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headlines SHORT TAKES n Idalene Kesner has been named interim dean of the Kel- ley School of Business at Indi- ana University in Bloomington. Kesner, the associate dean of faculty and research and the Frank P. Popoff Chair of Stra- tegic Management at the Kel- ley School, will take the role after current dean Dan Smith begins his role as president of the IU Foundation. n Marshall Geiger, a profes- sor of accounting at the University of Richmond's Robins School of Business in Virginia, has been appointed an academic fellow of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of the Chief Accountant in Wash- ington, D.C., from August 2012 through August 2013. n Finance pro- fessor Larry Lockwood (top) has been named the Stan Block Endowed Chair in Finance at Texas Christian University's Nee- ley School of Business in Fort Worth. Also at Neeley, Keith Hmieleski has been named the Robert and Edith Schumacher Faculty Fellow in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. 14 n Jay Barney has joined the faculty at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He has been named Presidential Professor of Strategic Management and Lassonde Chair of Social Entrepreneurship. n Robert Forsythe, former dean of the University of South Florida's College of Business in Tampa, has been named a Franklin Fellow. Franklin Fellows work with the Depart- ment of State and the U.S. Agency for International Devel- opment, providing consulting program director for the Sci- ence of Organizations at the National Science Foundation. STEPPING DOWN n Jim Burton, dean of the Jennings A. Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfrees- boro, will step down at the end of the 2012-2013 aca- demic year. Burton spent 14 years as dean of the college. n Hildy Teegen has on how best to address issues of national security and foreign policy worldwide. n Quinetta Roberson, profes- sor of management at the Villanova School of Business in Pennsylvania, will hold a one-year appointment as the November/December 2012 BizEd announced that she will step down as dean of the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Caro- lina in Columbia. Teegen, who has been dean since 2007, will remain in her post until her successor is named; she will take a one-year sabbati- cal before returning to teach and conduct research. HONORS AND AWARDS n Two honors have recently been bestowed upon Ronald P. Hill, the Richard J. and Barbara Naclerio Endowed Chair in Business at Villanova School of Business in Penn- sylvania. He was the 2012 recipient of the Williams- Qualls-Spratlen Multicultural Mentoring Award of Excel- lence given by the American Marketing Association; and he was recognized by the PhD Project for his outstand- ing service, leadership, and commitment to the marketing profession. n Also receiv- ing recognition from the Ameri- can Marketing Association is William Cron, associate dean of graduate programs and research and the J. Vaughn & Evelyne H. Wilson Professor of Market- ing at the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Cron was awarded the Selling and Sales Management Lifetime Achievement Award by the sales special interest group of the association. n Larry Gianchetta received the Outstanding Dean Award at the Beta Alpha Psi Annual Meeting last summer. He has served as dean of the Univer- sity of Montana in Missoula for 25 years.