Arthur Tran
Dissertation Title: Two Essays on Understanding Commercial Banks
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Drew B. Winters
Original Placement: Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, OK (Assistant Professor)

Sharier Azim Khan
Dissertation Title: Two Essays in Corporate Finance
Dissertation Chair: Brett W. Myers
Original Placement: University of Central Oklahoma
Current Position: University of Central Oklahoma

Hyungeun Choi
Dissertation Title: State-Level Economic Conditions, Local Sentiment, and Corporate Bond Credit Spreads
Dissertation Chair: Jeffrey Mercer and Will Armstrong
Original Placement: NEOMA Business School, Rouen, France (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: NEOMA Business School, Rouen, France (Assistant Professor)

Mengxi Chen
Dissertation Title: Two Essays on Initial Public Offerings
Dissertation Chair: Jack Cooney
Original Placement: Central Connecticut State University (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Central Connecticut State University (Assistant Professor)

Ahmed Baig
Dissertation Title: Essays in Money Markets
Dissertation Chair: Drew B. Winters
Original Placement: Lahore University of Management Sciences (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Boise State University (Assistant Professor)

Nasim Sabah
Dissertation Title:  Information, Liquidity and High Frequency Trading
Dissertation Chair: Will Armstrong
Original Placement: Framingham State University, Framingham, MA (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Framingham State University, Framingham, MA (Assistant Professor)

Xu Niu
Dissertation Title:  Three Essays in Corporate Finance
Dissertation Chair: Brett Myers
Original Placement: Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA (Assistant Professor)

Hainan Sheng
Dissertation Title: Option Measures and Stock Return Predictability
Dissertation Chair: Jeffrey Mercer and Will Armstrong
Original Placement: University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: University of Missouri–St. Louis, St. Louis, MO (Assistant Professor)

Kyle Allen
Dissertation Title: Financial Crisis Monitoring: Auditor Response to Changing Risk
Dissertation Chair: Drew Winters
Original Placement: Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Boise State University, (Assistant Professor)

Eric Sisneros
Dissertation Title: The Efficacy of Buying Stocks on Margin
Dissertation Chair: Jeff Mercer and Will Armstrong
Original Placement: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Professor of Practice)

Nga Trinh
Dissertation Title: IPO Price Revisions: The Competitive versus Information Effects
Dissertation Chair: Jack Cooney
Original Placement: University of Minnesota–Duluth, Duluth, MN (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Current Position: University of Minnesota–Duluth, Duluth, MN (Visiting Assistant Professor)

Matthew Whitledge
Dissertation Title: The Cost of Liquidity: Certificate of Deposit Rates Before, During, and After the Financial Crisis
Dissertation Chair: Drew Winters
Original Placement: Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (Assistant Clinical Professor)

Artem Mescheryakov
Dissertation Title: "Can non-local traders capture the local information advantage and profit from it?"
Dissertation Chair: Drew Winters
Original Placement: San Jose State University, Assistant Professor
Current Position: San Jose State University, Assistant Professor

Junyoup Lee
Dissertation Title: "Two Essays on Initial Public Offerings"
Dissertation Chair: Jack Cooney
Original Placement: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea (Asst. Professor)
Current Position: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea (Asst. Professor)

Nga Quynh Nguyen
Dissertation Title: "Two Essays on Corporate Boards"
Dissertation Chair: Stu Gillan, Jack Cooney
Original Placement: Ohio University, Athens, OH (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. (Assistant Professor)

Naga Vinjamury
Dissertation Title: "Two Essays on Information Asymmetry and Corporate Governance"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Gitam University, Visakhapatnam, India (Associate Professor)

Abrar M. Fitwi
Dissertation Title: "Did the FED Contribute to the Housing Price Bubble? Evidence from Taylor Rule Deviations"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN (Associate Professor)

Joshua C. Fairbanks
Dissertation Title: "Pricing Treasury Inflation Protected Securities"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: Ohio University, Athens, OH (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (Professor of Practice)

Chulhee Jun
Dissertation Title: "Two Essays on Corporate Boards"
Dissertation Chair: Stu Gillan
Original Placement: United International College, Zhuhai, China (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Bloomsberg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsberg, PA (Assistant Professor)

