The Edwin L. Cox School of Business is an American

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, part of

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(SMU) in

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, Texas. The SMU Cox School of Business is headquartered in four buildings on SMU's 210-acre main campus five miles north of downtown Dallas and has a second campus in Plano, Texas. Cox SMU

Led by

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Matthew Myers, SMU Cox offers a full range of business education programs, including BBA, full-time MBA, MBA Professional (Part-Time),

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, Master of Science in

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and non-degree

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. It is home to the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, Business Leadership Center (BLC), Maguire Energy Institute, and American Airlines Global Leadership Program (AAGLP) as well as an Associate Board Executive Mentoring Program. It has an international alumni network with chapters in more than twenty countries. Its largest program is its full-time MBA. It has consistently

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among the top business schools worldwide for MBA, PMBA, EMBA and BBA in a wide range of categories. The Cox School is accredited by the

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(AACSB).

Faculty and research papers

* Faculty research – a selection of the research and working papers issued by the Cox faculty * Academic Departments – a listing of all of the academic departments * Media–friendly Experts Guide – a listing of various areas of expertise for the media

Notable SMU Cox alumni

* Gabriel Barbier-Mueller – Founder and CEO,

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(MBA) – CEO and Dean, Kent State University Stark Campus *

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– American novelist and lawyer * Robert H. Dedman, Jr. – President and CEO,

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* Robert H. Dedman, Sr. – Founder and CEO, ClubCorp * David B. Dillon – President and chairman, The

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Co. *

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– chairman and CEO, First Continental Enterprises Inc., and Embrey Enterprises Inc. *

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–

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– Founder and producer,

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– CEO, California

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* Thomas W. Horton (MBA 1985) – Chairman of AMR and

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– chairman of the board of the National Football League's

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and a founding investor-owner in Major League Soccer *

– chairman of the board and a founding investor-owner in

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– Founder of the

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and owner of the

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– Founder of The Sister Fund *

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– chairman and CEO, Hunt Oil Company * Harold MacDowell – CEO,

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– founder of

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* Robert Mosbacher, Jr. –

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businessman, President, Mosbacher Energy Company,

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– chairman and CEO, TXU *

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– Founder of the business newspaper

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(MBA) – former CEO of Compaq *Edward B. Rust Jr. (MBA) – chairman of the board and chief executive officer of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company * Mark Shepherd (American Businessman), Mark Shepherd – chairman and CEO,

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– Former chairman and CEO of

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. * John Tyson (businessman) – chairman,

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and grandson of John W. Tyson, Founder of

References

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Faculty and research papers

Notable SMU Cox alumni

See also

References