(March 2, 2009) Evaluations and Standards Will the first annual evaluations in the Lance Nail era be any different
than in the past? George Carter is still writing his fiction for EFIB; therefore, no reason to believe he will not continue
his long standing tradition of disregarding reality to favor his friends and attack his enemies. Steve Jackson – even
more absent than ever – will most likely continue to tout and reward non-academic publishing and supporting the
Accounting party line as the two most prized activities in SAIS. Dave Duhon will evaluate about half of the building.
He will struggle, he will try to do a “fair” job, but will he honestly evaluate Harold Doty and the Tourism
Management faculty?
DR. DAVID DUHON, CHAIR, MANAGEMENT
AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
(March 4, 2009) Special Report Sorry Lot An Investigative Report on CoB Attendance on the Council of Chairs Our
earlier Special Report entitled Too Cool for School focused on the administrative service dereliction of EFIB
chairman George Carter. That particular Special Report indicated that Carter attended only 22.2% of the meetings of
USM’s Council of Chairs occurring from 11-Aug-05 to 4-May-06. Combined with tourism management chair Cheri
Becker’s lackluster attendance record of just 66.7%, CoB chairs (Carter and Becker) attended only 44.4% of the
2005-06 CoC meetings.
(August 5, 2009) CoB News, 5 August 2009 GS Cites: Carter vs. Duhon Regular USMNEWS.net readers have followed
with interest the GS cites race between George Carter, who now has 50, and MGT chair David Duhon, Carter's
nemesis. Despite referring to Duhon as a "good ol' boy" who doesn't belong in academia, and despite having slightly
led Duhon in the GS cites race for some time, Carter is now 8 GS cites behind Duhon, who turns up with 58 in a
recent search. According to sources, this is a relative position (i.e., Duhon then Carter) that will likely hold for the
remainder of their academic careers.
(December 8, 2009) What if Dave Duhon became the dean? Assuming Lance Nail, Dean of the CoB at Southern Miss,
is looking for another dean position, what if Dave Duhon, Chair of Management, was named interim dean? There is
some speculation growing that Dave is trying to position himself to be asked. He is on some university committees as
a chair, he has been allowed to hang on as a chair –defying all odds, and he is reportedly even dressing more
professionally now and again. Does he know his London-buddy Lance is departing or trying to depart? It would
certainly be a boost to Dave’s retirement check, and that would be reason #1 for him to take the job if offered.