Three finalists have been named for the position of dean of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The finalists are Gautam Kaul of the University of Michigan, David W. Stewart of the University of Southern California and Dennis A. Ahlburg of the University of Minnesota, according to William Kaempfer, chair of the search committee and vice provost and associate vice chancellor for budget and planning at CU-Boulder.
The committee's goal is to hire a new dean for the school effective July 1.
The first candidate to visit the campus March 13-15 is Kaul, the John C. and Sally S. Morley Professor of Finance at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Kaul has had extensive administrative experience over the past decade. He served as chair of the finance department from 1995 to 1997 and as associate dean of the Ross School of Business from 1997 to 2002, among other responsibilities. In his role as associate dean, he was responsible for the doctoral program, the research programs and all information technology related activities and initiatives at the school.
Kaul earned his doctorate in finance from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago in 1985. He is a fellow of the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India. He also has served on the executive committee of the Ross School of Business for several years and on the boards of nonprofit organizations.
On March 15-17, Stewart, the Robert E. Brooker Professor of Marketing at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, will visit. He is the immediate past editor of the Journal of Marketing. He has served as vice president of finance and as a member of the board of directors of the American Marketing Association.
He is a past president of the Academic Council of the American Marketing Association, past chair of the Section on Statistics in Marketing of the American Statistical Association, past president of the Society for Consumer Psychology and a fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society. He also is a former member and past chair of the United States Census Bureau's Advisory Committee of Professional Associations.
From 1999 to 2004 he served as deputy dean of the Marshall School. He also has served as chair of the marketing department at the Marshall School. Prior to moving to the University of Southern California in 1986 he was senior associate dean and associate professor of marketing at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Stewart earned his doctorate in psychology from Baylor University.
On April 3-5, Ahlburg, the IR Landgrant Professor of Human Resources and Industrial Relations and Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and Regional Affairs at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, will visit. He is the senior associate dean of the Carlson School of Management and is responsible for all faculty and research issues, the budget, human resources, executive education and teaching excellence initiatives.
He also has served as director of the Center for Population Analysis and Policy at the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Since 2000, Ahlburg has been a member of the National Institute of Health's Review Panel on Social Sciences, Nursing, Epidemiology and Methods. He earned his doctorate in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Stephen Lawrence, associate dean for academic programs, is currently serving as interim dean of CU-Boulder's Leeds School of Business. Lawrence replaced Steven Manaster, who decided not to seek reappointment when his contract as dean expired in June 2004.