The Southern Management Association is pleased to recognize Professor Chester (Chet) A. Schriesheim of the University of Miami as the 2009 recipient of the James G. (Jerry) Hunt SMA Sustained Outstanding Service Award. This award is given to a member who has consistently helped the SMA reach its goals through elected, appointed, and volunteer service and through extraordinary contributions.

Chet’s SMA involvement began in 1979, as an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Management.  Since then, he has served on a variety of SMA committees, including Member Survey Committee (1985 – 1987), Best Paper Award Committee (1986 – 1987), and Ascendant Scholar Award Committee (1986 – 1987).  Chet also served in SMA leadership roles such as Associate Program Chair (1983 – 1984), Board of Governors (1984 – 1987), Vice-President and Program Chair (1995 – 1996), and President (1997 – 1998).  In addition, Chet has had more than 60 paper presentations at SMA meetings, he has served as a paper reviewer for 22 meetings, and he has participated in such other capacities as session chair, discussant, or pre-conference workshop organizer on numerous occasions.  In 1987, Chet received the SMA Outstanding Service Award, and he was elected to the SMA Fellows in 1995.

In nominating Chet for this year’s award, Stephanie Castro pointed out that he “saw a need in the early 1990s regarding the socialization of doctoral students, and he noted that the Academy of Management was not filling it.  So he put together a doctoral consortium for new doctoral students at the SMA meetings.”  She emphasized that Chet’s “contributions to the SMA have been important and sustained, and he continues to provide outstanding service to the association.”  Comments from letters supporting Chet’s nomination include:

• “Chet has consistently worked to assure that the Southern Management Association has succeeded in reaching its goals and fulfilling its mission as a leading scholarly association devoted to the science and practice of management.” (Art Bedeian)
  
• “Indeed, the SMA is a stronger and more vibrant organization today as a result of the years of dedicated service he has provided.” (Jerry Ferris)
  
• “There are a handful of individuals who are, to me, largely inseparable from the institution of SMA. Chet is certainly one of those people.” (Mark Gavin)
  
• “In my opinion Chet is part of a select group of top-flight management scholars who have over many years invested considerable energy on behalf of SMA and in so doing, have elevated the Association’s stature and prestige within the larger academy of management academics.” (Ben Tepper)
  
• “I believe that Chet’s record of participation in and service toward the Southern Management Association is exemplary in all areas and that he is highly deserving of this award.” (Peg Williams)

Previous winners of this prestigious award include:

2003 Jerry Hunt, Texas Tech
2004 Art Bedeian, LSU
2005 David Van Fleet, ASU West
2006 Bob Ford, UCF
2007 Jack Duncan, UAB
2008 Pam Perrewé, Florida State

I would like to thank the members of the 2009 Hunt Award Committee for their service: John Blair, Franz Lohrke, Pam Perrewé, and Hetty van Emmerik.

Please join us in congratulating Chet!

Gary Castrogiovanni
2009 Hunt Award Committee Chair