BUSINESS CONSULTANT AND AUTHOR TO SPEAK FOR MAUNEY LECTURES

Business consultant and author Donald E. McHugh will speak as a part of Bethany College’s Carl F. and Catherine Herman Mauney Distinquished Lectureship Series in Economics and Business on Thursday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Lindquist Hall.

            The lecture is free and open to the public.

            McHugh specializes in leadership development and created the “On Course Leadership” workshop which uses the game of golf and the golf course as a classroom in which participants experience key principles for leadership and business success.  His 2004 book, “Golf and the Game of Leadership,” has been used in the Bethany College sports management curriculum.

            McHugh has held positions at General Motors as director of human resource systems and at Owens-Illinois as director of organization planning and corporate vice president of human resources. He also served as dean of continuing education at the University of Toledo.

            He has a master’s degree from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University.

            The Mauney Lecture Series is sponsored by the Bethany College business department and brings to campus lectures on current topics in economics, accounting, small business management, marketing, labor relations and other issues important to business. It has been popular with and students, faculty and residents of the Smoky Valley area.

            It was endowed by Dr. and Mrs. C. Herman Mauney of Albuquerque in honor of Dr. Mauney’s parents and has been presented at Bethany College since 1985.