Small Business Institute® Fellows Election Procedures
(adopted February 2009)
The Small Business Institute® recognizes as Fellows those members whose accomplishments are particularly noteworthy. This is the highest honor that the Small Business Institute ® provides to its members.
The criteria for the awarding of SBI Fellowship are: 1a) substantial involvement with and service to the Small Business Institute 1b) significant scholarly productivity in the fields of small business and entrepreneurship ("scholarly productivity" shall include research, publications, teaching and service) 1c) a minimum of 5 years membership in the SBI
2) Current members of the SBI Executive Committee are not eligible to be nominated
3) Current officers and active Fellows may nominate candidates for Fellow. (an "active" Fellow is a current member or member emeritus of the SBI)
4) Only active Fellows may vote in the election of new Fellows
5) Each nominee is voted upon separately (not against each other) and must receive at least 60% of the votes cast to be elected
6) A maximum of two new Fellows may be elected each year. If more than two persons receive a 60% or higher vote in a given year, only the two receiving the highest vote percentages will be elected.
7) Nominations must include a two-page c.v. specifically prepared for the Fellows election and focusing on all of the criteria listed above under #1
For more information on the SBI Fellows Program, contact Matt Sonfield, the current Dean of the SBI Fellows.
The SBI Fellows are:
Don Altman David M. Ambrose Michael Ames Joe Bell Don B. Bradley III Robert Brockhaus Jack E. Brothers Sam Bruno Roosevelt Butler Donald M. Clause Ronald Cook Joel Corman Richard T. Dailey Dale Dickson Paul Dunn Lloyd W. Fernald Gwen Fontenot Geralyn McClure Franklin Doug Frazer Fred Fry Oliver Galbraith III* Frederick Greene Kirk Heriot Lynn Hoffman David S. Hovey Dewey Johnson Robert Justis Rudolph Kagerer Bruce Kemelgor Robert Kemp Robert J. Kerber John Kerr* Fred Kiesner Chris Kobler Richard D. Lorentz* Robert Lussier Charles H. Matthews Eugene L. O’Conner* Stephen Osborne Ronald Rubin Howard F. Rudd, Jr. Lowell M. Salter Homer L. Saunders* Pamela Schindler Lincoln Simon Leo Simpson Joseph Singer Ricardo L. Singson Harriet Soll George T. Solomon Matt Sonfield Winston D. Stahlecker Harriet Stephenson Sherrill R. Taylor Lyle R. Trueblood* Mark K. Weaver