Thomas C. Williams
Dissertation Title: "Two Essays on Going Private Transactions"
Dissertation Chair: Stu Gillan
Original Placement: University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: University of North Texas, Denton, TX (Senior Lecturer)

Timothy T. Perry
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast, MS (Visiting Asst. Professor)
Current Position: University of Tennesseee-Martin, Martin, TN (Asst. Professor)

Maggie Foley
Dissertation Chair: Stu Gillan
Original Placement: Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL(Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL (Assistant Professor)

Ilhan Demiralp
Dissertation Title: Two Essays on Stock Returns and Bond Yields
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (RRT Assistant Professor)

Brian Miller
Dissertation Chair: Bill Dukes
Original Placement: McMoran Corporation, Denver, CO

Christina Panasian
Dissertation Title: "Two Essays in Corporate Governance"
Dissertation Chair: Stu Gillan
Original Placement: University of Richmond, Richmond, VA (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Current Position: St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Assistant Professor)

Ozzy Akay
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Investor Behavior"
Dissertation Chair: Drew Winters
Original Placement: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Associate Director at Navigant Financial Services (a Guidehouse Company)

Norman Clement, Jr.
Dissertation Title: "Financial Institutions and Productive Efficiency: A Redefinition and Extension"
Dissertation Chair: Phil English
Original Placement: Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX (Associate Professor)

Dincer Halil Kaya
Dissertation Title: "A Broader Test of Market Timing Theory of Capital Structure"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Northeastern State University, Broken Arrow, OK (Associate Professor)

Engku-Ngah Engku-Chik
Dissertation Title: "Essays in Market Liquidity and Financial Crises/Capital Controls"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: Lousiana Tech University, Ruston, LA (Acting Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Assistant Professor) and University Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia (Senior Lecturer)

John C. Adams
Dissertation Title: "CEO Turnover and the Agency Cost of Dept"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein, Satar Mansi
Original Placement: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Current Position: University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX (Associate Professor)

Promyse Ibim Benibo
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX (Assistant Professor)

Frank S. Smith, IV
Dissertation Chair: Philip C. English II
Original Placement: Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (Clinical Professor, Director of Graduate Programs)

James Lee Slaydon
Dissertation Title: "The Skewness Preference of Investors in Initial Public Offerings in the Long Run: A Theoretical and Empirical Test of Asset Pricing Models"
Dissertation Chair: R. Stephen Sears
Original Placement: Radford University, Radford, VA (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Lamar University, Beaumont, TX (Assistant Professor)

Katherine Jane Wilkinson
Dissertation Title: "Investability and its Implications for the Returns of Emerging Market Securities"
Dissertation Chair: R. Stephen Sears

Takeshi Nishikawa
Dissertation Title: "Does Wealth Expropriation Really Exist in Corporate Decisions?: Re-Examination of Stock Purchases"
Dissertation Chair: R. Stephen Sears
Original Placement: St. John's University, Jamaica, NY (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: University of North Texas, Denton, TX (Associate Professor)

Keldon J. Bauer
Dissertation Title: "Perceived Risk and Internet Banking"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: Dixie State College, St. George, Utah (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX (Assistant Professor)

Zhuoming (Joe) Peng
Dissertation Title: "On the Conditional Forecast of the Market Risk Premium and its Economic Significance from a Long Time Series Perspective"
Dissertation Chair: R. Stephen Sears
Original Placement: State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, NY (Asst. Professor)
Current Position: University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Fort Smith, AR (Associate Professor)

Mark Andrew Swanstrom
Dissertation Title: "Corporate Governance and Shareholder Abnormal Returns to Acquisition Announcements"
Dissertation Chair: Ramesh Rao
Original Placement: Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA (Associate Professor and Kilpatrick Life Insurance Professorship in Business)

Pei Peter Lung
Dissertation Title: "Information Content in Asymmetries of Call and Put Currency Options"
Dissertation Chair: R. Stephen Sears
Current Position: University of Denver, Denver, CO (Associate Professor and Denver Clearing House Chair in Finance)

Tammy M. Barker
Dissertation Title: "The Auction of Financial Securities: A Study of the Treasury Auction Market"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: St. John Fisher College, Pittsford, NY (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR (Associate Professor)

