Smith

Daniel C. Smith, a leading researcher and educator on strategic brand management and marketing strategy, will direct IU 's Kelley School of Business as its next dean, pending approval by IU trustees at their regularly scheduled meeting today (Aug. 19). Smith has guided the school in an interim capacity since July 2004. His appointment comes at the end of a 12-month process.

Charles Bantz, IU vice president for long range planning and chancellor of IUPUI, announced in July that he would recommend Smith for the appointment to the trustees. Smith also is the Clare W. Barker Chaired Professor in marketing. Smith succeeds Dan Dalton, who led the Kelley School since 1997 and has returned to teaching and founded the Institute for Corporate Governance.

"Dan Smith is an outstanding scholar, an outstanding teacher and has demonstrated a strong vision for leading the Kelley School to international eminence," Bantz said. "What Dan has demonstrated to us is an understanding of the changing world the Kelley School operates within and most importantly a complex vision of how to capture the opportunities that worldwide change offers.

"That he is passionate about the culture of the Kelley School of Business and that his colleagues support him makes it even more likely the Kelley School can successfully meet those challenges," Bantz added.

"Dan Smith has demonstrated strong leadership and organizational skills during the period he has served as interim dean," said IU President Adam Herbert of Smith's appointment. "He has won the confidence of both the Kelley School of Business faculty and the business community we serve. I look forward to working with him as we continue to elevate the school to higher levels of national distinction."