MURFREESBORO,
Tenn. — A state insurance advocacy group has given a boost to the insurance
program within MTSU’s Jennings A. Jones College of Business.
The Insurors of Tennessee, a professional
association of independent insurance agents, has given $10,000 to the Jones
College’s Martin Chair of Insurance. The gift was presented during the
inaugural Martin Chair Advisory Board meeting in December.
Professor Dave Wood, the
new holder of the Martin Chair of Insurance, said the funds will help further
the objective of establishing a nationally recognized risk management and
insurance program in the Jones College.
“That may be in the form
of scholarships, funding student and faculty travel to workshops, seminars and
conventions, instructional materials, students’ pursuit of professional
designations, and similar activities,” he said.
Before coming to MTSU in
the fall, Wood served as Joseph F. Freeman Distinguished Professor of Risk
Management and Insurance at the Walker College of Business at
Appalachian State University. He was previously a visiting professor in
the Risk Management and Insurance program at the University
of Colorado–Denver and has taught international risk management and
finance courses in France and Austria.
Wood earned his
doctorate in business administration from Louisiana Tech University after
earning a master’s from the University of Mississippi and his bachelor’s from
Delta State University. Before his career in education, he worked as
an independent insurance agent.
The advisory board was
created “to establish, enhance and reinforce relationships” between the Martin
Chair and the insurance community while also helping set and accomplish the
chair’s goals and objectives, he said. The board currently has 14 members with
a nominating committee that may add additional members.
The board will assist the
chair in gaining national and international prominence through members’ actions
and expertise, and through the member connections with business, government and
community leaders both within and outside Middle Tennessee, Wood added.
The Martin Chair of
Insurance was founded by a group of alumni and friends to upgrade and enhance
the insurance curriculum at MTSU. It was named in honor of Thomas T. Martin, a
Murfreesboro insurance agent and underwriter for almost 60 years.
For more information
about the Martin Chair of Insurance within the Department of Economics and
Finance, contact Wood at dave.wood@mtsu.edu
or visit http://www.mtsu.edu/martinchair/.
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