Zhaohui Zhang
Dissertation Title: "The Impact of Bailout on the U.S. Bank Creditors' Equity Values: An Event Study of South Korea's Case"
Dissertation Chair: Richard L. Peterson
Current Position: Long Island University Post, Brookville, NY (Associate Professor)

Gino M. Perrina
Dissertation Title: "The Benchmark Error Problem and International Asset Pricing: An Empirical Examination"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: Microsoft Corporation
Current Position: Blackrock Inc., New York, NY (Director)

Mohammad M. Haque
Dissertation Title: "Hedging Recurring Interest Rate Exposure: An Evaluation of Alternative Strategies with Eurodollar Futures Contracts"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: Wichita State University, Wichita, KS (Visiting Assistant Professor)
Current Position: KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan (Associate Professor)

Melissa A. Williams
Dissertation Title: "Do Executive Stock Options Reduce Agency Problems Between Managers and Stockholders?
Dissertation Chair: Ramesh Rao
Original Placement: University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston, TX (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston, TX (Associate Professor)

Gayle L. de Haas
Dissertation Title: "Open-End Mutual Funds that Close to New Investors: A Signaling Theory
Dissertation Chair: Bill Dukes
Original Placement: Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (Assistant Professor)

Adil Oran
Dissertation Title: "The effects of Cross-Listing of Non-U.s. Firms on the New York Stock Exchange"
Dissertation Chair: Richard Peterson
Current Position: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (Associate Professor)

Chien-Ting Lin
Dissertation Title: "Misspecification of Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM): Implication for Size and Book-to-Market Effects"
Dissertation Chair: R. Stephen Sears
Original Placement: Otterbein College, Westerville, OH (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia (Professor)

James E. Briley
Dissertation Title: "Long-Run Consistency in mutual fund performance
Dissertation Chair: R. Stephen Sears
Original Placement: University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK (Assistant Professor)

Jeong Ho Suh
Dissertation Title: "Predictability of Contract Failure in the U.S. Financial Futures Market"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: Bank of Korea (Jr. Economist, Research & Statistics Division)
Current Position: Korea Institute of Finance (Research Fellow)

Chia-Cheng Robert Ho
Dissertation Title: "Is there Conditional Mean Reversion in Stock Returns?"
Dissertation Chair: R. Stephen Sears
Current Position: National Chung Cheng University, Minxiong, Taiwan (Professor)

Kenneth Moon
Dissertation Title: "Foreign Versus Domestic Currency Debt Financing"
Dissertation Chair: S. Scott MacDonald
Original Placement: University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (Associate Professor)

John D. Hopkins
Dissertation Title: "An Analysis of the Allocation of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit"
Dissertation Chair: Paul R. Goebel
Current Position: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (Senior Lecturer)

Jack E. Yeager
Dissertation Title: "A Comparison of Alternative Models of the Relationship Between Promised Yields on Risky Bonds and Promised Yields on Risk-Free Bonds"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Current Position: The De Laval Yeager Group

Terrance J. Jalbert
Dissertation Title: "Pass-Through Taxation and the Value of the Firm"
Dissertation Chair: Bill Dukes
Current Position: University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Hilo, HI (Professor)

Seza Danisoglu
Dissertation Title: "An Analysis of the LDC Bank Loan Market in Light of Two Major Defaults"
Dissertation Chair: S. Scott MacDonald
Current Position: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (Assistant Professor)

Jonathan D. Stewart
Dissertation Title: "Spreads in Financial Futures Markets: Treasury Bill and Eurodollar Futures"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX (Professor)

Brian Lee Boscaljon
Dissertation Title: "Information Content of Bank Loan Announcements"
Dissertation Chair: Richard L. Peterson
Current Position: Penn State Erie, Erie, PA (Associate Professor)

Chao-Lun "Brian" Pai
Dissertation Title: "The British Index-Linked Gilt Market: A Financial Analysis"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein

William T. Chittenden
Dissertation Title: "An Examination of the Long-Run Equilibrium Relationship Between Taxable and Tax-Exempt Interest Rates"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Current Position: Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (Associate Professor)

Sadhana M. Alangar
Dissertation Title: "Incentive Problems and the Structure of Executive Compensation: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence"
Dissertation Chair: R. Stephen Sears
Original Placement: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (Senior Lecturer)
Current Position: Cleary Univ., Howell, MI (College of Grad & Professional Studies Dean)

