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James M.
Danko named dean of College of Commerce & Finance
By Barbara K. Clement
Dr. John R. Johannes, vice president for Academic
Affairs announced on Thursday April 7 the appointment of James M. Danko as
dean of the College of Commerce and Finance effective the fall semester of
2005. Danko currently is associate dean for Strategy and Operations
and
associate dean for Executive Education at
the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth University where he has served for
more than five years.
During his tenure at Dartmouth, Danko provided
strategic management and direction for key departments including the MBA
program, executive education, public relations, admission, career
development fiscal services information technology, and human resources.
He has been credited with the development of a number
of strategies that have enhanced the reputation and recognition of Tuck in
the national media. Since his arrival at Tuck in 2000, the school has
placed in the top three in the first two Wall Street Journal surveys of
corporate recruiters; an increase from 16 to 10 in Business Week; an eight
position rise to number 7 in the Financial Times; and entry into the top 10
of U.S. News & World Report.
Prior to joining Tuck, Danko was associate dean and
lecturer in entrepreneurship at the F. Olin Graduate School of Business at
Babson. Before that, he worked as executive director of the MBA program and
lecturer at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Danko received his MBA from the University of Michigan
and his BA from John Carroll University in Cleveland. |
