THE CHAIR

For more than 40 years the name Rudy Lamone has been synonymous with brilliant teaching, transformative leadership, and a focus on incubating some of the most creative entrepreneurs to ever attend Maryland. His effect on thousands of Smith School students cannot be quantified, but his legacy will always be represented in the values those students have taken with them out into the world.

Because of this, the Smith School would like to formally recognize the impact that Rudy has had on the life of this school through the creation of the Rudolph P. Lamone Chair for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

The Rudolph P. Lamone Chair for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business will be awarded for demonstrated thought leadership in innovation and entrepreneurship.

The areas of interest include:

• The study and/or practice of the entrepreneurial and innovative process through which individuals and organizations transform ideas into products and services that result in social and economic welfare
• The creation, management and growth of firms in societies
• The opportunities and challenges encountered in the diffusion of innovations as they relate to transformation of individual mindsets, institutions, government policy, and societal norms

To donate to this cause, please call Jessica Davies at 301.405.9460 or e-mail jdavies@rhsmith.umd.edu.