John Holland Toles
Dissertation Title: "Treasury Bond Futures: Impact of Contract Specifications on Price Sensitivity and Hedging
Dissertation Chair: R. Stephen Sears
Original Placement: West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (Senior Lecturer)

Charles Lamar Smith
Dissertation Title: "The Impact of Stochastic Volatility on Short-Term Call Option Prices"
Dissertation Chair: Robert J. Ritchey

Matthew A. Walker
Dissertation Title: "An Agency Explanation of the Closed-End Discount"
Dissertation Chair: Richard L. Peterson
Original Placement: North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

Jeffrey M. Mercer
Original Placement: Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (Professor and I. Wylie and Elizabeth Briscoe Chair in Finance, Co-Editor, Journal of Financial Research)

William H. Dare
Dissertation Title: "Divergence of Opinion and the Information Content in Point Spreads"
Dissertation Chair: S. Scott MacDonald
Original Placement: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Current Position: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (Associate Professor)

Chenchuramaiah T. Bathala
Dissertation Title: "The Role of Dividends in Resolving Agency Problems"
Original Placement: North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH (Professor)

Chih-Young Hung
Dissertation Title: "Information Structure and Stock Return Distribution: An Empirical Examination"
Dissertation Chair: Oswald D. Bowlin
Current Position: National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (Associate Professor)

Thomas Robert Hamilton
Dissertation Title: "Arbitrage Trading and Pricing of Municipal Bond Index Futures"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein,Timothy Koch
Original Placement: St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX

Phillip Matthew Sisneros
Dissertation Title: "Dual Class Common Stock: An Analysis of the Agency Costs of Differential Voting Rights"
Dissertation Chair: R. Charles Moyer

Jose G. Mercado Mendez
Dissertation Title: "The Response of Interest Rates to Monetary and Financial Announcements"
Dissertation Chair: R. Charles Moyer
Original Placement: Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO (Professor)

Mark Joel Shrader
Dissertation Title: "An Empirical Examination of Financial Signalling by Merged Firms: Dividends and the Resolution of Market Uncertainty Resulting from Acquisitions"
Dissertation Chair: Scott E. Hein
Original Placement: Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA (Professor)

Vaidyanathan Sivaramakrishnan
Dissertation Title: "An Agency Theory Approach to Financial Leasing"
Dissertation Chair: R. Charles Moyer

Singmin Kim
Dissertation Title: "The Prediction of the Default Rate in the Lower-Rated Corporate Bond Market: A Comparison of Three Models of Default-Risk Premium"
Dissertation Chair: Oswald D. Bowlin

Soo Yul Lee
Dissertation Title: "Some Empirical Tests on the Arbitrage Pricing Theory: A Portfolio Approach"

Michael Lockett
Dissertation Title: "The Effect of Deliverable Supply on the GNMA Spot and Futures Market"
Dissertation Chair: Richard L. Peterson

Niranjan Tripathy
Dissertation Title: "An Empirical Study of the Effects of Systematic Risk on the Security Dealer's Bid-Ask Spreads in the OTC Market"
Dissertation Chair: Richard L. Peterson
Original Placement: University of North Texas, Denton, TX (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: University of North Texas, Denton, TX (Professor)

Thomas Stanley Howe
Dissertation Title: "The Detection and Consequences of Beta Nonstationarity"
Dissertation Chair: David E. Upton

Ramesh Rao
Dissertation Title: "Impact of Regulatory Risk on Capital Structure Decisions for Electric Utilities: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis"
Original Placement: University of Toledo, Toledo, OH (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Oklahoma St. Univ., Stillwater, OK (Prof. & Paul C. Wise Chair in Finance)

Richard Bauer
Dissertation Title: "Year-End Bond Market Seasonality"
Dissertation Chair: David E. Upton
Current Position: St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas (Professor)

Dalton Bigbee
Dissertation Title: "An Investigation into the Efficacy of Beta as a Risk Discriminator in Public Utilities"
Dissertation Chair: William P. Dukes
Original Placement: Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Northeastern State University, Tulsa, OK (Professor)

