Lee A. Tavis, CR Smith Professor Emeritus of Finance at the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business, passed away Tuesday, April 4th. Singer Island, FloridaHe was 91 years old.
Tavis was a widely respected scholar for his lifelong commitment to advancing civil rights and human rights, especially in developing countries.hello In 1976, he was the first CR Smith Professor of Finance at the University of Notre Dame. During his 38-year career at the University of Notre Dame, Tavis served as the founding director of the Notre Dame Program on Multinational Managers and Concerns of Developing Countries, and has graduated and undergraduate degrees in Management Finance, International Financial Management, and International Ethics. taught the course.
“Lee lived with this day in mind when she saw God face to face,” said Carolyn Y. Wu, former Martin J. Gillen dean of the Mendoza College of Business. “He used his talent and his scholarship to unite the world in a more just and ethical relationship.”
Among his many teaching awards, Tavis has won the Notre Dame MBA award four times (1978, 1980, 1984, 1990) for outstanding teachers. 1984 Executive MBA Award for Distinguished Teacher. 1993 Notre Dame Distinguished Teacher Award. In 1998 Reinhold received the Niebuhr Prize for his achievements in social justice. He won the 2014 James E. Armstrong Award.
Tavis has served on many university programs, centers and committees, including the Citizenship and Human Rights Advisory Board Center and the Latino Institute’s Faculty Advisory Board. Tavis was also a Faculty Fellow of the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Affairs and Joanne. B. Clock Institute for International Peace.
“Lee Tavis is passionate about promoting human rights in developing countries and has traveled far and wide into the poorest parts of the world to try to improve the situation with the help of business.” , he was everything we wanted our faculty to be.He loved his students and was diligent in preparing his classes.At the same time, he was dedicated to publishing in all the best places. His blood was in the bricks, as we say of our best at Notre Dame.”
A native of Bismarck, North Dakota, he received a BA in Business from the University of Notre Dame in 1953. He entered the United States Navy and served as a pilot before earning his MBA from Stanford University in 1960 and his PhD from Indiana University in 1960. 1969.
A prolific researcher, Tavis’ research has been published in numerous leading academic journals and presented at conferences on globalization, multinational corporations, and the moral responsibility of business around the world. He has written six of his books, including Value-Based Multinational Management: Achieving Corporate Sustainability Through Human Rights Strategies, co-authored with his son Timothy Tavis, who died before him. I was.
Tavis is survived by his wife of nearly 70 years, Sparky, and their three children, Thomas Tavis, Therese Beckwith and Tami Lange, as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The meeting will be held on Monday, April 10, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm EDT at the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Dr., South Bend, Indiana. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 3:30 pm EDT on Tuesday, April 11 at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Notre Dame. Burial will take place at Cedar Grove Cemetery.
