CBA Endows Scholars With Chairs And Professorships

The College of Business Administration endowed three professors with chairs and two with professorships in an investiture ceremony last fall. Faculty who were honored included Walter Block, Ph. D., as the Harold Wirth Chair Eminent Scholar Chair in Economics; Nicholas Capaldi, Ph. D., as the Legendre-Soule Chair in Business Ethics; Caroline M. Fisher, Ph. D., as the Bank One/ Francis C. Doyle Distinguished Professorship; Jerry R. Goolsby, Ph. D., as the Hilton/ Baldridge Chair; and Brenda E. Joyner, Ph. D., as the Stanford H. Rosenthal Distinguished Professorship for Risk, Insurance, and Entrepreneurship.

Before coming to Loyola, Walter Block was professor and chair of the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of Central Arkansas. He holds a Ph. D. in economics from Columbia University. Block has published numerous scholarly articles and has served as the editor of a number of journals. He has been a commentator on national radio and television and lectures widely on public policy issues to university students, as well as service, professional, and religious organizations. He is the editor, co-editor, or author of many books.

The Wirth Chair was a bequest from Harold E. Wirth, a loyal supporter and friend of Loyola. This chair will enhance the economics program in the business school.

Before joining the College of Business Administration faculty,Nicholas Capaldi was a McFarlin Professor of Philosophy and Research Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa. He received his B. A. at the University of Pennsylvania and Ph. D. from Columbia University. Capaldi is the author of six books, more than 50 articles, and editor of six anthologies. In addition, he is an internationally recognized Hume scholar and a domestic public policy specialist on such issues as higher education, bio-ethics, business ethics, affirmative action, and immigration.

The Legendre-Soule Chair in Business Ethics was named for the late Mr. Legendre and Mildred Soule, his late wife. Funds were provided by a bequest from Clarence A. Legendre in 1988, matched with a grant from the Louisiana Education Endowment Trust Fund for Eminent Scholars. The Legendre-Soule Chair was established to promote excellence in teaching and scholarship in the field of business ethics.

Caroline M. Fisher, Ph. D., has taught at Loyola since 1985. She received a Ph. D. in psychology from Bowling Green State University and an M. B. A. from the University of New Orleans. While at Loyola, Fisher has served as professor and assistant professor of marketing, director of graduate programs, associate professor of marketing, and director of the Master of Quality Management program. She has received numerous awards, including Who's Who in U. S. Executives, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, and the College of Business Administration Faculty Research Award. In addition, Fisher serves on the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

The Bank One/ Francis C. Doyle Distinguished Professorship is named jointly in honor of Bank One and the late Mr. Doyle, a distinguished alumnus of the university who served as executive vice president for First NBC until his retirement in 1971.

Jerry R. Goolsby holds a doctorate in marketing from Texas Tech University, and comes to Loyola from the University of South Florida where he was an associate professor of marketing. A very student-oriented professor, Goolsby has won numerous teaching awards. An active researcher and writer, his articles have been published in many academic journals. Goolsby is a senior examiner and site visit team leader for quality awards.

The Hilton/ Baldridge Chair was funded through a portion of a grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and a bequest from the estate of Carl, D'39, and Beulah Baldridge. This chair will complement the Conrad N. Hilton Eminent Chair in Music Industry Studies which exists in the College of Music. Both chairs were funded through a $1 million grant from the Hilton Foundation, which was the lead gift in the endowment of an educational venture designed to enhance both Loyola's position as the educational arm of the New Orleans music industry and to promote future economic development in the city of New Orleans.

Brenda E. Joyner is associate professor of management at Loyola. Since receiving her Ph. D. from the University of Georgia in 1995, Joyner has taught classes in strategic management, entrepreneurship, and business policy and strategy. Her research interests include small business strategies for entering emerging markets, global startups, the entrepreneur and new venture performance, and entrepreneurial ethics. Joyner has published articles in a variety of academic journals.

The Stanford H. Rosenthal Distinguished Professorship for Risk, Insurance, and Entrepreneurship was established in 1990 to promote excellence in teaching and scholarship in the field of business administration. The children of Stanford H. Rosenthal, a longtime CBA professor, started the professorship in honor of their father. The gifts, which made the professorship possible, came from Stephen R. Rosenthal, Leslie R. Jacobs, the Rosenthal Agency, and a match from the Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund Endowed Professorship Program.

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