Collins College of Business Magazine

[ ] business news Bill (BSBA '63) and Judy (BSME '98) Fisher TU Residence Hall Dedicated to Business Alumnus Fireworks lit the sky this summer when Twin Towers was renamed Fisher Hall in recognition of Bill Fisher (BSBA '63), who has been instrumental in campus design and aesthetics, including the planting of 3,400 trees on campus in the last 20 years. As chairman of the Building and Grounds Committee of the TU Board of Trustees, Fisher has established design standards that have governed the university's physical growth. In addition to being a member of the board since 1991, Fisher is also a member of TU's prestigious Circle Society. In 2002, he received the J. Paschal Twyman Award for his many outstanding contributions and continued commitment to the university. At a dinner held in Fisher's honor, L. Duane Wilson, chairman of TU's Board of Trustees, recognized Fisher's legacy to the university. In return, Fisher thanked many others for his achievements including family members, TU administrators, Robert and Roxana Lorton as well as the late Charles Norman, who originally asked Fisher to chair the Building and Grounds Committee. Fisher credited his success to former TU board chairman, the late Fulton Collins, saying Collins "inspired all of TU's family, especially me." Fisher now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is chairman, chief executive officer and president of FisherCorp Inc. Previously, he was the owner of Miss Jackson's in Utica Square. Collins College Welcomes Three Finance Professors T he Collins College of Business welcomed three new assistant professors of finance this fall: Patty Bick, Matt Crook and Anila Madhan. Bick earned a doctorate in finance from The Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business, where she taught financial institutions and markets. Her dissertation centered on "the effects of mutual funds on M&A compensation" and "the three-day volatility surrounding merger and acquisition announcements." Before entering the world of finance, Bick was a satellite communications systems engineer with Northrop Grumman. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California. Crook, who holds a doctorate in finance from the University of Missouri, was a visiting professor of finance at Stetson University, where he taught business finance, multinational finance and applied research equities. His dissertation was on "analyst coverage of banks at the end of the quiet period" and "analyst coverage {4} initiations in banking IPOs." After earning a bachelor's degree in ceramic engineering from the University of Missouri - Rolla, Crook worked for several years as a research engineer for Chicago FireBrick Company and National Refractories and Minerals before going back to school to earn an MBA. Madhan has a doctorate in finance from the University of Pune, one of the top universities in her home country of India. Her thesis focused on "techniques of asset/liability management." Madhan began teaching at the college level when she was 23, making her the youngest female professor in Pune's history. She served as an adjunct professor of finance from 2009 to 2011 at TU before being hired full time in 2012. In addition to teaching corporate finance, investment analysis and portfolio management, Madhan is a Certified Public Accountant and owns a real estate investment business.

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