who I am today because of their dedication, patience, generosity, our nationally ranked accounting and HR programs, a slew of individual awards, including the and friendship. Ultimately, it was their belief in what I Truman Scholarship, the Elijah Watt Sells Award, for the top accounting students in the nation, could accomplish and who I could become that pushed and the fact that 6 of the past 7 student body presidents of USU have been Huntsman students. me through challenging coursework and life’s inher- ent difficulties. My first real experience outside of the was through the Huntsman School and ingrained in me a love for people of different cultures. I sat in the Bodlien Library at Oxford and on the dirt floors of homes in the Philippines. These transforma- tive opportunities would not have been possible without the HIRE HUNTSMAN financial support of generous donors. My experiences, coupled with help from the outstanding accounting program and faculty, also assisted in my internship and full-time offer with KPMG as an audit professional in the Salt Lake City office. My Huntsman green

experience provided me with valuable professional skills and abil- k e v in ities that I promise to use to influence positive change throughout by huntsman.usu.edu/hire my career. More importantly, however, my Huntsman experience

photo molded me into the woman I am today.

7 Jon M. Huntsman and Stephen R. Covey in 2010

Creating A WIN-WIN The next generation of “We intend that the principles Dr. Covey has articulated will have a lasting impact on our students, our faculty, Huntsmans and Coveys launch and our staff as the new Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center becomes a reality.” the Stephen R. Covey Today these prophetic words spoken by Huntsman School Dean Douglas Anderson in 2010 about world- Leadership Center renowned author and businessman Stephen R. Covey have come to fruition with the inauguration of the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center at the Huntsman BY DAVE PATEL School on November 2, 2018. Stephen Covey’s initial connection with the Huntsman School began in May 2009, when he spoke at the annual conference of the Shingo Institute for Operational Excellence. The Shingo Institute, the executive education arm of the Huntsman School, has developed a worldwide reputation for helping companies change cultures, better tap employee strengths, and become more efficient. Dr. Covey noted at the time that he was impressed to see the Shingo organization’s philosophies and approach, and how it had “institutionalized principles.” That initial contact led to more and deeper engagement with faculty and students, and on February 18, 2010, Covey was named the inau- gural Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chair in Leadership. At a packed dean’s convocation one week later, Covey noted that “in a world where David Huntsman, Stephen MR Covey, and trust is becoming scarcer, we have “In a world where trust is becoming scarcer, we have the opportunity and responsibility to produce the the opportunity and responsibility to produce the kind of leaders who will not be swayed, but kind of leaders who will not be swayed, but instead will become positive forces in their communities.” instead will become positive forces in their communi- —Stephen R. Covey ties.” Huntsman School Dean Douglas Anderson echoed Covey’s call for positive moral leadership in business.

8 HUNTSMAN ALUMNI MAGAZINE • FALL 2018 huntsman.usu.edu 9 “Today when people think of military science and leadership, they think first of West Point or Annapolis,” Dean Anderson said. “I look forward to the day when those who think of commerce and leadership will think first of the Jon M. Huntsman School “Dad would say, ‘I know what I want to of Business.” do—unleash human potential.’” Covey’s immersion into the Huntsman School left him impressed — Stephen MR Covey that the school, a secular institution, had been teaching some of the same principles he had taught for years. “The leaders and faculty just seem build a distinctive brand and reputation consistent with to ‘get it,’” he said. “They understand everything the Huntsman School is already about.” that by instilling in today’s students a In 1999, the A.B. Combs Leadership Magnet principled new mindset and skillset Elementary School in Raleigh, North Carolina was — one equal to the complex de- facing decreasing enrollment and poor student perfor- mands and challenges of today’s new John Miller with professor Julena Bonner Stephen MR Covey with his father mance when Principal Muriel Summers approached global, economic, FranklinCovey about incorporating the 7 Habits into societal reality — the standard curriculum. Together, they designed the Stephen R. Covey teaches Huntsman students in 2010 they will produce Stephen Covey, noted as one of the most influen- Leader in Me curriculum to develops leadership skills in generations of tial management experts in the world, had this sort of young students. That curriculum has now been imple- leaders who will impact on millions of people throughout the world. In mented by nearly 4,000 elementary schools worldwide. not only serve fact, Jon Huntsman recalled being approached by kids John Miller has been instrumental in support- and lead their selling pirated copies of Covey’s most popular book, ing Leader in Me programs in elementary schools in families and com- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, on the streets of Cache Valley because he believes Covey’s leadership munities with Mumbai, India. principles can positively impact students of all ages. “I greatness; they This focus on people, on personal integrity, and believe Stephen’s greatest legacy will be educating kids,” will attract to the humility were also a hallmark of Huntsman’s leadership says Miller, who recalls the surprise and humility he organizations and philosophy. He noted that “playing fair in business is felt when Covey, an international expert in leadership, teams they lead, the total sum of a person’s integrity and honor, and one’s unexpectedly attended a lecture Miller was giving at the world’s most handshake should be their bond, and one’s word should BYU on his experiences growing people and businesses. An elementary School in talented, innova- be their contract.” A conversation between Covey and Miller’s son, Alex, Cache Valley displays the 7 Habits, as they learn tive, trustworthy people.” The Covey Leadership Center, which counts as its underscored Covey’s commitment to personal learning “Stephen liked to say, ‘You grow John Miller with his friend about them through the Covey served on the faculty and mentor Stephen R. Covey partners the Covey family and FranklinCovey, the that was a driving force behind his success. When Alex Leader in Me program. of the Huntsman School for businesses by growing people.’” company Stephen Covey helped two years, before his death in build, will integrate FranklinCovey’s ­— John Miller 2012. But his service, and the incentive system for motivating and leadership curriculum into broader School’s focus on ethical lead- retaining management employees. leadership training that will engage ership as a pillar of business He engaged Covey regularly over students in principle-centered leader- education, led to many conversations with the Covey the years that followed, and Covey created an opera- ship coursework, individual coaching family, Jon Huntsman, alumni such as John Miller, and tional language that became uniform among Miller’s and mentorship with trained experts, university leadership to create a center housed in the employees and raised the bar of performance within the and global experiences. Students of Huntsman School to develop and offer curricular and company, leading to a tenfold increase in revenue over the Center will also help to grow the extracurricular opportunities rooted in integrity and re- less than a decade. Miller credits his implementation of knowledge base of principle-centered spect, in principle-centered leadership. “Dad would say, Covey’s philosophies with helping to create an atmo- leadership through research col- ‘I know what I want to do—unleash human potential,’” sphere of trust and purpose that has led to long term laboration opportunities with faculty. said Stephen MR Covey, who has followed in his father’s stability in key positions and substantial growth in each The Center will offer formal -ac footsteps to become a bestselling author, successful of the companies Miller has founded. “The seven habits creditations in leadership, including a businessman, and internationally renowned leadership became the framework for my leadership style, and that Leadership Minor, with the flexibility expert in his own right. of our management teams.” for USU students from any college Miller, a graduate of Utah State, was heavily influ- “Stephen liked to say, ‘You grow businesses by grow- to participate, as well as a Leadership enced by Covey’s teaching. Handed the reins of the ing people,’” Miller recalls. “He was a great example of Certificate focused more on executive family business, EA Miller & Sons, as a 26-year-old, that kind of servant leadership. The servant leader is education in the community. “The he was trying to figure out how to compete against the powerful in helping people feel good about themselves Covey family is excited and honored multinationals entering the beef business. It was not and their contribution. They offer advice, give sugges- to have this partnership and relation- long before he approached Covey to help him shape tions, but never take back the stewardship of someone ship with Utah State University,” says a leadership team, a cohesive business culture, and an else’s responsibility.” Stephen MR Covey, “Our goal is to

