New Management Dean
ISyE Named For Stewart
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The School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, ranked No. 1 in the country for the past 15 years by U.S. News & World Report, has received a commitment of $20 million from alumnus H. Milton "Milt" Stewart and his wife, Carolyn Stewart.
The commitment establishes a permanent endowment, the income from which will be available for unrestricted use within ISyE, which has been named the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
"Sustaining the unparalleled quality of the school's research programs and the excellence of its faculty and student body takes ongoing, significant investment. We are fortunate that Milt Stewart has always understood that need and offered his wholehearted support of ISyE," says College of Engineering Dean Don Giddens.
Stewart, IE 61, has a long history of philanthropy at Georgia Tech. He established an ISyE endowment fund in 1995 and the H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart school chair in 1999. The Stewarts also have supported scholarships for female students coming to Tech from Habersham High School.
Stewart is the retired chairman and CEO of Standard Group, a company he established in 1987 with his sister, Kay Swanson, in Cornelia, Ga. Holdings at that time included Standard Telephone, which Stewart's father, H.M. Stewart Sr., purchased in 1939. Arkansas-based Alltel bought Standard Telephone in 1998.
Stewart served as the 1995-96 president of the Alumni Association, is a trustee emeritus of the Georgia Tech Foundation, emeritus member and former chairman of the ISyE advisory board and former member of the College of Engineering advisory board.
New Management Dean
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Steven Salbu, the incoming dean of the College of Management, says he looks forward to taking Georgia Tech's business school to "the next level."
Salbu takes the helm as the Stephen P. Zelnak Dean of the College of Management July 1. He will replace Terry Blum, who announced last summer that she would step down to return to the faculty. Blum, dean of the college since 1999, also will create and direct an interdisciplinary Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship.
Salbu is currently associate dean for graduate programs and a distinguished teaching professor at the University of Texas business school. He is the director of the school's business ethics program and has served as a visiting professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, London Business School and Indiana University.
"The faculty, students, staff and alumni of the College of Management are a remarkably talented community of scholars and professionals. They are highly motivated to take the College of Management to the next level. I look forward to joining them in this charge as we work together with energy and enthusiasm to ensure that a great Institute always has a great business school," he says.
Salbu earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from Hofstra University, a master's degree from Dartmouth College, a master's and PhD from the Wharton School and a law degree from the College of William and Mary. He is the past editor-in-chief of the American Business Law Journal and is currently on the editorial board of Business Ethics Quarterly.
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