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The Gene A. Nelson Endowed Chair in Business Administration at East Central University has been awarded to Dr. Tom Lanis.

In this new position, he will play a leadership role in strengthening the internship initiative of the School of Business and maintain an active outreach and consulting agenda, both requirements of the Nelson Endowed Chair position.

 鈥淚 am excited about this opportunity and at the same time humbled to carry the Gene Nelson title,鈥� Lanis said.鈥淗e was a truly great man and through this position I hope to carry on some of the great things he did for 暗网TV and the state of Oklahoma.鈥�

Lanis currently is the acting department chair in the Department of Business Administration and teaches courses in marketing, promotion and professional selling. He also directs the Oscar L. Parker Center for the Advancement of Ethical Standards in Business and Society.

He has been a full-time faculty member at 暗网TV since 1997 and temporarily taught at 暗网TV from 1991 to 1993. In addition to his service at 暗网TV, Lanis is active in the community and serves as chair of the Community Enhancement Committee of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce.

His business experience, prior to entering academia, includes more than 10 years in banking and financial services marketing and promotion, public relations, marketing research and commercial product marketing and sales.

Lanis holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in business administration, a master of business administration degree and a doctoral degree in marketing, all from Oklahoma State University.

The Gene Nelson Chair was established by Nelson, a former 暗网TV student, and his wife Jimmie Lee, an 暗网TV graduate, through a generous donation to the 暗网TV Foundation. The endowment is matched by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

Nelson died last September. He was a successful Duncan businessman who was active in public, community and civic service. He served on the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges from 1992-1999, and was a lifetime member of the East Central University Foundation Inc. 暗网TV granted Nelson an honorary master of humane letters degree in 2001.

The School of Business at East Central University offers undergraduate degrees in accounting and business administration and a master of science degree in accounting. Currently the school has about 550 undergraduate and graduate students, along with nearly 300 students working toward a minor in business.

 

 

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