10 HUNTSMAN ALUMNI MAGAZINE • FALL 2018 huntsman.usu.edu 11 Dr. Jim Davis, the Buehler Endowed Professor of Francisco. At the time, Young felt he was at a crossroads Management, will serve as the first executive director of in his career, backing up Joe Montana, one of the great- “My dad defined leadership as the Covey Center. Davis, who also serves as the head of est football players, on the San Francisco Forty-Niners, a “We seek to communicating to another person their the Marketing, Strategy, Leadership, & Entrepreneurship historically great team. But Young credits the conversa- Department, is excited to form an intellectual alliance tion with Covey with changing his entire perspective. reinforce their worth or their potential so clearly that and partnership with FranklinCovey and the Covey “Stephen changed my life in 60 minutes. Instead of desire to succeed they’re inspired to see it in themselves.” family to promote a common cause. “Ethical leadership being depressed about being the backup to the greatest without ethical is one of the pillars of the Huntsman School of Business, quarterback in football, Stephen showed me that I had — Sean Covey and Stephen Covey defines that pillar,” says Davis, who maybe the greatest platform that he’d ever seen from compromise. We travels the world teaching strategy and leadership. “This which to find out how good I could become,” noted teach them that Young. “And then he asked me if I wanted to see how as they center on USU’s Eccles Conference Center was packed November 1 good I could get. It’s not about comparisons or outside for the Covey Leadership Center inauguration expectations. My whole world turned upside down. correct principles, He tapped into a part of me that could see that he was they will have telling the truth. From that moment on, I repeated to myself, do you want to see how good you can get, and I the confidence Sean Covey with his brother Stephen MR Covey and Steve Young repeated back to myself, yes, I do.” and capability As related by John Miller and Steve Young, a frame- to weather the work of values-driven leadership is meaningful for highly successful professionals. It can also serve ado- storms that life lescents, as is being shown across thousands of elemen- will inevitably tary schools. The Covey Leadership Center at Utah State University will focus on teaching this leadership send their way.” paradigm to college students. Dean Douglas Anderson — Douglas Anderson stated that “our students come to us with a strong ethical framework and the will to work hard. We help them develop the analytical skills they will apply in innovative ways in the global marketplace. But more importantly, Dean Doug Anderson, Sandra Covey, and Jim Davis we seek to reinforce their desire to succeed without ethical compromise. We teach them that as they center on correct principles, they will have the confidence and “Stephen changed my life in 60 minutes. He capability to weather the storms that life will inevitably challenged me to find out how good I could become.” send their way.” “My father’s greatest gift, his genius, was to take com- — Steve Young plex things and make them simple and memorable; to Huntsman student leaders organize, frame, and sequence things that are common sense but not common practice. It’s a leadership style told Covey that he was currently a student, “Stephen kind of leadership speaks to people’s hearts. People that’s particularly attuned to today’s collaborative, inter- matter-of-factly said, ‘I’m a student, too,’ and he was know they want this knowledge. Our students want this dependent work environment. It focuses on the develop- serious. He was a student of life,” says Miller. “He took knowledge. We just need to give them the language ment of the whole person,” notes Stephen MR Covey. every opportunity to learn whatever he could.” to operationalize what they feel and the courage and “He created an operating system of personal effective- The vision for the Covey Leadership Center in the knowledge to follow through.” ness and leadership, and we’re giving this operating sys- Huntsman School is to serve the role at the higher Speaking at the announcement, Hall of Fame football tem to the students at USU. It will become a distinctive education level that was played by the A.B. Combs player and Covey disciple Steve Young recalled a chance hallmark of the Huntsman School of Business Elementary School for primary education, to design encounter with Covey in 1991 while on a flight to San and Utah State University.” and teach principle-centered leadership to college students. Sean Covey, another of Stephen Covey’s sons Full Circle and currently President of FranklinCovey Education, was heavily involved in the development of the Leader Stephen Covey served as the initial Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chair in Leadership at the in Me program. As he noted, “my dad defined leader- Huntsman School from 2010-2012. In a signal of their ongoing commitment, Huntsman Foundation ship as communicating to another person their worth President David Huntsman has helped to establish the Stephen R. Covey Endowed Professor of or their potential so clearly that they’re inspired to see it Leadership at the Huntsman School to plan for the success of the next generation of Huntsman in themselves. That is what the Leader in Me Program is student leaders. “Dad always admired Stephen Covey as a great teacher of leadership and a great human being. We’ve established this professorship in his honor to bring the very best talent to the helping to do in elementary schools and middle schools Huntsman School to support our students and the new leadership center,” said David Huntsman. In around the world. We are doing something unprec- announcing the establishment of the professorship, Dean Douglas Anderson noted that the mission edented with Utah State because we believe in our part- of the Huntsman School is to develop leaders of distinction in commerce and public affairs. “This ners in the Huntsman School of Business. We really see professorship and the center are a concrete example of the commitment of the Huntsman and Covey this center as a model of leadership education in higher families to our mission and will enable us to establish leadership as a core part of the Huntsman School education, as a model for integrating and leveraging brand and a core part of the brand of Utah State University. We will immediately begin to search for an FranklinCovey content in a higher education setting.” Hall of Fame football player Steve Young inspired the audience with his story accomplished individual worthy of being the named as the inaugural Stephen R. Covey Professor.”

