KRANNERT GRADUATE SCHOOL of INDUSTRIAL ADMINISTRATION PURDUE UNIVERSITY
MAY-JUNE  1974
Jay N. Ross
Dean Forms Advisory Council
Eight top executives are now provid¬ ing advice to the Krannert Graduate School of Industrial Administration.
As members of the newly-created Dean's Advisory Council, these executives advise the dean and the faculty about the school's relationships and objectives in terms of the business community.
Dr. Clifton Cox, president of Armour Food Company and former Purdue pro¬ fessor, is chairman of the council.
According to Dean John Day, the council, which meets twice a year, al¬ ready has made several recommenda¬ tions:
. . . Changing the name of the school should be considered. The term "in¬ dustrial " is not as appropriate now
Ross, Griner Head Foundation
Jay Ross, M.S.I.A. 1963, has been elected president of the Krannert Alum¬ ni Foundation.
Dick Griner, M.S.I.A. 1964 and wool factory superintendent, Owens-Corning Fiberglass, is vice president/president¬ elect.
Ross, a partner in the Administrative Services Division of Arthur Anderson & Company, is succeeding Al Wanthal, M.S. 1957.
Ross notes that he is looking forward to helping alumni develop a closer working relationship with the faculty, and he views the alumni conference as an important vehicle to furthering this relationship.
The Annual Krannert Alumni Confer¬ ence is scheduled for November 7-8.
"Using the information from the Man¬ agement Development Needs survey as a base, the foundation is going to be better able to evaluate alumni needs, incorporate these in the coming confer¬ ence, and formulate programs for the future," he said.
He emphasized, "We need as many alumni involved as possible — partici¬ pating in programs and contributing to the school. There is still a great deal we can offer each other."
Ross, Griner, and Secretary-Treasurer John Geller are meeting in July to for¬ mulate plans for this fall.
as when the school was established. Many Krannert graduates make their careers in nonindustrial firms, i.e., banking, education, and con¬ sulting. . . . Some resources should be devoted to continuing management educa¬ tion through general courses and a series of specialized seminars. . . . Krannert should emphasize its rela¬ tionship with Purdue since the Uni¬ versity as a whole is well known throughout the country. Dean Day explains that the council was formed to consider questions such as these and to make recommendations aimed at strengthening ties with the business world.
"Krannert has developed an excellent reputation in academic circles. Our Ph.D. graduates are sought by many departments of management and eco¬ nomics, and our faculty members have been asked to serve as visiting profes¬ sors at Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, Rochester, and MIT.
"We discovered that though the alumni of our professional master's pro¬ grams are well and favorably regarded by some firms, a much larger number of companies know relatively little about the Krannert School at Purdue University. Our present objective is to develop relationships with the business community so that the quality of our graduates Is well known," Dean Day explains.
"Furthermore," he notes, "we want to ensure that our educational philosophy fits with both our graduates' current needs and future managerial responsi¬ bilities."
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