Turney Stevens

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C. Turney Stevens, Jr., (born c. 1950) is the dean emeritus of the College of Business at Lipscomb University, a private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

Early life and education

Stevens was himself an alumnus of Lipscomb, graduating in 1972, and he earned an

MBA at Vanderbilt University
in 1981.

Career

He worked as an investment banker for 35 years; he has cited Joe M. Rodgers (for whom he served as president of Rodgers Capital) as a mentor.[2] He also founded several Nashville-based companies including magazine publisher PlusMedia and investment bank Harpeth Capital.[3] Stevens joined the Lipscomb faculty in 2007, after his retirement from Harpeth,[4] and became dean in 2008.[5][6]

As dean, Stevens created the Dean Institute for Corporate Governance and Integrity,

Ethisphere magazine named him as one of "2009's 100 most influential people in business ethics".[9][10][11][12] In 2014, Stevens moved into an emeritus role, focusing on fundraising for the college.[13]

References

  1. ^ Faculty profile, Lipscomb University, retrieved 2016-02-26.
  2. ^ "Executive profile: NBJ talks with Turney Stevens", Nashville Business Journal, October 17, 2004.
  3. Nashville Post
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  4. Nashville Post
    , December 20, 2007.
  5. Nashville Post
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  6. ^ Lee, Wendy (March 26, 2008), "Stevens takes over as dean of business school at Lipscomb", The Tennessean.
  7. BusinessWeek, archived from the original
    on January 21, 2009.
  8. ^ "Lipscomb gets student ethics program", The Tennessean, December 28, 2009.
  9. ^ "2009's 100 most influential people in business ethics", Ethisphere, December 16, 2009, archived from the original on January 6, 2010.
  10. ^ "Nashville People in Business", The Tennessean, January 10, 2010.
  11. ^ Ethisphere names Dean Turney Stevens one of business ethics most influential people, Lipscomb University, retrieved 2011-05-29.
  12. Nashville Post
    .
  13. ^ "Stevens becomes College of Business dean emeritus". Lipscomb University. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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