 | | | | Involvement with the business community is a key factor in the success of the College. Our Executive-in-Residence (EIR) program was created to provide students and faculty the opportunity to benefit from the expertise of business executives, to strengthen the relationship between the College and the business community, and to help transition students into the business world.
Responsibilities and Activities:
Executives in Residence undertake a variety of activities, including but not limited to:
- Teaching: Attend, observe, and speak to graduate and undergraduate classes. The EIRs may teach entire courses or short courses on topics within their area of expertise.
- Curriculum Enhancement: Assist with the identification of the needs and expectation of the business community, and advise on how the College's academic programs might respond. The EIRs are ideally positioned to advise academic staff in developing their teaching, learning, and research activities.
- Academic Research: Provide advice to faculty on their research. The EIRs provide perspective on faculty research by attending seminars. The EIRs are encouraged to pursue joint research of interest to the academic and business communities.
- Alumni & Student Relations: The EIRs interact with our alumni and current student cohorts. Such interactions may involve a meeting with various groups.
- EIR Dinner Lecture: A dinner lecture brings together business leaders, faculty, and students for a stimulating presentation and/or panel discussion relating to the changing business environment and key issues affecting the Oregon business community.
2006-07 Executive in Residence:
Larry Brown
Brown joined Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) in 1975 where he served numerous publicly and privately held clients. He was named partner in 1983 at the age of 29, making him one of the youngest partners in the history of the firm. He was the partner-in-charge of the Middle-market advisory practice in the Portland office of Coopers & Lybrand from 1983 to 1997 and the co partner-in-charge of the Middle-market advisory practice in the Portland office of PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1997 to his retirement in 2005.
 He is affiliated with many organizations including the American Society of Certified Public Accountants, National Council of Farmers Cooperatives, National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives, Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants, and Financial Executives Institute. He is currently a committee member of the Oregon State Board of Accountancy.
His service to OSU includes involvement in the OSU Alumni Association, OSU Dean's Circle of Excellence, and College of Business Accounting Circle. He has been an active supporter of the accounting program, making numerous presentations at Beta Alpha Psi meetings and recruiting OSU graduates for PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was recognized with the College of Business Distinguished Business Professional award in 2005 and the Outstanding Accounting Alumni award in 2004.
Brown received his BS in Business Administration in 1975 and CPA in 1978. |
