… When companies seek to work with university faculty, …it is generally on the basis of the faculty’s expertise in particular areas of research relevant to the company’s activities. It is difficult to see what special interest the Nike Corporation could possibly have in Phyllis Wise’s research expertise in obstetrics and gynecology….
The American Association of University Professors chapter at the University of Washington wonders what, besides greed and cynicism, puts their provost on Nike’s board.
January 15th, 2010 at 7:51AM
As an obstetrician, she must be awfully familiar with the consequences of “Just Do It!”
January 15th, 2010 at 9:32AM
Good one, tp.
January 15th, 2010 at 11:00AM
Wait a minute…she’s an obstetrics expert AND the Chief Financial Officer of the University? What a Renaissance woman! Heck, I’d want someone that brilliant & multifaceted on my board, too.
Or maybe it’s just that CFOs are often familiar with screwing and getting screwed/..
August 6th, 2015 at 3:14PM
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