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MARSHALL UNIVERSITY
Kim named dean of Lewis College of Business at MU University
Chong Kim has been named interim dean of Marshall Universitys Lewis College of Business.
Purchase this photoHUNTINGTON -- Chong Kim, interim dean of Marshall University's Lewis College of Business for the past year, has been appointed permanent dean of the college, the university announced Wednesday.
Kim, who has been serving as interim dean for a year, has been interim dean at the college twice. He has been at Marshall since 1977, and was head of the Management and Marketing Division of the College of Business from 1994 until he was appointed interim dean in June 2008.
"We are very fortunate to have Kim's commitment to the success of the Lewis College of Business," said Gayle Ormiston, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, in a press release. "Dr. Kim has devoted 32 years to Marshall University as a professor and an administrator. His experience with and knowledge of the demands placed on academic business programs in the present economic environment will serve the college well as he and the faculty develop a set of program priorities that reflects the currency of our program offerings."
Kim said he will focus on three goals: congeniality of faculty and staff, maintenance of AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation and increasing resources for the college.
"It is my great honor to serve as dean of the Lewis College of Business," Kim said in the press release. "I am grateful to our faculty, the provost and the president (Stephen J. Kopp) for providing me this opportunity to serve the college. I will try to make the business college the best in the region by offering the best business education to our students which will help them have very successful careers."
Kim received his B.A. in English and English literature from YonSei University in Seoul, Korea, in 1966, his M.B.A. in business administration from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1971, and his Ph.D. in business administration (organizational behavior) from Ohio State University in 1976. Kim has received numerous awards while at Marshall, including the Marshall University Distinguished Service Award in April 2003.
