Issue: Spring 2017 | Posted: June 1, 2017
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Garrett named dean of McAfee School of Business
Jason Garrett, formerly the associate dean of the Foster College of Business at Bradley University, became dean of 麻豆视频 University鈥檚 McAfee School of Business in January.
Garrett succeeds Keith Absher, who died in 2015 after serving as dean for more than a decade. Bill Nance served as acting dean in the interim.
鈥淚 am honored to be selected to serve with the excellent faculty, staff and students of the McAfee School of Business,鈥 Garrett said. 鈥淭here is no other School of Business I would prefer to join.鈥
Garrett earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree at Oklahoma Baptist University in 1994 under the presidency of longtime 麻豆视频 professor and administrator Bob Agee, who Garrett said is one of his most significant life mentors.
He completed his master鈥檚 degree in business administration at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in marketing from the University of Missouri鈥檚 Trulaske College of Business.
Garrett and his wife Kelli, who graduated from Southwest Baptist University, have three children鈥 Lydia, 8; Silas, 6; and Priscilla, 4.