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Dr. Dwight McEntire came to the col­

lege in 1996 after retiring as a partner

with Deloitte and Touche, a CPA and

tax consulting firm. Me holds a B.B.A.

degree with an emphasis in manage­

ment and accounting from the Univer­

sity of Michigan. While working full­

time, he earned his Juris Doctorate de­

gree with an emphasis in business law

from the University of Toledo. He

served thirty-one years in the United

States Air Force and Air national Guard

and is a commercial pilot with instru­

ment rating.

Dr. McEntire married his wife

Rheajean in 1967. They have three

daughters and three grandchildren.

Rheajean was primarily a homemaker

who took care of the children while he

traveled about two to three months a

year for his company and the Air Guard.

In 1997, the family began to notice

changes in Mrs. McEntire's ability to

perform simple tasks. In 1998, she was

diagnosed with Pick's disease, a pro­

gressively degenerative neurological

disease similar to Alzheimer's. There

is no known prevention or cure. Me

visits his wife daily at Marriott Stratford

Court in Palm Harbor while continuing

to chair the department of business and

coach the men's golf team.

For Strategy and Policy, the

class was divided into groups

and given a shoe company to

operate. Each week repre­

sented a year’s worth of deci­

sions that an actual business

would have to make. Zach

Barlowe, Joel Bacchus, Bobie

Jo Gelsthorpe, Christoph von

dem Bussche, and Jennice

Eckert named their company

Frielander to give it a German

touch.

Sharon Hurst is doing a timed challenging. The business fac­

drill on a ten-key numeric cal­ ulty is very supportive and

culator during her office tech­ knowledgeable, especially Mrs.

nology class. She said, "Be­ Youstra. I have had so much

ing an Administrative Office fun in this major and have

Management major is very learned many practical things

for the business world.”