Faculty Lounge to Be Named in Memory of Emeritus Dean James C. Hickman

The new faculty lounge, which will occupy the current Dean's Office (Room 5110A) once the Grainger Hall addition opens in fall 2008, will be named in memory of the late Jim Hickman. The naming is a tribute to his achievements as a scholar and as dean. Hickman, professor emeritus of business and statistics, died on Sept. 10 at the age of 79, following a bout with cancer.

Hickman had joined the faculty in 1972 and served as dean of the School of Business from 1985-90. As business school dean, he helped engineer far-reaching changes that are still being felt today. He retired in 1993.