Dean of the College of Business Labh Hira to resign from position
Tahira Hira, executive assistant to the president, and Labh Hira, dean of the College of Business, spend time at Beardshear Hall on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. Labh Hira announced plans to retire as dean effective June 30, 2011.
October 12, 2011
Dean of the College of Business Labh Hira has announced that he will retire from his position when his term ends on June 30, according to an ISU news release.
Hira, who has been the dean of the College of Business for 11 years, will stay on the ISU faculty as a professor of accounting, the news release stated.
During his time as dean, Hira has seen through the completion of the Gerdin Business Building and the creation of a Ph.D. program in business and technology. Hira also served as a co-chair on the ISU Presidential Search Committe, which helped choose Steven Leath to be the new ISU President.
“The College of Business has a great story to tell. We should be proud of the many things that all of us, together, have achieved in recent years,” Hira said in the news release. “The college is well positioned for a new dean to build on those accomplishments. The university is fortunate to have such strong leadership in President Geoffroy and Presidential-designate Leath, who I know will conduct a successful search for the position”
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