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Leadership Material Eliza Lin, Marketing and Business Administration, ‘19, notes that “as Art at Huntsman a first-generation college student, Renowned Utah artist Howard Clark, whose art I am grateful to attend Utah State adorns the walls of Huntsman Hall, was a lifelong University and be involved with friend of Stephen Covey. When Clark learned the USU Ambassador Program.” about the establishment of the Covey Leadership Selected from a competitive pool Center, he reached out and donated several more of over 650 applicants to assist in pieces in honor of his friend Stephen. Clark, a the recruiting and retention of new neighbor and friend of Jon Huntsman’s, turned to Aggies, Lin has served in various art after a successful business career as a way to combat stress. Clark has also donated his art to capacities including Leadership the , his alma mater, and to the Ambassador, Diversity Ambassador, CFA Challenge Winners Huntsman Cancer Institute. President’s Ambassador, and Seniors Scott Saunders, Brett Dommer, and Bretton Administrative Assistant. This year, Ashcroft won the in-state competition for the CFA Institute as a senior, she was selected to serve as the Ambassador Research Challenge. The competition entails research and President, leading a group of 108 Ambassadors who serve analysis of a publicly traded company, with a final report the university by hosting high school visits, campus tours, recommending a buy, sell, or hold strategy for the company. university events, volunteer work and more. Lin, who interned with General Mills this past Summer, will graduate in May 2019 with degrees in Marketing, Business Administration, and Human Resources.

UN Envoy Student body President and USU Man of the Year Sales Idol Sweep Michael Scott Peters was Huntsman School marketing students walked selected as the 2018-2019 away with first, second, and third place in the U.S. Youth Observer to the statewide Qualtrics Sales Idol competition in United Nations. Peters was March. Pitted against business schools from chosen from a competitive across the state, junior Paige Sampson took pool of young Americans Woman of the Year first place, followed by junior Jon Ambrose in between the ages of 18-25 Emily Turner, a quadruple major in International Business, second place and senior from across the country. Economics, Political Science, and Asian Studies, with a Chelsea Yoshikawa minor in Chinese, was named USU Woman of the Year. in third place.

Globally Competitive The Huntsman DECA team made a big Top Honors impression on the collegiate stage, taking Christian Hobbs, Marketing ‘18, received the Bill E. Robins Memorial Award, 2nd place at the 2018 International DECA the highest student award given at USU. The award is based on total collegiate Competition, held in Washington D.C. achievement, and takes into account academic achievement, leadership ability, Team member Alex Hall noted that “It and dedication to Utah State University. Hobbes served as president of the was really rewarding to take the things Utah State University Ambassador Program and was the Co-Founder and Vice- that we were learning in the Huntsman President of USU’s gentlemen’s a cappella group ‘The Octaves’. He accepted School and apply them to business plans, an offer from General Mills and is working as a business management in what some would call, ‘the real world’.” associate in Arizona.

