Service for Tom Campbell
A memorial service celebrating the life of Tom Campbell, who passed away July 4, will be held Sept. 15, 2007, at 2 p.m. Campbell graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in business in 1961 prior to joining the U.S. Marine Corps. After nearly 30 years of service, he retired at the rank of colonel. In 1990, he joined the Department of Management as a senior lecturer, where he maintained his tradition of demonstrating excellence until his second retirement in 2005. The service will be at UTC 2.112, located on 21st Street between University Avenue and Speedway. Guests may park in the Brazos Street Garage (corner of Brazos and MLK Boulevard).

Executive Education Launches Energy Finance Program in Houston
Texas Executive Education will offer an innovative Energy Finance Certificate program at its Federal Reserve Bank campus in Houston (left), beginning this fall. Faculty from the McCombs School of Business, the Cockrell School of Engineering and the Jackson School of Geosciences will partner to teach courses designed to offer executives and managers an in-depth look at economic strategy, business valuation and finance specific to the energy industry. “The program offers a unique opportunity for managers to study current topics in the complex field of energy finance,” said Chantal Delys, assistant dean for Texas Executive Education. “We are excited to offer this leading-edge curriculum.”
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MBA Program Ranked 16th in the World for Latin Americans
For 2007, the McCombs School’s full-time MBA program was ranked No. 16 in AmericaEconomia magazine’s list of the world’s best business schools for Latin Americans. The program was No. 16 in 2006 as well. Among U.S. schools, the Texas MBA program was No. 9; among U.S. public schools, McCombs was No. 2 after the University of Virginia.

Accounting Students Get Primer on Sports Ownership at Lyceum
If you’ve ever dreamed of owning your own professional sports team, then Gary Woods, president of McCombs Enterprises, has a few words of advice. “It’s the most visible business you could possibly have, you have so many constituencies to please,” said Woods, who spoke before a large audience of McCombs accounting students on Sept. 12 as part of the Fall 2007 Lyceum Speakers Series. “That makes the management difficult.”
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In the News: Harvard, Business Schools Aim to Widen MBA Pool
Wall Street Journal, Sept. 13, 2007
Attention liberal-arts majors: You too can get an MBA. That’s the message Harvard Business School wants to send with a program launching today. Called 2+2, the initiative allows college students to lock in a spot in Harvard’s MBA program by the end of their junior year. Other schools have created similar programs. The McCombs School of Business has been running a deferred-admissions program for three years. In the Jump Start program, senior undergrads are paired with six large employers that agree to subsidize the cost of the MBA program for qualified applicants. Admits are expected to work at the companies for two to three years after they graduate from college and before they can start MBA classes. 
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