Entrepreneurship Endowed Chairs Luncheon - Vancouver

Jerry Katz at Saint Louis University (mailto:katzja@SLUVCA.SLU.EDU)
Wed, 14 Jun 1995 00:45:07 -0600

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Date:         Wed, 14 Jun 1995 00:45:07 -0600
From: Jerry Katz at Saint Louis University <mailto:katzja@SLUVCA.SLU.EDU>
Subject:      Entrepreneurship Endowed Chairs Luncheon - Vancouver
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************************************************************* ************************************************************* ****** ****** ****** A N N O U N C I N G ****** ****** ****** ****** The Academy of Management - Entrepreneurship ****** ****** Division 1995 Endowed Chairs Luncheon/Caucus ****** ****** ****** ************************************************************* *************************************************************

The Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management, is announcing its first Preceonference Luncheon for Endowed Positions, to be held in Vancouver, BC on Saturday, August 5, 1995, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? The luncheon is for: (1) individuals who hold endowed professorships or endowed chairs in entrepreneurship, small business, free enterprise or related fields, (2) endowed position holders in other fields who share an interest in entrepreneurship, (3) faculty and/or deans involved in developing endowed positions in entrepreneurship and related fields.

AGENDA: The luncheon will have three components. Bob Tosterud, who holds the chair at the University of South Dakota will talk about how chairs can influence the public policy process. He's wonderfully qualified to do this, having served as the staff director of the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress for 7 years, then serving as a program director for the Ford Foundation involved in economic development, before taking the chair. Once in the chair, he convinced the South Dakota State Assembly to pass the "Graduate Entrepreneurial Loan Program" which provides state guaranteed low-interest loans to start-ups developed from qualifying business plans crafted by students in South Dakota's universities. As a relative newcomer to his chair, he has a world of different insights and contacts that I think you will find invigorating and useful.

The second component will depend in part on the endowed chairs themselves. As the field's informal tracker of infrastructure, I will be giving a report on the current "state of the field." For example do you know there are now over 25 refereed, English-language journals whose primary focus is entrepreneurship? Do you know there are 160 endowed positions in entrepreneurship and related fields? Enclosed is a brief questionnaire to update my files on endowed positions. The last full survey was over 2 years ago, and the potential for changes is enourmous, so please take a moment and fill out the survey regardless of whether you'll be attending the luncheon or not!! The results of the prior survey prompted nearly a dozen articles on endowed positions in the national media, such as the Wall Street Journal. I would greatly appreciate endowed position holders updating their records.

The third component is a chance to meet with other endowed position holders. The Academy meeting always attracts a large and diverse crowd, and the Vancouver venue is sure to bring out one of the largest turnouts in the history of the Academy.

REGISTRATION: The luncheon costs $30.00 and preregistration is necessary. The registration form is included below.

QUESTIONS: If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the organizer, Jerome (Jerry) Katz. During the summer he can be reached at (314)275-8721, or faxed at (314)275-7513. His email is mailto:KATZJA@SLUVCA.SLU.EDU .

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1995 ENTREPRENEURSHIP DIVISION PRECONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM

ENDOWED CHAIRS LUNCHEON/CAUCUS

Please include the following information:

NAME: ________________________________________________________

AFFILIATION: _________________________________________________

ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

TELEPHONE (OFFICE): __________________________________________

TELEPHONE (HOME): __________________________________________

FAX: __________________________________________

E-MAIL ADDRESS: __________________________________________

EXPECTED DATE & TIME OF ARRIVAL: _____________________________

Please include this form and a check payable to the "ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT" for $30.00US. Mail these to:

McRae C. Banks Department of Management & Information Systems P.O. Box 9581 Mississippi State, MS 39762

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1995 UPDATE TO ENDOWED POSITION DATABASE

Please fill-in the information requested.

POSITION NAME: ___________________________________________________

DATE CREATED: _________

UNIVERSITY: ___________________________________________________

SCHOOL: ___________________________________________________

DEPARTMENT: ___________________________________________________

ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

CITY/STATE: ___________________________________________________

TELEPHONE (voice): _______________________________________________

FACSIMILE: _______________________________________________

E-MAIL ADDRESS: _______________________________________________

POSITION HOLDER'S NAME: __________________________________________

DATE STARTED IN POSITION: _________________

POSITION ENDOWMENT AMOUNT: ______________________________________ Have you done anything, or do you have any plans to, add to the endowment? If yes, please specify. No Yes, please specify ______________________________________

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================================================= == Endowment information is kept confidential == == and reported only in aggregate. For an == == example see _ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THEORY & == == PRACTICE_, Spring 1991, pp. 60-63. == =================================================

POLICY INITIATIVES - Please share an example of something you have done in the past 3 years to influence policy toward entrepreneurship or small business at any level of government.

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SUGGESTED TOPICS - Do you have any suggestions for items to be covered at the 1995 luncheon?

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************************************************************** ** PLEASE INCLUDE A CURRENT BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT, ** ** RESUME OR CV IN YOUR RESPONSE. ** **************************************************************

Mail this questionnaire to Jerome Katz, Jefferson Smurfit Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Saint Louis University, 3674 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108. Or fax to 314-977-3897. If you have questions contact Jerome at 314-275-8721.

=================================================== == To check out address information in the 1993 == == version of the chairs list, gopher to == == EGOPHER.SLU.EDU 71 == == (URL: gopher://egopher.slu.edu:71) == == And on the first menu choose menu item == == "About EGOPHER - ****Check Here FIRST****" == == And on the second menu choose item: == == "Chair-List in Entrepreneurship and == == Related Fields (J. Katz)" == ===================================================