Two schools name new faculty chairs :: Creightonian

March 17th, 2012 ?|? Published in News

Two faculty members of Creighton University were recently named to fill chair vacancies at the annual convocation. Beverly Kracher, PH.D, professor of business ethics and society and executive director and president of the Omaha Alliance for Business Ethics was named the Robert B. Daugherty Endowed Chair in Business Ethics and Society. Terry W. Wilwerding, D.D.S., professor of prosthodontics was named the Dr. Oscar S. Belzer Endowed Chair in Dentistry.

As the first female endowed chair in the history of the College of Business, Kracher is an international expert and speaker on business ethics.

In addition to heading the Business Ethics Alliance, which is a partnership between Creighton?s College of Business, the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, the Better Business Bureau and the whole business community, Kracher just co-authored the ?Ethinary,? a simple ethics dictionary.

Kracher said she is proud to receive the honor.

?[I was] shocked, honored and happy,? Kracher said. ?And then it was let?s get back?to work.?

The Robert B. Daugherty Endowed Chair?in Business Ethics and Society was established in 1981 to further scholarship in the field of business ethics and serve as a resource for business leaders in the community.

Wilwerding served as chairman of the Department of fixed prosthodontics from 1992-2000.

He now supervises dental students who staff the One World evening clinic, is co-director of the Institute for Latin American Concern (ILAC) dental program and oversees the bachelor?s degree program in dental hygiene. He is the director of the?dental history course and the preclinical fixed prosthodontics curriculum.

Wilwerding said he didn?t expect the honor but was happy to receive it.

?It is a great honor to be recognized by your school and peers and I suppose it validates some of my projects,? Wilwerding said. ?So it is a nice feeling.?

The Dr. Oscar S. Belzer Endowed Chair in Dentistry was established by Jerome Belzer, M.D., in honor of his father, a 1928 graduate of the school of dentistry. The chair recognizes and honors outstanding faculty members.

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