Pitt Business Magazine, Spring 2009
Alumni Profiles
The Business Alumni Association of the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration (CBA) annually honors alumni for their professional achievements, leadership skills, and service to the University community and the community at large. In May 2008, four alumni were recognized as distinguished alumni and a fifth received the H.J. Zoffer Medal for Meritorious Service. Winners of the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Awards and the Zoffer Medal are profiled on the following pages. Katz and CBA are proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of their alumni and to celebrate their successes.
- Nuclear Engineer Applies MBA to Keep Power Plants Healthy (Thomas Christopher)
- Global Marketing Expert, Harvard Professor Inspired by His PhD from Pitt (Rohit Deshpandé)
- Melding Disciplines, Alumnus Becomes Trusted Financial Advisor (Frank Domeisen)
- Nurse Applies Business School Savvy to the World of Managed Care (Cynthia Zydel)
- An Act of Patriotism Rallies Katz School Community Around Soldiers (Kristen Holloway Querriera)
Thought Leaders
With a national deficit running into the trillions, foreclosures and unemployment spiking at levels that haven't been seen in generations, and words like inflation and recession creeping back into the evening news, one thing is certain: The sagging economy is a problem that will defy any simple solution.
The complexities of the economic crisis demand strategies that cross political and fiscal ideologies, for they touch virtually every aspect of society's spectrum: education, housing, employment, health care, and retirement.
Toward that end, Pitt Business faculty members shared their opinions on the fallout from the current crisis and what can-and should-be done to hasten recovery.
Professors Look to Bring the Human Element into Business Models
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, led by John Camillus, Donald R. Beall Professor of Strategic Management, and Bopaya Bidanda, industrial engineering department chair and Ernest E. Roth Professor at the Swanson School of Engineering, are looking to shift the primary focus of business decisions from short-term accounting profits to a set of criteria they have assembled under a rubric labeled the Business of Humanity. They hope to demonstrate that their approach effectively addresses some of the most complex problems companies are facing today-and that it is better for business as well as humanity.