14 HUNTSMAN ALUMNI MAGAZINE • FALL 2018 huntsman.usu.edu 15 Transitions New Head of Academic Affairs This Fall, the Huntsman School held the inaugural Career Expo to connect Huntsman students with Dr. Merideth Thompson has been appointed Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. focused opportunities in finance, sales, marketing, and technology. Some 55 select employers Dr. Thompson is an associate professor of management and has taught at the connected with over 500 Huntsman students on a Friday morning, and reviews were resoundingly Huntsman School since 2012. She recently served as a Faculty Fellow for the Office positive. “All in all, I thought that this event was one of the best networking and recruiting events I of Research and Graduate Studies at Utah State University. have been to as a Huntsman student,” commented Business Senator Cam Pitt. “Merideth exemplifies the spirit of the Huntsman School in her excellent research 2018 and exceptional teaching ability,” said Douglas D. Anderson, Dean of the Huntsman School. “I’m thrilled that she has accepted a new role that will allow her to continue to help us develop the next generation of ethical and effective business leaders.” Thompson will work closely with the dean’s leadership team and department heads to recruit, mentor, and support faculty, and ensure that the curriculum remains relevant and challenging. She will also collaborate with students and organizations to enhance the learning environment of the school. “I’m very excited about this new challenge,” said Thompson. “I look forward to strengthening the school’s culture of excellence, supporting faculty, and furthering the mission of the Huntsman School of Business.”

With Appreciation Dr. Steve Hanks is stepping down after leading the Master of Human Resources (MHR) program with distinction, integrity, and unwavering commitment. Under his leadership, enrollments grew from 23 to 125 students, curriculum was significantly upgraded to align around strategy and analytics, the Executive Program and dual MHR-MBA and MHR- MMIS degrees were established, and placement improved significantly. More than 250 students have launched HR careers, average salaries have doubled, and over 80% of students are now placed in the Corporate HR Leadership Development Programs of Fortune 500 corporate.

New Academic Department The Department of Management was divided into two departments, to enable future growth and initiatives to be managed more meaningfully than can be accomplished by a department that has already exceeded an efficient operating size. The Department of Marketing and Strategy will concentrate on macro-and market- focused disciplines including entrepreneurship and leadership as well as marketing and strategy. Current Management Department Head and Buehler Endowed Professor of Management, Dr. James H. Davis, will lead the newly created department. “The Department of Marketing and Strategy has a phenomenal faculty who will provide cutting-edge instruction and research on Marketing, Strategy, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship. I am confident that students graduating from our programs of study will not only land great jobs, they will be among the leaders in their fields,” commented Dr. Davis, “I believe that the Department of Marketing and Strategy will be among the top pro- grams of study and student placement in the nation in Marketing, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship.”

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Steve Milovich ‘79 Senior Lecturer & Executive in Residence New Faculty Pedram Jahangiry MBA, Pepperdine Ayse Sapci Visiting Assistant Assistant Professor Professor of Finance of Economics Katarzyna (Kat) Habu Ph.D., Economics, Ph.D., Economics, Assistant Professor of Arizona State University Vanderbilt University Economics D.Phil, Economics, Oxford Sepideh Raei Bruce Boucher ‘12 University Assistant Professor of Director, Master of Economics Human Resource Executive Program Ph.D., Economics, Arizona State University MHR, Utah State University Rick Hardcopf Assistant Professor of Operations Management Ph.D., University of Minnesota

James Cannon Assistant Professor of Accounting Ph.D., Business Administration (Accounting emphasis), University of Utah

Antje Graul Chalon Keller ‘97 Assistant Professor of Professional Practice Marketing Assistant Professor Ph.D., Marketing, Ph.D., Utah State Business and University Management Pathway, Leeds University Business School

Curt Howes Craig Palsson Lecturer, Center for Assistant Professor Entrepreneurship of Economics Jared Hansen MA, Organizational Ph.D., Economics, Lianne Wappett Assistant Professor of Communications, Brigham Matt Jaremski Yale University Lecturer Marketing Young University Associate Professor MFA, Studio Art + Design, Ph.D., Marketing, Texas of Economics Tech University University of Ph.D., Economics, Vanderbilt University Lynn Rees Bonnie B. and James H. Quigley/ Deloitte Foundation Professor Ph.D., Arizona State University

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Culture Matters Scott Hammond, Professional Practice Professor, Management Department

From the markets of Bandung, Indonesia, to Paris and London or the Uintah Basin in Utah, USU Professor Scott C. Hammond has spent 60 years immerse in different cultures. “When today’s teams collabo- rate across continents they come face- to-face with cultural difference. But what has been a barrier can be an advantage,” according to authors Scott C. Hammond, Danny Damron and Christopher Liechty. Hammond, who is a Professor of Practice in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, says, “No one lives in cultural isolation any more. Yet we often bang our heads against other cultures in frustration.” Hammond says they wrote the book to teach specific skills to help people find common ground using the simple “peach and coconut” metaphor. “Peach cultures, like the United States, are generally easy to penetrate but hard to fully integrate,” he says. “We have a soft outer shell and a hard core. Coconut cultures, like Russia, are hard to penetrate. But once you do you are a friend for life.” & Research The book contains examples of rules based cultures (peach) and relationship based cultures (coconut) and teaches skills to create cross cultural teams. Message in the Madness: Debunking Why Sabotage Customers Who Mistreat Passive Institutional Ownership, R2 Trends, Common Myths of Workplace Anger You? Activated Hostility and Subsequent and Price Informativeness Published in Academy of Management Perspectives Devaluation of Targets as a Moral Published in The Financial Review Teaching By Using Real World Example Ronda Callister, Professor, Management department, and Jared DeLisle, Assistant Professor, Economics & Finance Department, Disengagement Mechanism Mike Dixon, Assistant Professor, Management department others and others

