November 2005

1986 Grad to Head Carlson Biz School

Alison Davis-Blake, PhD ’86, has been named dean of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Davis-Blake, who earned her doctorate in organizational behavior, was one of 200 nominees for the position. She is currently senior associate dean for academic affairs at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas and will remain in Austin while a successor is chosen. She will become dean of Carlson in July 2006.

Carlson has 4,400 students, of whom 1,700 are undergraduates. Davis-Blake will work to expand the undergraduate program, which currently can accept only 15 percent of its applicants.

“The outstanding training and mentoring I received at Stanford prepared me very well to assume this role,” Davis-Blake says. “I’d like to mention particularly Jeff Pfeffer, my major advisor and dissertation chair. His advice has been invaluable throughout my career.”

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