The Maurice Tatum Endowed Professor
of Business and department chair
at Louisiana Tech University,
Mark Joseph Kroll began his
teaching career at SHSU. Kroll
also received his Bachelor (1977)
and Master (1979) of Business
Administration from SHSU.
He earned his Doctor of Business
Administration degree in 1983
from Mississippi State University
and began working as an assistant
professor of management and
director of graduate studies
for SHSU.
He then moved to the University
of Texas at Tyler, where he
taught and chaired the management
and marketing department for
eight years, served as the acting
dean of the School of Business
Administration, and was named
the George W. and Robert S.
Pirtle Professor of Free Enterprise.
As department chair and acting
dean at UT-Tyler, Kroll introduced
course-sharing arrangements
with area junior colleges,
helped launch a new recruitment
and admissions process, and
jointly developed an MSN/MBA
program with the School of
Nursing as well as a new Health
Care MBA program.
During his time at UT Tyler,
the School of Business Administration
achieved candidacy for accreditation
to the American Assembly of
Collegiate Schools of Business.
The School of Business also
negotiated and implemented
a student exchange program
with the Institute Technology
Y De Estudios Superiores De
Monterrey.
In 1999, Kroll was named
a Fulbright Visiting Scholar
in residence at the Hanoi
School of Business, which
is part of the National University
of Vietnam. While there,
he helped in the development
of a graduate program in business.
In addition, he has served
as a visiting professor at
the Instituto Technologico
Y De Estudios Superiores De
Monterrey in Guadalajara,
Mexico.
During his time as a professor,
Kroll has published over 50
refereed articles in the areas
of strategic and general management
in such journals as the Academy
of Management Journal, the
Academy of Management Review,
Journal of the Academy of
Marketing Science, and Strategic
Management Journal. He has
also published five textbooks
on strategic management.
"When he was a student at
SHSU, I taught him in English;
and he was an extremely good,
hard-working, and dedicated
student," his nomination form
said. "Since that time, I
have followed his career,
and he is an asset to this
university, for he is a graduate
to be proud of."
Kroll and his wife Nghi now
live in Ruston, Louisiana
As profiled
at the November 7, 2003 Distinguished
Alumni Banquet |
