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Chair Professorships IIML weeks nominations and applications for the following newly endowed Chair Professorships Name of the Chair ESCOTEL Chair - Customer Relationship Management IDBI Chair - Corporate Ethos and Governance Bombay Suburban Electric Supply Ltd. Chair - Corporate Governance ONGC Chair - Strategic Management Nomination or application along with resume and names of three references should be sent to : The Dean (Academic Affairs) Indian Institute of Management Prabhandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road, Lucknow-226 013 Source : Economic Times (Ahmedabad)

ITHACA — Katie Adams was about 20 and traveling with her parents in Kenya when, despite being careful, she had a severe food allergy reaction, with painful stomach and uterine cramps and difficulty breathing. Shes allergic to peanuts. In retrospect, she figured she ate too many chapatis, crackers that were probably made of lentil flour. Lentils, like peanuts, are legumes. To help people like Adams, now 39, researchers at Cornell University in tandem with the University of California, Davis, are seeking 70 people age 18 and over with severe food allergies to peanuts, tree nuts and shellfish to participate in a study

Holbrook named Eastern Bank chairman, CEO Eastern Bank has named Richard E. Holbrook of Medfield as chairman and chief executive officer, the bank announced yesterday. Holbrooks promotion completes a transition that began five years ago, when Stanley J. Lukowski announced his plan to retire as chairman and CEO at the end of 2006, according to a statement from the board of directors. Holbrook joined Eastern Bank in 1996 as its chief financial officer and was promoted to president in 2001. Robert F. Rivers was elected president to succeed Holbrook. Both promotions were effective Jan. 1. More : salemnews.com

President George W. Bush today announced that he has named nine individuals to serve in his Administration: The President has named J. Michael Farren to be Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President. Mr. Farren recently served as Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Xerox Corporation. Prior to this, he served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Earlier in his career, he served as Deputy Campaign Manager for the Bush-Quayle Re-election Committee and Deputy Director of President George H.W. Bushs Transition Team. Mr. Farren received his

Stephen Michael Bullock Mayor, London Borough of Lewisham. For services to Local Government. William Henry Callaghan, JP Chair, Health and Safety Commission. For services to Health and Safety. Professor Peter Frederic Chester Cook Architect and Teacher. For services to Architecture. John Kevin Hegarty Creative Director and Chair, Bartle, Bootle, Bogle Hegarty Ltd. For services to the Advertising Industry. Torquil Patrick Alexander Norman, CBE Founder, Roundhouse Trust. For services to the Arts and to Disadvantaged Young People. Professor David John Read Vice-President and Biological Secretary, Royal Society. For services to Biological Sciences. Norman Leon Rosenthal Exhibitions Secretary, Royal Academy of Arts. For services to Art. Ahmed Salman Rushdie

William Bray of The Bray Law Firm in Charlotte has been named an adjunct professor of sports law at UNC Charlotte, where he will instruct MBA students at the Belk College of Business in that school's new Sports MBA program. Bray is a past chair of the Sports & Entertainment Law Section of the NC Bar Association, a 150-attorney organization dedicated to promoting the practice of sports and entertainment law in North Carolina. His practice consists of extensive work in NASCAR, where he represents teams and drivers in matters ranging from sponsorship to litigation. The Sports MBA program at UNC

The National Academy of Sciences, a private organization established by Congress in 1863 to advise the Federal Government, has elected 60 new members. The election brings the number of active members to 1,683. The academy also named 15 nonvoting foreign associates, bringing their total to 298. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded an American scientist or engineer. The academy said election recognized "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research." Following are the new members and their affiliations at the time of the election. New Members Yakir Aharonov, professor of physics, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and

The George Fox School of Management is accepting competitive applications for its MBA evening cohort program to begin in the fall. Information meetings will be held to discuss the program on Thursday, April 19th, and May 17th, at noon and 6:00 pm. Meetings are at the Meridian campus located at 1810 South Eagle Road. The George Fox, MBA program is 23 months in length, meeting one night per week, and occasional Saturdays. The program focuses on the ethical stewardship of organizations and servant leadership of people. Classes are discussion-based with an emphasis on case studies. George Fox is ranked by U.S.

Chris Young Named President & General Manager of ITT's Space Systems Division Mr. Young was named president and general manager of Space Systems Division on April 18, 2006. Previously, Young served as Vice President and Director for the divisions Commercial & Space Sciences group. Young has spent his career with ITT, first joining the companys Aerospace Communications Division (A/CD) in 1982. After serving in a series of managerial and project engineering positions, he was named Director of Space Engineering for A/CD in 2001, where he was responsible for all space engineering activities, including process quality and process improvements. In 2003,

MBA (Master of Business Administration) For admission and other details contact Mr. Mathew Thomas, Manager St. George College of Management, Science & Nursing OMBR Layout, Banasawadi, Bangalore-560 033 Source : Telegraph (Careergraph Annual) April 2006

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