The Southern Management Association lost one of its long-time members and a great contributor to the organization.  James G. (Jerry) Hunt, 76, of Lubbock, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at Vista Care Hospice of emphysema caused by a rare, life-long, genetic enzyme deficiency. Jerry lived many years past the life expectancy of people with that condition.

He was born February 2, 1932 in Denver, CO to Newell and Rosalind Hunt.  Jerry married Donna Rose in 1956 and had three children and two grandchildren.  He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1966 with a Ph.D. in Business and taught at several universities around the U.S. before settling at Texas Tech University in 1981.

Jerry had a long and prestigious career as a Professor of Management. He was a Paul Whitfield Horn Emeritus Professor and founding Director of Texas Tech´s Institute for Leadership Research.  He was a Fellow of the Academy of Management and the Southern Management Association, and he authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited more than 20 books and monographs and over 200 articles, book chapters, and related materials. His work has been cited over 700 times in scholarly academic literature. Jerry was a former editor of the Journal of Management and The Leadership Quarterly. He served on the national governing board of the Academy of Management, as chair of the Academy’s organizational behavior division, as president of the Southern Management Association and as chair of the Midwest Academy of Management. He won several career-long regional and national service awards and won Texas Tech’s Bernie Rushing award for outstanding research. Jerry was a visiting professor at universities around the world. He retired in December of 2007.

Jerry is survived by his wife Donna; son Douglas Hunt and wife Linda of St. Louis, MO; daughters Holly Darling of San Antonio and Robin Hunt of Dallas; grandchildren Adrienne Hunt and Hunter Darling; and sister Phyllis Johnson of Chassell, Michigan.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Jerry and Donna Hunt Scholarship Endowment at the Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business, P.O. Box 42101, Lubbock, TX 79409-2101, ATTN: Bob Rhoades. The memo section should say: Jerry and Donna Hunt Scholarship Endowment.

The Southern Management Association mourns Jerry’s passing.