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Fuqua is governed by a Board of Visitors that advises the school on all matters related to curriculum, programs, facilities, and operations while continuing to promote better communication and relationships within the business community. Board members directly impact the success of the school by serving on active subcommittees and facilitating relationships with key business and government entities in regions around the world.
Blair Sheppard assumed responsibilities as Dean of The Fuqua School of Business in August 2007, after serving as Chair and Founder of Duke Corporate Education, the university's corporate training arm. When Sheppard created Duke CE in 2000, the company was the first full-service provider of customized, enterprise-wide management education to global organizations.
In addition to Dean Blair Sheppard, a number of associate deans are responsible for different function areas of the school. A complete list, along with contact information, can be found here .
The administration carries out the strategic priorities defined by the Board of Visitors and pursues the goals articulated by Dean Sheppard.
The Fuqua School of Business is named for J.B. Fuqua , who was born in 1918 and raised by his grandparents on a tobacco farm in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Fuqua began his relationship with Duke University as a teenage student, when he borrowed books by mail from the Duke library. A voracious reader and a quick study, Fuqua never went to college.
Among his many accomplishments, Fuqua is best known as the founder and chairman of Fuqua Industries, Inc., an Atlanta-based Fortune 500 company. The small brick manufacturing company grew to become a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate of business holdings. J.B. Fuqua's cumulative giving to Duke totaled nearly $40 million, establishing him as one of Duke's largest individual benefactors.
Fuqua was a Duke trustee emeritus and a charter member of the Board of Visitors of The Fuqua School of Business. In addition to an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Duke in 1973, Fuqua was awarded honorary degrees from nine other colleges and universities.
J. B. Fuqua died on April 5, 2006, at the age of 87.