March 12, 2004

The inaugural meeting of the Global Advisory Board took place last March 12 in Laredo. A gala reception was held in honor of the group at Largo del Rio, hosted by the International Bank of Commerce.

Present at the gathering and shown below are University officials and members of the Global Advisory Board:

From left: Dr. Masood Samii, Professor and Director of the PhD Program at Southern New Hampshire University; Dr. Robert Hawkins, Dean and Professor Emeritus at Georgia Tech University (Atlanta); Dr. Sidney Weintraub, William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington), and Professor Emeritus, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin; Dr. Dan Jones, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Texas A&M International University; Dr. Howard V. Perlmutter, Professor emeritus and founder of the Worldwide Institutions Research Group and the Multinational Enterprise Unit, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Dr. Ray Keck, III, President and Professor, Texas A&M International University; Dr. Lorraine Eden, Professor of Management, Mays School of Business, Texas A&M University (College Station);  Dr. Farok J. Contractor, Professor of Management and Global Business, Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University (Newark); Dr. Karl P. Sauvant, Chief, Division of Technology, Investment and Enterprise Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - UNCTAD (Geneva); and Dr. Tagi Sagafi-nejad, Radcliffe Killam Distinguished Professor of International Business and Director, PhD Program in International Business Administration, Texas A&M International University.