Dalton
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Dan Dalton, dean of the IU Kelley School of Business, announced earlier this month that he will step down as dean and return to teaching at the end of the academic year.
Dalton oversaw the development of a new graduate and executive education center, and academic programs consistently ranked among the nation’s best during a tenure which began in 1997. He holds the Harold A. Poling Chair of strategic management, a title he has held since 1998, and plans to return to teaching.
IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz, to whom Dalton reports as dean, said he and IUB Interim Chancellor Ken Gros Louis will consult widely as a search process is defined.
Under Dalton’s leadership, the Kelley School has secured more than $150 million in gift income, which is more gift income than any other academic unit or program at IU Bloomington. The revenue includes more than $25 million in private support for the construction of the Graduate and Executive Education Center, dedicated in 2003; $23 million from the family of E. W. Kelley, whose gift began the prestigious Kelley Scholars program for high-achieving undergraduates and led to the naming of the school in 1997; and $5.4 million for the Mitte Foundation Scholarship/Fellowship program.
The number of named professorships and endowed chairs also has grown—from 26 in 1997 to 67 today. All of the school’s major programs—undergraduate and graduate—advanced to top-20 status during Dalton’s tenure. Only five other U.S. business schools can claim this distinction.
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