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William Day Frederick Hagerman Stephen Hays, James Andrews Steve Hays Rodney Hood Seldon Strother Jack Matthews L.J. Hortin Gerald Dykstra Victor Whitehouse, Albert Gubitz, Gerald Dykstra Donald Clippinger Robert DeMott Walt Abendroth Edgar Whan, David Keck, Jeff Connor Seabury Quinn Ronald Socciarelli, Harold Robison, James Stewart Guido Stempel Father John Augustiniak Robin Lacy Robert Baker Waltraud Bald Janet Slater Karen Nulf Robert Winters Richard Danner, Dru Evarts, Daniel Keyes Hugh Bloemer Ralph Kliesch Art Marinelli Jr. Paul Hersey

William Day A Prof Who Wasn't All Business I have fond memories of Dr. William A. Day, (an associate) professor in the Department of Management Systems. When I was a senior at Ohio University in 1967, Dr. Day was an instructor of business policy at the College of Business, where he exerted profound influence upon my academic and professional career. I recall those notable experiences in his classroom 35 years ago as if they were as recent as last year. Dr. Day guided the class as we learned the Harvard case-study method to explore the strategic planning techniques of Fortune 500 companies of the period. I still have the textbook with tattered pages pointing to case histories of the emerging giants of business and industry. As a young adult, I was impressionable, and Dr. Day was a valuable mentor. We spoke of my first job interview with IBM, where Dr. Day had spent time. Years later, Dr. Day wrote a letter of recommendation for my application to graduate school at Ohio State University, where I earned an MBA in 1983. He wrote that he was pleased to recommend me for graduate study and to be sure to let him know when I was ready for a doctoral program. Since that time, I have received my doctoral degree at the University of California at Berkeley and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California at San Francisco. Now I am a tenure-track professor at a small, liberal arts college in Northern California, where I am fulfilling my lifelong dream of college-level teaching in economics and finance. When I interact with my students, recognizing that I have the opportunity to influence young minds eager to launch careers and places in the community, I reflect upon my mentors and the rewarding experiences that they have provided me. Dr. Day is an early and lasting contributor to my archive of inspirational messages for my students. Samuel L. Lind, BBA '67 Oakland, Calif.