Maurice Wayne Marr
Dissertation Title: "The Cost Difference Between Competitively Sold and Negotiated Utility Preferred Stock Issues"
Dissertation Chair: David S. Kidwell
Original Placement: Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: CEO and Director, Financial Economics Association, Austin, TX, Adjunct Professor, Meta Business School

Raymond Spudeck
Dissertation Title: "An Investigation into the Risk Perceptions of Investors in the Securities of Nuclear Dependent Electric Utilities"
Dissertation Chair: R. Charles Moyer
Current Position: Spudeck Consulting , LLC., Tallahassee, FL (Founding Principal)

Shomir Sil
Dissertation Title: "The Effect of Bond Ratings on the Cost of Equity Capital for Electric Utilities"
Dissertation Chair: R. Charles Moyer
Original Placement: Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN (Professor)

Young Kim
Dissertation Title: "An Examination of the Validity of Industry Class as a Proxy for the Equivalent Risk Class: Total Firm Risk Approach"
Dissertation Chair: Oswald D. Bowlin

P. Chandrasekaran
Dissertation Title: "The Impact of Regulatory Lag on Holding Period Returns of Common Stockholders of Electric Utilities"
Dissertation Chair: William P. Dukes
Original Placement: Lamar University, Beaumont, TX (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: University of North Texas, Denton, TX (Professor)

Henry C. Van Geem
Dissertation Title: "An Empirical Test of the Performance of the Value Line Trading Strategy in the Period 1969 Through 1974"
Dissertation Chair: William P. Dukes
Current Position: Retired from Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX (Assoc. Prof.)

Tarun K. Mukherjee
Dissertation Title: "Determinants of Prices of Traded Small Bank Stocks: An Empirical Study"
Dissertation Chair: William P. Dukes and Larry M. Austin
Current Position: University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA (Professor and James R. Moffett Chair in Financial Economics, Editor of Review of Financial Economics)

Gary L. Trennepohl
Dissertation Title: "Risk, Return and Efficiency in the Listed Options Market"
Dissertation Chair: William P. Dukes
Current Position: Oklahoma State University–Tulsa, Tulsa, OK (Prof. and former President)

Kenneth L. Jensen
Dissertation Title: "An Analysis of Purchase Frequency, Brand Preference, and Product Attribute Attitudes as Segmental Descriptors"
Dissertation Chair: Robert D. Amason

Arthur R. Kagle
Dissertation Title: "The Valuation of Soft Assets and Soft Liabilities of Financial Managers of Educational Institutions"
Dissertation Chair: William P. Dukes

Donald E. Flemming
Dissertation Title: "An Analysis of the Effects of the Practice of Liability Management by Large Commercial Banks: 1960-1972"
Dissertation Chair: Carl H. Stem
Current Position: Retired from University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK

O. Robert Kirby
Dissertation Title: "An Evaluation of the Risk-Return Hypothesis: A Study of Security Market Performance"
Dissertation Chair: William P. Dukes

Virgil L. Brewer
Dissertation Title: "Bank Holding Companies: Forecasting Market Risk From its Association With Accounting Measures"
Dissertation Chair:
Original Placement: Murray State University, Murray, KY (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Retired from Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

Orville Goulet
Dissertation Title: "A Statistical Analysis of the Management of Endowment Funds of Small Private Colleges in Texas"
Dissertation Chair: Howard L. Balsley

John D. Martin
Dissertation Title: "An Analysis of the Efficiency of the Market for New Corporate Bonds in Reflecting Two Sources of Free Information
Dissertation Chair: Oswald D. Bowlin
Original Placement: Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Baylor University, Waco, TX (Prof. and Carr P. Collins Chair in Finance)

Kenneth M. Huggins
Dissertation Title: "The Valuation of Closely Held Corporations for Estate and Gift Tax Purposes"
Dissertation Chair: David S. Kidwell
Original Placement: University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE (Assistant Professor)

Chester L. Allen, Jr.
Dissertation Title: "The Symmetry of Systematic Risk: A Study of Security Performance Responsiveness to Market Fluctuations"
Dissertation Chair: Robert L. Rouse
Original Placement: Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA (Assistant Professor)
Current Position: Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA (Professor Emeritus)

Roger T. King
Dissertation Title: "An Evaluation and Analysis of Internal Controls in Small Texas Commercial Banks"
Dissertation Chair: Oswald D. Bowlin