School of Business New Facility Nears Completion Construction of the $1.9 million J. E. and L. E. Mabee Business Center was the major highlight of the School of Business for 1981·82, a year filled with many significant achievements. Fin· ancing the building was insured in January, 1981, by a $600,000 challenge grant from the Mabee Foundation of Tulsa: Oklahoma, provided the remaining $1.1 million was raised by June I. This stimulated the Development Office to work harder and friends of Harding to give more liberally so that the challenge was met. By the beginning of the spring semester, the building had been enclosed so that work on the interior could continue without interruption by bad weather. It appeared that the building would be occupied during the summer and ready for full use at the beginning of the 1982 fall semester. This building will house the School of Business, the Educationa l Med ia Center, the Educational Computer Center, the American Studies Program, the Center for Private Enterprise Education , and the Center for Management Excellence. During the last five years , the student semester hours of credit generated in the School of Business during the fall semester increased 65.9 per cent, the number of declared majors increased 46.1 per cent, and the number of graduating seniors inc rease<:117.O per cent. During the fall semester, Dr. David B. Burks, Dean of the School of Business, conducted a feasibility study on a proposed Master of Business Administration degree in accounting. A strong impetus for adding the MBA was the projected requirement by Texas and other surrounding states for a five-year program in accounting as a requirement for sitting for the CPA examination. LaVon Carter I returned from a year's leave of absence for work on the DBA degree in management at Memphis State University. James Behel joined the faculty in the area of systems analysis. Ermal Tucker made plans to 116 · School of Busi ness James Behel, MBA Asst. Prof., Systems Analysis David Burica, PhD, CPA Prof. , Dean LIIVon c.rter, MBA Asst. Prof., Management Donald Dlmne, PhD Assoc. Prof., Economics James Henderson, PhD, CPA Asst. Prof., Accounting Kenneth Johnaon. DBA, CPA Asst. Prof., Accounting Robert Kelly, EdD Assoc. Prof., Business Education David Perkins, BHA Assoc. Instr" Accounting Robert Reely, EdD Assoc. Prof" Management Marvin Robertson, JD Asst. Prof., Business Law IIIIrb... &tatom, MEd Asst. Prof., Secretarial Science D.vld Tucker, MBA, CPA Asst. Prof.. Economics Ennal Tucker. M8 Prof., Business Education Mark VanRheenen. MBA. CPA Asst. Prof" Accounting Charles Walker. MS Asst. Prof., Marketing Steve White, MBA, CPA Asst, Prof. , Systems Analysis retire at the close of the spring semester after 25 years of dedicated service. She was considered the dean of Arkansas business education professors. David Tucker directed 12 students during the first six weeks of the summer on a study tour in Europe as part of the Harding University in Florence Program. The students visited Germany, Switzerland, Italy. France, Belgium, and England, making a study of comparative economics and international business. During the summer, Dr. Bob Reely was designated Director of the Center of Management Excellence to provide students better first-hand knowledge of - Courtesy of Publicity O{{lce
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