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<p class=MsoNoSpacing>On Saturday Dean Beck Taylor requested that the following
message be sent to all graduate students in the Brock School of Business.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>______________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Dear Brock School of Business students,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>This morning, I was selected as the eighteenth president
of Whitworth University in Spokane, WA. I will be leaving my post as dean
of the Brock School of Business after commencement on May 14 to manage the
transition to Whitworth, where my responsibilities as president will begin on
July 1.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>It is with mixed emotions that I write this email.
On one hand, I am humbled and extremely excited about the opportunity to lead
one of the country’s finest Christian universities, and my family and I
are looking forward to making a new home in the beautiful Inland Northwest.
But the days ahead will also be filled with sadness as I leave behind the
students whom I love dearly and with whom I have labored to build a strong and
more lasting foundation for the Brock School of Business. Because of the
efforts of all of you, the Brock School is positioned as one of the
region’s best business schools, and with the commitments of our faculty,
staff, students, board, alumni and friends, the Brock School will continue its
rapid accent to national prominence.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNoSpacing>I am sure that in the days ahead I will have the
opportunity to speak with many of you. I look forward to those
occasions. Please do not hesitate to contact me, either before or after
May 14. Please call or stop by. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Dr. Jim Reburn will assume the deanship on an interim
basis. Other details related to the subsequent search for the
school’s next dean will be forthcoming from Samford’s provost, Dr.
Brad Creed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNoSpacing>With great appreciation and love,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Beck<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Beck A. Taylor, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Dean<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Mr. Larron C. Harper<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Director, Graduate Programs and Assistant Professor of
Business<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Brock School of Business, Samford University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL 35229<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Tel: 205 726-2931 Fax: 205 726-4555<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>lcharper@samford.edu <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>www.samford.edu/mba <span style='color:#548DD4'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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