Published on August 17, 2011 by William Nunnelley  
Howard Finch Business Dean

Dr. J. Howard Finch, the new Dean of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Brock School of Business, will speak to the Samford Business Network as it opens its 2011-12 schedule Wednesday, Aug. 24.  The quarterly breakfast meeting will be at The Harbert Center in downtown Birmingham at 7 a.m.

His topic will be “The Moral Imperative of Free Enterprise Education.”

Finch was named Dean last spring and joined the business school July 1. He also holds the rank of full professor.  He taught previously at Florida Gulf Coast Â鶹ÊÓƵ in Fort Myers, Fla., where he held the Alico Chair of Financial Management and Planning and served previously as associate dean of the FGCU business school and department chair in economics and finance.

The Dothan, Ala., native holds master’s and Ph.D. degrees in finance from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, an M.B.A. from Mercer Â鶹ÊÓƵ and business degree from North Georgia College and State Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

Before joining FGCU in 2000, he taught finance and directed the M.B.A. program at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

The Samford Business Network breakfast is free, but registration is requested.

 
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