Spears School of Business News Archive

Sat, Nov 01, 2014

Tucker Link was one of the OSU alums honored when the business school announced their "Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100" in 2014 during the 100th anniversary of business education at OSU.

Sat, Nov 01, 2014

The 1971 OSU graduate co-founded Relational Investors LLC, an activist investment fund with $6 billion under management serving some of the largest pension funds in the world but he says it all began thanks to the education he received at the OSU business school.

Sat, Nov 01, 2014

Gene Batchelder’s experience at Oklahoma State University didn’t end after his graduation. The Bartlesville, Okla., native earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from OSU’s business school in 1969.

Sat, Nov 01, 2014

It’s no wonder Bruce T. Benbrook speaks so highly about “the quality of people” from Oklahoma State University and the Spears School of Business. He is one of them. A humble leader, Benbrook became a third generation President and Chairman of the Stock Exchange Bank in 1981.

Sat, Nov 01, 2014

Jessie Thatcher Bost believed education held the key to independence and opportunity. She became the first woman graduate of Oklahoma A&M College in 1897, and was the first woman graduate of an upper institution in the state of Oklahoma. She spent most of her life as a teacher in Oklahoma public schools.

Sat, Nov 01, 2014

Chuck Watson has had an extremely successful career since his days at Oklahoma State University. The Great Lakes, Ill., native earned his bachelor’s degree in business and economics from OSU’s business school in 1972.

Sat, Nov 01, 2014

Eddy R. Ditzler truly treasures the impact Oklahoma State University has made on his life. The Henryetta, Okla., native earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1978 and his master’s degree in accounting in 1981 from OSU’s business school.

Sat, Nov 01, 2014

Jay Helm was one of the OSU alums honored when the business school announced their "Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100" in 2014 during the 100th anniversary of business education at OSU.

Sat, Nov 01, 2014

James C. McElroy is the Raisbeck Business Professor and University Professor of Management at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.

Sat, Nov 01, 2014

David Houston was one of the OSU alums honored when the business school announced their "Spears School Tributes: 100 For 100" in 2014 during the 100th anniversary of business education at OSU.

Sat, Nov 01, 2014

Connie Tatum Burnett has spent the past 27 years practicing law in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, while raising a son and daughter, both of whom are Oklahoma State University alums.

Sat, Nov 01, 2014

Clayton Taylor is thankful for parents who wouldn’t let him stay home. Just a few days after arriving at college in 1970, the freshman who grew up on a ranch near Oktaha in southwest Muskogee County decided Oklahoma State University was much too big for him.