Release Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2000

FACULTY AWARDS

The faculty award winners were chosen by a committee of their peers based on nominations from the college's seven academic departments.

• Christine Riordan, assistant professor of management, was named Teacher of the Year. Both students and faculty have noted the effectiveness of her interactive teaching approach through superior evaluations and the adoption of her teaching techniques. She is director of the Terry College's proposed Institute for Leadership Advancement in business organizations and serves on the Undergraduate Admissions Committee. She is published in a variety of journals and is a member of the editorial boards for the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of Management.
• Jeffry Netter, professor of banking and finance, received the Research Award. In 12 years at UGA, Netter has published 27 articles focusing on corporate organization, behavior, and reaction to government regulation in the field's toughest peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Finance and the Journal of Financial Economics. He is the editor of the Journal of Corporate Finance: Contracting, Governance and Organization.
• Sandra Gustavson, head of the Insurance, Legal Studies, and Real Estate Department and the Bradford McFadden Professor of Personal Financial Management, was honored with the Faculty Service Award. She has led the department for over ten years during which it has gained national attention for its top-five ranking in surveys conducted by U.S. News and World Report. Gustavson organizes the Annual Invitational Insurance Management Seminar, which draws practitioners to Athens each fall.
• The Terry College Alumni Board voted to give professor emeritus E.J. Leverett the Distinguished Service Award. In his 28 years at UGA, Leverett founded the risk management and insurance program and helped build it into one of the largest undergraduate programs in the country with about 200 students. He created awareness of the program among industry leaders and was instrumental in the creation of the department's internship program. He has authored more than 100 articles on all aspects of risk management and insurance. Since retiring in 1992, Leverett continues to serve as a consultant to numerous corporations and remains in demand as a speaker for a variety of conferences and seminars.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS

• David L. Burch, the regional chief executive officer of Lincoln Financial Advisors, received his business degree in 1973. A native of Gainesville, Ga., Burch is the former president of the Atlanta General Agents and Managers Association. He is a member of UGA's Heritage Society and serves on the board of directors for Lambda Chi Alpha's national education foundation.
• S. Taylor Glover is senior vice president of the private client group for Merrill Lynch in Atlanta. Glover began his career with Merrill Lynch shortly after graduating in 1973 and is particularly interested in young companies utilizing the latest in technology and information systems. He currently serves on the board of directors for Gaston-Loughlin Inc., Future Energy Resources Company and E-Tour, and his former board affiliations include WebMD and Convergence.com.

OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNI AWARDS

• Doug Shumate is senior vice president and chief financial officer of ITC^DeltaCom, a telecommunications firm. He was formerly the CFO of the managing partners of Interstate FiberNet and Gulf States FiberNet. He started his career with Arthur Andersen and Co. after graduating from the Tull School of Accounting in 1986.
• Bill Daugherty, a 1985 management graduate, is the founder and co-chief executive officer for iWon.com. He previously was a senior executive for the National Basketball Association, where he implemented a number of high-profile programs including the launch of the WNBA and the "I Love This Stuff" branding campaign.

The Terry College of Business Alumni Association Board of Directors selected the alumni award winners, including the Distinguished Service Award winner, from nominations submitted to the board. For more information on the awards criteria and nomination process, contact the Terry College's Alumni Relations Office. Nominations for next year must be submitted by September 30, 2000.

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