A donation by Dick and Joy Dorf of Davis has established the Richard C. and Joy M. Dorf Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Dick Dorf graduated from Potsdam in 1955.

Clarkson School of Business Professor Augustine A. Lado will be the inaugural chair. Lado works in the School of Business, specializing in entrepreneurship in developing countries and in leveraging ClarksonÕs expertise in engineering and technology.

After receiving his bachelorÕs degree in electrical engineering from Clarkson in 1955, Dorf taught there from 1956 to 1958. He earned his masterÕs degree in electrical engineering from Colorado University in 1956 and his Ph.D. from the the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1961.

Today, he is a professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering and a professor of management at UC Davis. He has written several engineering textbooks and has co-founded six technology firms.

Dorf also wrote a twice-a-month local political column for The Davis Enterprise for several years.

Joy Dorf is a 1958 graduate of SUNY Potsdam and received a master of divinity degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary in 1974. She served as a Presbyterian pastor until her retirement in 2006.

ÒAugustine LadoÕs excellent work within social entrepreneurship and his superior research record do justice to the generous gift of Dick and Joy Dorf,Ó Clarkson School of Business Dean Timothy F. Sugrue said in a news release.

Lado earned a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Khartoum, Sudan. He received a master of business administration degree from Arkansas State University and a Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Memphis.

He taught at Cleveland State UniversityÕs College of Business Administration before joining Clarkson University in 2002 as an associate professor of consumer and organizational studies.

Lado is one of the most prominent experts in his field, a Clarkson news release said. His scholarship in strategic management spans multiple boundaries of academic disciplines, including economics, organizational behavior and human resource management, entrepreneurship and philosophy. His articles are required reading for Ph.D. students in graduate business schools across the nation.

LadoÕs current research explores how supply-chain and social networks facilitate and promote entrepreneurship and social and economic development. This builds on his previous research on the role of technology transfer in promoting entrepreneurship in developing countries.

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