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OTHER NEWS ■ Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr., a longtime figure in management education, died in June at the age of 75. Dur- ing his career, he held a number of high academic posts. He served as provost at the University of Michi- gan and dean at the University of Michigan's business school before it was the Ross Business School. He also served as dean of Rice Universi- ty's Jones Graduate School of Man- agement. He had previously been a professor of economics, beginning his teaching career at Northwestern. He also served as president of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, as chairman of the Graduate Management Admis- sions Council, and as a board mem- ber of the Consortium of Graduate Study in Management and the Forum for the Future of Higher Education. ■ Babson College in Wellesley, Mas- sachusetts, has been named an associate academic member of the Community of European Manage- ment Schools and International Companies (CEMS). It is the first U.S. college to receive this designa- tion. CEMS is an exclusive network of academic institutions and multi- national companies. Under the pro- gram, Babson will establish a dual degree arrangement between its own master's program and the pan- European CEMS Master in Interna- tional Management. ■ z Correction In the article "Global Immersion," which appeared in the July/August issue of BizEd, Jorge Talavera was incorrectly identified. He is president of Universidad ESAN in Lima, Peru, and executive director of CLADEA, the Latin American Council of Management Schools. AT THE CROSSROADS OF GLOBAL RESEARCH CASE STUDY 4: AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS Amsterdam is an international business hub for a rather eclectic group of industries. But then again, Amsterdam is a rather eclectic city. Nowhere else can you find the world's only floating flower market just blocks from its first public stock exchange. For a city known for its finance, fashion and flowers, Amsterdam has a unique perspective on business. Just ask Lehigh's Martindale Scholars, who will publish their undergraduate research on the Benelux business climate in Lehigh's Perspectives on Business and Economics. Read why Lehigh is a pioneer for undergraduate research at www.lehigh.edu/integration. BizEd SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2007 15