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Former GSU business dean joins Andrew Young School

Michael H. Mescon joined the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies in June as visiting holder of the Bernard B. and Eugenia A. Ramsey Chair of Private Enterprise. Mescon will work to establish programs in nonprofit leadership and consumer education, and raise funds for the school.

"Mike Mescon will give us great leadership as we build our nonprofit programs in the Andrew Young School," said Dean Roy W. Bahl. "Few can match his experience in this area and his sense of where the field is going."

Mescon originally held the chair during his tenure as professor of management and dean of Georgia State's College of Business. Mescon, founder and chairman of The Mescon Group Inc., is the author or co-author of more than 300 articles and books. He wrote Business Today, the most successful introductory business textbook in the United States, and Showing Up for Work and Other Keys to Business Success, which earned him the Georgia Author of the Year Award from the Council of Authors and Journalists. He holds an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the College of Charleston and an honorary doctorate of private enterprise from The Citadel, where he also holds a visiting chaired professorship.

"Having the opportunity to return to Georgia State and, in particular, joining the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, is especially gratifying," Mescon said. "Needless to say, I look forward to working with faculty, staff and students in this new and exciting assignment."