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OFFICIAL REPORT tion, and Human Development at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. Bible has been teaching at LSUS since 1985. He replaces Dave Gustavson, who recently retired after serving for 39 years at the school. I Elmore Alexander is the new dean of the Ricciardi College of Business at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. He previously was dean at the School of Management at Marist College. I Andrew Romerdahl will serve as the first Weidner Chair in Business Management at the University of Alaska Anchorage. The endowed chair within the College of Business and Public Policy was funded in 2011 by a US$3 million pledge from businessman Dean Weidner. I Finance professor Joël Peress will be the first to hold the new AXA-INSEAD chair in financial market risk. It was launched by the AXA Research Fund and INSEAD of France, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi. I In September, Christopher Ball was inaugurated as Honorary Consul of Hungary for the state of Connecticut. Ball is director of the Central European Institute and Istvan Szechenyi Chair in International Economics at Quinnipiac University in Hamden. MBA TO ENTREPRENEUR GMAT Test Takers Interested in Entrepreneurship 1 10,000 Nearly aspiring entrepreneurs chose business school to develop their skills in 2013. Entrepreneurs Said Business School Prepared Them To : 2 88% 84% 81% 81% 80% 79% Sources: Lead My Company Grow My Business Develop an Idea Develop Financial Projections Conduct Market Research Write A Business Plan 1 Data 2 for GMAT test takers from July 1, 2012-June 30, 2013. GMAC 2013 Global Management Education Graduate Survey STEPPING DOWN I Darlene Brannigan Smith, dean of the Merrick School of Business at the University of Baltimore in Maryland, has stepped down after a five-year term. She will return to the faculty as a marketing professor following a yearlong sabbatical. GMAC offers schools FREE survey services, including detailed reports and interactive tools. Visit gmac.com/SurveySignUp to learn more. Additional resources on "B-School for Entrepreneurial Success" are available at gmac.com/NewsCenter. © 2013 Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®) All rights reserved. The GMAC logo, the GMAT logo, GMAC®, GMAT®, and Graduate Management Admission Council® are registered trademarks of the Graduate Management Admission Council in the United States and other countries. I Fenwick Huss will retire next June as dean of the Robinson College of Business BizEd November/December 2013 15