CommerceUVA Fall 2007 (Investors' Report) - McIntire School of ...

Faculty UPDATeS
Professors Gib Akin, Mary Jo Hatch, and Larry Pettit Retire
AFTeR A COMBINeD 77 years at
McIntire, Professors Gib Akin, Mary Jo
hatch, and Larry Pettit have retired as
of the end of the spring 2007 semester.
“Gib, Mary Jo, and Larry have all been
outstanding members of the McIntire
community,” says McIntire Dean Carl
Zeithaml. “Their vision, dedication, and
many contributions were significant
factors in McIntire’s success over the
years.”
Gib Akin, who joined McIntire in
1976, specialized in organizational behavior.
he taught courses in interpersonal
and small group dynamics, as well as in
cultural approaches to organizational
analysis and change. he also taught
qualitative research methods in the Sociology
Department and supervised doctoral
research in management, sociology,
psychology, and education. Akin acted as
a consultant to numerous organizations,
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including DuPont and Westinghouse,
and served as Associate editor of Journal
of Management Education.
Mary Jo hatch, also an expert in
organizational behavior, joined McIntire
in 2000. hatch previously served on
the faculties of Cranfield University, in
the United Kingdom, and the Copenhagen
Business School, in Denmark.
At McIntire, she conducted research
in organization theory; organizational
culture, identity, and image; corporate
branding; organizational symbolism; and
leadership. hatch’s research appeared
in such journals as Academy of Management
Review and Harvard Business
Review. She also published several books,
including The Three Faces of Leadership:
Manager, Artist, Priest (Blackwell, 2005).
With McIntire Professor Tom Bateman,
hatch also helped to spearhead the UVA
LeAD program.
Larry Pettit joined McIntire in 1968 and
is perhaps best known for his challenging
“GDP” class (Comm 478), which
he taught for more than 30 years. Upon
joining McIntire, Pettit taught both
quantitative methods and corporate
finance courses. In an early curriculum
revision, he designed and instituted the
required case course (Comm 372). Pettit
also designed and organized McIntire’s
first international finance course (Comm
474), which was taught in London,
Zurich, and Paris. he also served as
Area Coordinator for a number of years,
adding several new courses, including
venture capital and fixed income.
A banking specialist, Pettit served as a
consultant to international banks, major
American banks, and community banks.
In addition to teaching in the National
Banking School, which he helped
develop for the AICPA in 1979, Pettit