Mike Hitt recognized for service
October 5, 2015
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Mays Business School
Mike Hitt, Mays professor emeritus of management, was named the 2015 SMS Service Award Recipient for his significant contributions to the Strategic Management Society.
The award recognizes individuals who have given outstanding service to the Society and its members.
In addition to serving as director-at-large, treasurer and president, Hitt oversaw a change to more democratic governance, introduced an Interest Group structure, and he was integral to the creation of the Strategic Research Fund and the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. Hitt was in the management field for 40 years, and was given the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award at Mays, where he was a University Distinguished Professor and Joe B. Foster ’56 Chair in Business Leadership.
He retired in the spring of 2015.