Published in Journal of Applied Psychology After receiving a request to complete a survey about his Myths about anger are common Julena Bonner, Assistant Professor, Marketing & Strategy Financial market efficiency depends experience at a local branch, Assistant Professor Mike Dixon in organizations. The authors department, and others on investors actively trading stocks reached out to senior executives at America First Credit Union to outline three myths, which based on information acquired see if they’d be interested in designing a include equating anger When people are mistreated they about the firms. However, passive teaching case study about the quality of with aggression, viewing often experience an impulse to investing (e.g. index mutual funds service interactions. With the help of two employees who express retaliate against the perpetrator. and index exchange traded funds) graduate students Justin Canova (MBA anger as insubordinate This is a common occurrence is becoming increasing popular to 2018) and Luis Armenta (MHR/MBA or believing that anger is in the workplace and a natural individual investors due to its low 2019), Dr. Dixon worked with executives an effective motivational reaction to this is to lash out in transaction and monitoring costs. to create a case study that could be tool. This article examines retaliation toward the perpetrator. Passive investing is not information- used in his MBA Strategic Supply Chain previous work to dispel In recently published research my based investing. Its trades are based Management course to give students these myths and provoke new thinking about emotion colleagues and I find that when on maintaining a benchmark index and passive institutions buy and closer access to real problems faced expressions at work. By examining scholarship on customers mistreat (e.g., yell sell stocks in lockstep. Although retail investors clearly benefit from by a leading community organization. positive and negative outcomes of anger expressions at, belittle, demean) employees, the diversification provided by passively managed portfolios, it comes The case challenges students to and clearly differentiating between aggression (which is employees experience an intuitive emotional reaction in at a cost of reduced market efficiency. We show increased passive generate solutions to customer service issues in a call-center more damaging) and anger - the authors identify positive the form of hostility. Hostility then triggers a rationalization investing is associated with increased stock return correlations (which environment. The case was recently nominated as a finalist for a outcomes. This article examines a positive perspective process, which allows the employee to justify mistreating the decreases diversification benefits and increases crash risk) and less Best Teaching Case Award to on workplace anger suggesting anger expressions customer in return (retaliation). However, while the process informative stock prices (e.g. stock be decided in the Decision can promote valued dialogue and facilitate the airing from mistreatment to retaliation happens fairly intuitively and prices are less reflective of the Winner of the 2017 Readers’ Nominated as a finalist for Sciences Institute annual of differences. These can result in improved working quickly, we also find that this process can be disrupted in firms’ underlying value). conference in late relationships and movement toward organizational goals organizations that foster an ethical climate, thereby reducing Choice Best Paper Award in Decision Sciences Institute’s November in Chicago. and beneficial change. instances of employee retaliation. The Financial Review. Best Teaching Case Award

20 HUNTSMAN ALUMNI MAGAZINE • FALL 2018 huntsman.usu.edu 21 alumninews Keep us updated! Email your news to [email protected]. Empowering Others Dalton Wilson, Management Information Systems ’16, began his career as a software engineer for the Huntsman Cancer Institute in the research informatics department. Soon after, he began shadowing the founder and executive director of the Opportunity Fund for Developing Countries (OFCD). The OFCD is a Utah-based non-profit that raises capital LA Influential to “empower women, educate children, and enhance Gene Dunford, Marketing ’91, was named by the Los Angeles Business Journal health for all”. The fund currently focuses efforts on as one of the 500 most influential people in Los Angeles. Dunford, a senior vice schools and women’s health in Kenya. president in corporate banking with Umpqua Bank, is a 25-year veteran of LA’s “The organization was winding down when I came on board and was in its last year of commercial banking sector. Dunford’s team specializes in middle-market and operation,” Wilson said of his experience beginning with the OFCD. “I shadowed underneath upper-middle-market commercial and industrial companies. Recent deals include the founder to become more familiar with the organization and take over the role of executive financing and deposit arrangements with commercial insurance, apparel, auto director to keep the organization going.” parts, pharmaceutical and real estate companies. Dunford also helped secure $42 million in bond financing for three private schools in Los Angeles. In an Wilson took his first trip to Kenya with the fund in September 2017 and was voted in as the interview with the LA Business Journal, he noted that “helping clients achieve executive director by the board of trustees in November 2017. He continues to work full-time at their dreams and aspirations is always my proudest moment as a banker.” the Huntsman Cancer Institute in addition to his volunteer work at the OFCD.

Alumni of the Year Finance grad Duane Shaw ‘73, and his wife Marci were named USU Alumni of the Year. Their Aggie pride news Community Organizer runs deep. Duane grew up near Old Main Hill, and all six members of his family graduated from Utah State. Huntsman School Director of External Relations Marci also grew up in Cache Valley and attended Kim Larson, Marketing ‘00, MBA ‘03, was USU. Duane began a career as a mortgage banker named as the Utah State University Associate shortly after graduation and went on to found Academy Vice President for University Advancement, Mortgage Corporation in 1988. Today, with over 330 responsible for alumni relations. Larson was a branch offices and licensed in 49 states, the company key contributor to the completion and opening is one of the nation’s largest independent mortgage of Huntsman Hall and the School’s branding and lenders. Duane and Marci are longtime supporters of the Huntsman School, where Duane serves on the marketing effort for the past seven years. National Advisory Board. alumni

22 HUNTSMAN ALUMNI MAGAZINE • FALL 2018 huntsman.usu.edu 23 Amy Rees Anderson Founder & Managing Partner, Professional Achievement REES Capital

Entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, Amy Rees Anderson is the founder and Award Recipients managing partner of REES Capital and of IPOP Foundation, both of which focus Each year, the Huntsman School recognizes outstanding achievements or on entrepreneurship. She was also the founder and CEO of MediConnect Global, sustained excellence of our alumni and friends through our Professional one of the largest cloud-based health Achievement Awards. During 2018, we recognize three amazing information exchanges. entrepreneurs, all three of whom are recipients of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award, two of whom are loyal Aggies, for being open to opportunity and creating value for themselves and for their communities.

