In sports, we are all familiar with the honor of being inducted into a Hall of Fame; a recognition, by one's peers, reserved only for the very best. During its annual meeting in August, the Academy of Management inaugurated its own Hall of Fame by inducting thirty-four of its most prolific members -- including two of SBA's own, Professor Michael Lubatkin and Professor John Veiga.

The Academy, the world's largest and most prestigious professional society for scholars in the field of Management, boasts almost 11,000 members. Induction into its hall of fame is based exclusively on the number of times an individual has published in the Academy's premier journals. To be inducted, individuals had to have published at least ten articles in Academy journals. Since the Academy's founding in 1954, only thirty-four individuals have achieved that standard of excellence.

The School of Business is especially proud to have two charter members of the Academy's Hall of Fame in its top-ranked Management Department. Only four other Universities in the world can make that claim, Stanford, Texas A&M, Arizona State, and Houston.

Professor Lubatkin is the Thomas John and Bette Wolff Family Chair in Strategic Entrepreneurship and Professor of Management. Professor Veiga is the Northeast Utilities Chair in Business Ethics, Airbus Industrie International Scholar, and Professor and Head of the Management Department.