(November 15, 2007) Dear usmnews.net, I have seen that Jon Carr's recent publication in The Academy of
Management Journal is prominently displayed now in the Greene Hall publication case. That is an outstanding
accomplishment for Jon and for the College. What I would like know, and I am sure something other business faculty
want to know, is why such a distinction earned Jon only the sixth biggest merit raise (2007) in the whole College. Not
one of the people in front of Jon (Mike Wittmann, Sami Dakhlia, Akbar Marvasti, Alvin Williams and John Clark)
deserve anything close to the raise that Jon should have gotten this year. The fact that they all got more than he did is
terrible.
(November 19, 2007) 31st & Pearl On the Folly of Rewarding Dakhlia for Osmonbekov's Successes The recent letter to
the editor of usmnews.net about Jon Carr's raise highlights the problematic structure of the CoB's 2007 "merit" raises.
Carr's recent publication in The Academy of Management Journal brought "merit" in buckets, only his fifth-largest
raise fell short of what was expected by all. These days it seems that being either John Clark, Michael Wittmann, Sami
Dakhlia, Akbar Marvasti, or Mary Anderson is a necessary, and perhaps sufficient, condition for success, at least of the
financial sort, in the CoB.
(November 27, 2007) Williams Foils Clark’s Plan to Avoid a Dec-07 CoB Faculty Meeting Less than three months after
passage of a preemptive motion by associate professor of finance, John Clark, to confer upon CoB graduates their
Dec-07 degrees and avoid having a Dec-07 CoB faculty meeting, Interim CoB Dean Alvin Williams has decided to call
a faculty-wide meeting for 6-Dec-07. According to Williams’ e-mail announcement, which is inserted below, the
meeting is being called in order to “get a brief update/status report from each of the CoB committees.”
(December 24, 2007) CoB News, December 2007 CoB Turf Wars The CoB's recent Distinguished Alumnus Award
dinner, hosted for recipient Bruce Aust, was covered by Hattiesburg's society magazine, Signature. Photos from the
event appeared in Signature's December 2007 issue.
JOHN CLARK, FORMER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE,
CURRENTLY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE, UNIVERSITY
OF MISSOURI-KANSAS, CITY