Sam Malouf, ‘04 President & CEO, Malouf

In trying to upgrade their bedding during college, Sam and his wife Kacie discovered an enormous markup on high-end sheets. What started as a business in their two-bedroom apartment is now a multinational company with over 1,000,000 sq.ft. of space. Malouf was recently recognized as #7 on the Utah Business Fast 50 list. In addition to running a fast-growing business, Sam and Kacie are also David Jenkins, ‘95 deeply engaged in their community President & CEO, Conservice through the Malouf Foundation, and especially in helping combat sex While working in property trafficking through a partnership with management, Jenkins recognized Operation Underground Railroad. the need for a better utility billing solution in the multifamily industry. Conservice, the company he founded with two employees and one customer, news now serves over 3 million units across residential, multi-family, and commercial segments across all 50 states and Canada. by

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24 HUNTSMAN ALUMNI MAGAZINE • FALL 2018 huntsman.usu.edu 25 Distinguished Executive Alumnus

Chairman & CEO, Intermountain Staffing Founder, Ascend HR Solutions MARK HOLLAND Co-founder, Ascend Medical Vice Chair, USU Board of Trustees

It’s fair to say few people have taken the full measure of their experience at Utah State, or given back in so many ways, more than Mark Holland: water bomber, student body vice president, Chairman, Huntsman School National Advisory Board, USU Trustee, donor, True Aggie. A 1986 marketing graduate, Holland began his career as a financial planner before finding his way to Intermountain Staffing. He also founded Ascend HR Solutions, an HR outsourcing company, and more recently, co-founded Ascend Medical. Intermountain Staffing, among the largest staffing companies in the United States, provides temporary staff for companies specializing in light industrial work, entry- level trade position and entry-level clerical positions. They have offices in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada and Arizona, and they fill jobs throughout the West. In 1995 Holland founded Ascend HR Solutions, an HR outsourcing company. Ascend was listed as #17 in Inc. Magazine’s Inc 500 list in 2000 and has been included in the Utah 100 nine out of ten years in a row. The company was honored as the 8th largest revenue increase “Nothing is more important of all companies in Utah in 2010. Holland is co- than family; old friends are a founder of another high growth company, Ascend Medical, a provider of temporary doctors working most valuable treasure; and throughout the U.S. Holland attributes his entrepreneurial spirit balance leads to profitability.” and his leadership philosophy to his childhood and adolescence. His father passed away when he was 5 years old, and the family moved 20 times in Holland’s first 20 years. Those experiences have contributed to his personal mission statement, which states that nothing is more important than family; old friends are a most valuable treasure; and balance leads to profitability. It is also a big reason why he and his wife Wendi have provided scholarships for USU students who are single parents. Holland views one of his roles as CEO to be the gatekeeper of culture, and a central tenet in building a healthy workplace culture is to assume good intent. “If I can assume news good intent, I become healthier, I become happier, I’m nicer to be around. It leads to trust. To be able to develop a strong culture, we have to have trust,” Holland notes. Trust is also predicated on integrity. “Life is too short to make conscious decisions to a dair

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The integration of personal values and work values has ended up contributing to the by balance between life and work, and that balance has been a key to success. As Holland states, “Finding balance in an increasingly busy world creates life success alongside of photo work/faith/other things we put our talents to. Mix in some exercise and adventure and a passion for the Aggie Nation - that is a great recipe for success!” by by

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26 HUNTSMAN ALUMNI MAGAZINE • FALL 2018 huntsman.usu.edu 27 ONLINE Microsoft to Nike Tyler Allen, Management learning experience not only for me but for Silicon Valley Success Story & Human Resources ’00, my wife and children as well.” Tyler received Jimmy Stephens, Finance ’17, initially is the Senior Director of the Practice Management Award for his work landed with SoFi, an online personal Human Resources at Nike. on the acquisition and integration of Nokia, a finance company based in San After graduating from the culmination of two years of work. Francisco. When a couple of senior executives left SoFi for a tiny start-up MBA Huntsman School, he joined In his current role at Nike, Tyler leads the Get the education you need to help you called Brex, Jimmy joined them. In a get ahead, without interrupting work or Arthur Andersen, one of the HR team for the global apparel business. very short period of time, Brex has family time with the flexibility of the Online Big Five Public Accounting His division is responsible for the product found the perfect product-market Huntsman MBA. Plan your classes around firms. He went on to Michigan management, design, and manufacturing of all fit, providing capital for start-ups your life, not your life around your classes. State University for a Master’s degree of Nike’s clothing, accessories, and equipment through corporate credit, rather than and landed a job in Microsoft’s newly formed business. “My team is responsible for building the personal credit of founders, and Human Resources Development Program. extraordinary teams that will achieve our is becoming the go-to company for Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. At Microsoft, Tyler worked on the Mergers business strategy – to bring inspiration and & Acquisitions team and performed a two-year innovation to every athlete in the world,” Tyler assignment in Munich, explained. “Living amongst and working with Germany, where Tyler encourages his colleagues to develop he had significant and maximize the power of a network and the Education at your fingertips people from so many different responsibilities in importance of doing great work on a daily basis. countries and backgrounds and Human Resources for “Rarely do you work on anything in isolation,” where we were in the minority Central and Eastern he says of networking. “Being able to tap into was an amazing long term learning Europe. “This was an your network to learn from others’ experience amazing experience can be most helpful in solving problems and experience not only for me but for both professionally and accomplishing objectives.” Tyler says that many my wife and children as well.” personally”, Tyler said. workers take their eyes off the ball (the daily “Living amongst and routine) in search of the next project, and these working with people from so many different people fail to produce great work. “Keep your countries and backgrounds and where we eye on the ball and knock it out of the park – Start any Interactive were in the minority was an amazing long term then they’ll come calling.” semester & engaging

