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Timothy S. Mescon named CSU's fourth president in mid-2008

Before his selection as CSU's fourth president on June 11, 2008, Timothy S. Mescon served as dean at the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University in metropolitan Atlanta. He also held the Tony and Jack Dinos Eminent Scholar Chair.

He's scheduled to begin work at Columbus State Aug. 1.

During his tenure at KSU, the Coles College enjoyed explosive growth, enrolling nearly 5,000 of KSU’s 21,000 students. The 2008 edition of Princeton Review named the Coles College one of the best business schools in the nation. The executive MBA program is Georgia's largest, among the largest in the U.S. and was ranked third in the nation in eBusiness and 10th in Teamwork by Business Week. The Cox Family Enterprise Program was named by Fortune Small Business among the Top 5 in the nation. All business and accounting programs in the Coles College are fully accredited by AACSB International. Under Mescon's guidance, the Coles College, with the support of the Board of Regents, created Kennesaw State’s first Eminent Scholar Chairs. In spring, 2008, the Board of Regents approved the launch of a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) degree.

Dr. Mescon is the author of more than 200 articles and cases and has co-authored three books, including Cases in Strategic Management: An Industry Approach, Showing Up for Work and Other Keys to Business Success, and his latest, Memos to Management. His fourth co-authored book, Entrepreneurship: Venture Initiation, Management and Development, will be published in 2008. Additionally, he has co-authored an audiotape series entitled Management Excellence for Nightingale-Conant. He has been a contributing monthly columnist to AirTran Air Line’s GO magazine.

Mescon was appointed by Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin as a Commissioner on the Homeless Commission, where he chairs the workforce development task force. He has been reappointed to a six-year term as a director for the Metropolitan Atlanta United Way, where he serves on the Nominating/Board Development Committee and is chair of the finance committee. Mescon is an advisor to Blairsville-based United Community Banks is a director of Definition6, and the Ashford Club and on the Advisory Board of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and The Paradies Shops. Mescon is an active member of the Atlanta Rotary. He also serves as a faculty member at the Stonier School of Banking. He serves on the Business Week Market Advisory Board. He is on the Board of the American Jewish Committee, Jewish Family and Career Services and the Breman Home. He was recently appointed by Gov. Sonny Perdue to serve on the State of Georgia Workforce Investment Board. Mescon also serves as a member the Maintenance of Accreditation Committee at AACSB International, the international accrediting agency for business schools.

Dr. Mescon received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, MBA from Southern Methodist University and B.A. from Tulane University. He has served on the faculties of Arizona State University and the University of Miami. He was the inaugural dean of the Perdue School of Business at Salisbury (Md.) University. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Kingston University (U.K.) School of Business and Law. Additionally, Dr. Mescon has served as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Aston in Birmingham, England and Nanjing University in China and as a Visiting Fellow at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

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