The Department of Management Executive-in-Residence Program was initiated and endowed in honor of John A. Hauser by his family. Mr. Hauser, a philanthropist and business leader in Adams County, not only served on the board of trustees for Gettysburg College, but also contributed generously to the college in the form of many gifts. The focus of the Hauser Executive-in-Residence Program is business ethics and business morality in recognition of John Hauser’s strong passion for these aspects of business. During the academic year 2017-2018, the Department of Management invited Dr. Tae Wan Kim, Assistant Professor of Business Ethics at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University to campus to give a lecture, “Ethics is the New Black.” In 2018-2019 the Department of Management hosted “A Panel Discussion on Business Ethics: Perspectives from Local Business Owners” with local business owners Monica Oss, Ruger Lund, and Timbrel Wallace. Then in 2019-2020, the Department of Management presented Dr. Edward Freeman, Elis and Signe Olsson professor, University of Virginia Darden School of Business who gave a lecture titled “Responsible Business: Capitalism in the 21st Century”.
In addition to the Hauser Executive-in-Residence program, an award was established by the family of Mr. Hauser in his memory: the John A. Hauser Meritorious Prize in Business. Every year in the fall, the Department of Management faculty choose a senior to receive this award based on excellence in academic studies and campus leadership, while demonstrating good character and concern for high moral standards. This year on Fall Honor’s Day, the award will go to Victoria (Tori) Wierzbowicz, a senior in the Management Department.
Past and Present Recipients of the John A. Hauser Meritorious Prize in Business:
2021 Victoria (Tori) Wierzbowicz
2020 Isabella (Izzy) Rose Fiore
2019 Katherine S. Ernst
2018 Carly E. Kalis
2017 Kara E. Urbaniak
2016 Mary C. Westerman
2015 Rebecca L. Borovsky
2014 Shelby T. Grubesky
2013 Connelly M. D. Doan
2012 Kelley Furman
2011 William Weiss
2010 Chelsea A. Seibel
2009 Nicholas W. Kukla
2008 Jessica M. Orso
2007 Kristin M. Makar
2006 Lara K. Grieco
2005 Marie E. Goddu
2004 Victoria L. Rapport
2003 Michelle R. Dorsch
2002 Katrina H. Buchholtz
2001 Laura M. Rockwell
2000 Gwen C. Ceton
1999 Paul M. Smith
1998 Michelle A. Vojtush
1997 Jennifer L. Krug
1996 Paul L. Howard
1995 Kimberly A. Oliver
1994 Daniel M. Spinner
1993 Katherine S. Glatfelter
1992 Gregory M. Ochs
1991 William R. Appler
1990 Todd D. Webber
1990 Tracey S. Snyder
1989 Paula A. Campitelli
1988 Laura C. Pike
1987 Patricia Hunter
1986 Michael H. Mayone
1986 Stephen James Brenneman
1985 Barbara Lynne Smith