Aggie Communicator Jessica Larsen, Marketing ’12, joined the Utah Aggie Legacy Governor’s Office of Management and Budget earlier Alan Raymond, Finance ’88, and this year as their communications director. She is re- Skyler Raymond, Marketing ’13, Rigorous 7-week Flexible schedule sponsible for devising and MBA ’16, shared their life and courses implementing a commu- career experiences at the nications strategy for the Huntsman MBA Fall Start-up A New Adventure office, using the full gamut meeting. Alan is vice president of marketing and commu- of sales at DigiCert, a Huntsman School National nications, including media technology company based Advisory Board member relations, graphic/web in Draper, Utah, while his Tessa White was often design, social media and son Skyler is an account the only woman on the content creation. Prior executive with Adobe. news leadership team in a to this position, Jessica Alan’s grandparents, 20-year career spent in spent three and a half Ace and Arvilla, both the C-Suite at various years as the communica- graduated with degrees companies. And so, she tion director for World in business from USU, decided to step down as the SVP of human capital at Trade Center Utah. making Skyler and his sister Vivint Solar to help develop and highlight the talents Savannah fourth-generation of women across the globe as the founder of SHE Aggies. Team. She has already put her new hat to work for the Huntsman School, moderating panels as part of our Focused Fridays initiative. by

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28 HUNTSMAN ALUMNI MAGAZINE • FALL 2018 huntsman.usu.edu HuntsmanMBA.com29 contributions our sincerest gratitude for your generosity and support LEADERSHIP GIFTS GIVING MAY2017– AUG2018 In recognition of individuals and organizations whose cumulative giving to the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business exceeds $100,000. TO THE JON M. HUNTSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

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Tax School Lorraine Haggen Travis S. & Chery Morgan Julie & Alan J. Paystrup Tolman John A. & Carol J. Tribble Douglas L. & Kathy Dickson Brady B. Hoggan Kent Tyler Killpack & Carli Keeler Thomas Gregory & Renae Hansen Steven V. Mortenson Bryan S. Perkinson UBS Financial Services, Inc. Kent Van Leeuwen Jamie Lynn Dodge Daniel Vance Holland Campbell Rustin Ray & MaryAnne Thomas D. & Melissa Mugleston Jacob William & Kristina Jace C. & Lindsey Waddoups Aimee Wilson Hansen Liz & Kelly Veibell Marianne J. D’Onofrio William C. Holm Tyler R. & Cristina Kirkham Wallace P. & Pauline C. Peterson Collin Allen Wailes Sheila & Garth A.* Hanson Murdoch V-Max Corp Richard M. & Suzy C. Dooley W. Martin Holmes Charles Klamm Shirley Ann Polejewski Michael Keith Waldron Thomas J. Harding Megan Myers S. S. Walker, Jr. Don L. Earl Jim Howell Tad Arden & Donna Koch SCHOLARSHIPS EXPANDED Pepper Baxter & Marc Poulsen Gary D. Walker Joseph B. Harris Christoffer D. & Brittnee A. Neal Chad John & Samantha Allyson James N. & Tamara S. Elwood Hughes Business Services, Inc. Alyssa Kohler Wallentine Rich & Kim C. Poulson Brent K. & Sue Smith Wamsley during the past year: Lance Haycock Nathan Needham Todd V. & Sally S. Erickson Gorden L. Hughes Ranveer Singh Kushwaha John Chung Wang Quinn Revocable Trust Robert W. Ward Harold C. Henderson Chet James Norman Bezhan Morteza & Kathryn Carl L. Hulet Todd W. Labrum Dell Loy Hansen Stephen G. & Elizabeth Irene Paul E. & Lisa R. Quinn Taci Watterson Kyle Craig Hepworth Katelyn Norman Fargam Donald L. Hulet Gaylyn Larsen Jon M. Huntsman Watson Kristin & Nick R. Radulovich Darwin J. Weeks Elizabeth Hess Kenneth E. & Vickie Hoffman Jeffrey J. & Jennii Lyn Fielding Peter Jacobson Wayne & Kristine Larsen Justin C. & Jenica B. Whitworth Scott A. & Lindsay A. Ramage Weidner and Associates Darren Menlove Justin B. Hill Nye Fin Fun James H. & Loretta A. Johnson Julie Ann Larson W. Steven Wilcox Brenda D. Rees Stanton Lay Palmer M. Bruce Fonnesbeck Revocable Trust Robert T. & Karen E. Larson Gayle C. & Sharon Wong White Charles R. Horrocks Williams & Associates LLC Edward & Shannon B. Reininger David S. Peaden news Jacob John Fryer Alan D. & Linda James Carl F. & Jacque A. Lawson N. C. Whitehouse Robert T. & Joann W. Hunting David W. Williams Larry E. Richins Kevin Scott Peaden Herbert H. & Rosemary R. Thomas William & Tracy Lynn Linda L. Lee Lacee L. Wilkey Steven Walker & Karen D. Hurd Tyler Wolfley Brad W. & Melissa D. Rieben Oana Petersen Fullerton James Clare & Cathy Leishman Daniel L. Willie Thank you to our alumni and friends for IBM International Foundation Alan D. & Tammy Rindlisbacher Karlie Jo Philpott Kathy L. Garner Donna M. & John R.* Jensen Cade M. Lewis Enoch Y. & Catherine T. Wong Char Izatt Clifford A. & Suzanne Smee always putting our students first. George Jensen Wen-Wen Wu Spencer James & Cassandra Shelley Pieper GE Foundation I-Rong Lin Rockstead *deceased Kent S. & Bonnie Jensen Michelle Yuriko Yasukochi Marie Jeppsen David S. & Ann T. Geary Paul M. & Edell Lindley Ryan & Megan M. Roe Richard L. & Carol D. Jenson Gary M. & Pamela T. Yonamine Ted Herman & Amber Jeppsen Robert B. Gibbons William D. Lindsay Debra & Roger Rondeau James H. Johnson Carson W. & Malynne Young Cozette Jeppson Arlo Gilbert Erik T. & Julie Lindstrom Austin Rottman Your help is needed to fulfill the vision. Jeffrey J. & Alena Collier Robert S. Young Kay La Vaune & Joan Gneiting Branden B. & Carson B. Lish H. Allen & Dianne E. Ryan Visit huntsman.usu.edu/giving to Johnson Timothy & Michelle Youngberg Matthew Alan & Deborah Ruth Checketts Loveland Brent S. Sandberg PLLC contribute to the Jon M. Huntsman Jenson Grizzell Ronald N. Johnson Nolan F. & Marian Mangelson James L. Sanford The contributions listed above reflect direct donations to the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business School of Business. Brian Haderlie Wally J. & Harriet Johnson alumni from May 1, 2017 to August 30, 2018. We apologize for any inaccuracies.

