| Spring 2005 UMASS
Amherst Operations Research / Management Science Seminar Series |
Date: Friday, April 29, 2005 Time: 11:00 PM Location: Isenberg School of Management, Room 112 |
| Speaker: Professor
Glenn Wong Department of Sport Management Isenberg School of Management University of Massachusetts at Amherst |
| Biography: Glenn M. Wong is a
Professor in the Sport Management Department in the
Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts
Amherst. He has been a faculty member at the University of
Massachusetts since 1979. He served as Department Head of the Sport
Management Program from 1986 to 1997. In 1992-93, he served as Interim
Director of Athletics and then Acting Dean of the School of Physical
Education. He received a Chancellor's Medal of Honor for his work as
Director of Athletics. Wong is currently the Faculty Athletics
Representative for the University of Massachusetts to the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, and has served in that role since
1993. He has taught courses in Sport Law, Sport Finance and Business,
and Labor Relations. He also served as an adjunct professor in the
Labor-Management Relations program. He received a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Economics and Sociology at Brandeis University in 1974, where
he co-captained the basketball team, and a Juris Doctor degree from
Boston College Law School in 1977. In 2003, he earned the Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Massachusetts. In April 2001, he received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the University of Massachusetts Alumni Association. In April, 1999, he gave a presentation entitled "The Impact of the Law on the Development of Sports" in the University of Massachusetts Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series, and received his second Chancellor's Medal of Honor. |
| TITLE: Salary Arbitration in
Major League Baseball: Is it an Effective Way to Establish Salaries in Sports? |
| Abstract: |
| This series is organized by the
UMASS Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter. Support for this series is
provided by the Isenberg School of Management, the Department of
Finance and Operations Management, and the John F. Smith Memorial Fund. For questions, please contact the INFORMS Student Chapter President, Ms. Tina Wakolbinger, wakolbinger@som.umass.edu |