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Robert J. Olney Early Career Research Award

Dr. Robert Olney served as the Associate Dean for the Graduate School of McCoy College. He was Associate Dean for 24 years, retiring in 2009. Dr. Olney supported more than 2,500 students who received graduate degrees during his tenure, and he was also very engaged in encouraging and assisting new faculty be successful in teaching and research.

The Olney Research Award, first awarded in Fall 2015, recognizes the scholarly success of a faculty member early in his or her career. The awardee must be in a tenure-track position in McCoy College, have been on tenure track for no less than 2 years and no more than 4 years, have significant research productivity, and have a promising research agenda.

Past Olney Award Winners

• 2018: Dr. Linda Alkire, Marketing
  
• 2017: Dr. Andrew Ojede, Finance and Economics
  
• 2016: Dr. Steven Rayburn, Marketing
  
• 2015: Dr. Lucian Visinescu, CIS&QM
  

The McCoy College Foundation funds several endowed chairs and professorships. Current and past holders of these positions are listed below, with links to faculty profiles where available.

Endowed Chairs

• Emmett and Miriam McCoy Excellence Chair
  Dr. Cecily Raiborn, Accounting (2006 – present)
  
• Jerry D. and Linda Gregg Fields Chair in Ethics and Corporate Responsibility
  Dr. Micki Kacmar, Management (2014 – present)
  
• Jerry D. and Linda Gregg Fields Chair in Urban and Regional Economics
  Dr. James LeSage, Economics (2006 – present)
  

Endowed Professorships

• Tom and Jo Roddy Professor in Finance
  Dr. Ha-Chin Yi, Finance (2015 – 2018)
  
• Sam Barshop Excellence Professorship in Entrepreneurship
  Dr. Jana Minifie, Management (2015 – 2018)
  Dr. James Bell, Management (2012 – 2015)
  
• Steven R. Gregg, Sr. Excellence Professorship
  Dr. Jeremy Sierra, Marketing (2015 – 2018)
  Dr. Patricia Pattison, Business Law (2013 – 2015)
  
• Brandon Dee Roberts Excellence Professorship
  Dr. Tahir Ekin, Quantitative Methods (2015 – 2018)
  Dr. Li Feng, Economics (2013 – 2015)
  
• Dean Paul R. Gowens Excellence Professorship in Business Administration
  Ms. Vicki West, Marketing (2015 – 2018)