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Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, FJ Management, Inc; Huntsman School National Advisory Board Member Crystal Maggelet USU Board of Trustees

I grew up in Brigham City, and can still remember coming to Logan to start school. I got involved with the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and student government, and had a great time at Utah State, and I’ve always felt that USU offers so many great opportunities to students. So even though I ended up graduating from Pepperdine University, my time at USU was a really formative experience. I feel strongly about preparing students for life beyond college because we believe it’s really important to hire quality students. We wanted to help with the creation of a career center because we knew it would be a launching pad for a lot of students and a lot of careers, and I hope some will be at FJ Management. I have served on the Huntsman School National Advisory Board and currently serve as a Trustee of Utah State University. This service has provided wonderful opportunities to interact with faculty and staff and the incredible students at USU. My husband Chuck and I support the Huntsman School and Utah State because we believe Utah State students are grounded. They have great values. They have been given a great education. They are extremely hard workers and have a lot of integrity and honesty, which I really appreciate. Students should follow their dreams. You don’t always know exactly what your dream is. The best you can do is work hard, study hard, and when opportunities come your way, take those opportunities even though they may scare you.

Every one of us has the power to help Build Huntsman and propel us forward in our journey to the top-tier. It’s as simple as:

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A Life Well Lived jon m. huntsman, sr. (1937-2018)

This School, the State, the nation and the world lost a great leader, a highly successful entrepreneur, and a global visionary on February 2, 2018 when Jon M. Huntsman died at age 80 at his home in Salt Lake City. Jon loved Utah State University, and he loved the School of Business that since December 3, 2007 has borne his name. He liked to say, “I have been observing Utah State University for the past 50 years, and this is the finest college in America. I didn’t go there, but I recognize it as the institution where I would go today if I had to select the best university.” The son of an Idaho schoolteacher, Jon and his wife Karen have devoted their lives and $1.5 billion to improving the human condition, working to eradicate cancer, and to provide educational opportunity for thousands of students. In 2007 he challenged us to build a business school that produces students who can compete with the best and the brightest anywhere in the world. Last year, he doubled his investment to more than $50 million and helped us secure another $25 million from his friend, Charles Koch. His challenge in 2007 has brought us world-class faculty, incredible new curricular and extracurricular opportunities, local, national and global accolades, and in 2016 a beautiful, state-of-the-art building. Jon saw our potential when he said, “There is a remarkable atmosphere on the campus and in the community of Logan. The university has a sense of purpose. There is a remarkable quality of life here. These features will all combine to help us make this business school one of the finest in the country.” Jon Huntsman believed in us. USU is a much better institution because of his generosity, friendship, and love. He was our partner every step of the way. He was totally aligned with our vision, but he constantly encouraged us to reach higher, dig deeper, and accomplish more. If I were dean for 100 years, I doubt we could find another partner of such surpassing gifts. We miss him greatly. — dean douglas d. anderson