Steve Salbu

Steve Salbu is an American academic. He served as the Cecil B. Day Chair in Business Ethics and dean emeritus of the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Steve Salbu
Born
New York, U.S.
Alma materHofstra University
Dartmouth College
William & Mary Law School
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
OccupationAcademic
EmployerGeorgia Institute of Technology

Early life

Salbu was born in New York. He graduated from Hofstra University, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree.[1] He earned a master of arts degree from Dartmouth College and a JD from the William & Mary Law School.[1] He subsequently earned another master's degree followed by a PhD from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.[1]

Career

Salbu joined the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin in 1990.[1] He became the Bobbie and Coulter R. Sublett Centennial Endowed Professor in 2000 and subsequently served as the associate dean for graduate programs.[1] At UT Austin, one of Salbu's students was Brian Cruver, the author of Anatomy of Greed.[2]

Salbu was appointed as the Stephen P. Zelnak chair and dean of the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2006.[1] As dean, he accepted a $50 million donation from Ernest Scheller Jr..[3] Salbu was also one of first openly gay business school deans.[3][4] In a 2012 op ed in The New York Times, Salbu opined that mayors and aldermen should not prevent Chick-fil-A from opening branches in their cities in spite of Dan Cathy's anti-gay marriage remarks; instead, customers should choose whether to eat there or not.[5] In a 2013 interview with The Wall Street Journal, Salbu discouraged MBA candidates from coming out to prospective employers.[3][4]

Salbu retired as dean in 2014 and became the Cecil B. Day Chair in Business Ethics.[1][6]

References
  1. "Steve Salbu Cecil B. Day Chair in Business Ethics, Professor". Scheller College of Business. Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  2. Hughes, Mike (December 22, 2002). "Enron scandal focus of movie 'Crooked E'". Ashville Citizen-Times. Ashville, North Carolina. p. D4. Retrieved April 2, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Korn, Melissa (March 6, 2013). "Vocal on Gay Issues, Dean Goes Beyond Classroom". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  4. Byrne, John A. (March 7, 2013). "Gay MBAs Should Not Come Out To Corporate Recruiters". Poets & Quants. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  5. Salbu, Steve (August 1, 2012). "Let Chick-fil-A Fly Free". The New York Times.
  6. Knapp, Charles B. (May 31, 2013). "Georgia Tech business dean Steve Salbu stepping down". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved April 2, 2018.


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