(October 7, 2008) Bad Apples A Look at How George Carter's Politics May Ruin the Nail Administration Have no
doubts about it, EFIB chairman George Carter is on a mission to bring down the new Lance Nail administration of
USM's College of Business. And, with the hiring and firing and "friendraising" efforts Carter has made over the past
two decades, he may indeed pull it off before it is all over. This column is Part 2 in a three-part series of opinion pieces
that will attempt to explain just how Carter may pull off the coup that some in the CoB are hoping for and others are
nervous about.
(October 13, 2008) CoB News, 13 October 2008 October Surprise Some CoB faculty may be surprised to learn that a
number of new faces will be joining the CoB in January of 2009, just in time for the upcoming spring semester. These
new hires were made by the Alvin Williams interim administration of the CoB (2007-08), and they fall primarily in the
MGT and MKT areas. However, the fact that they occurred back in late 2007 and/or early 2008 means that the
tentacles of the old Williams administration continue to get in the way of new CoB dean Lance Nail.
(October 23, 2008) CoB News, 23 October 2008 “What Value is Doty Adding?” An Editorial by a 31st & Pearl
Columnist It is increasingly difficult to buy the idea that former CoB dean Harold Doty is adding any real value to
USM’s College of Business these days. Doty has a PhD in management from the University of Texas at Austin, and he
trained for the post of CoB dean while a departmental chair at Syracuse University, a top-tier national university on
the east coast. None of that, however, means much when it comes to Doty’s research energies or his administrative
acumen.
(October 27, 2008) GH Chatter Stories are spreading that former CoB dean and current management professor Harold
Doty is seeking a position at the University of North Texas. Texas is Doty's home, so a UNT opening would likely be
of interest to him. Speaking of UNT openings, there are two that some CoBers believe Doty would probably look at.
(October 28, 2008) Doty Now Official Resident of Schlockburg A recent discovery made by reporters at
USMNEWS.net sheds some light on former CoB dean and current CoB management professor D. Harold Doty's
current research endeavors. According to a recent search, Doty and former CoB management professor Stephen
Bushardt, now with Spring Hill College, published a 2007 article in the Journal of Current Issues in Finance, Business
and Economics
D. HAROLD DOTY, FORMER DEAN, COLLEGE OF
BUSINESS, CURRENT DEAN, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT
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