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Dearest friends,
 
I shared this with SBE last night and have been asked to forward it to the Academy.  However, I only know how to share it with the SIM list.  If any of you are on other AoM lists for groups that would be relevant, could you please share, but also cc tomascol@wharton.upenn.edu so the family is aware of the distribution?

I share below a most message: the passing of a colleague.  I received last night via ALSB-news a notification from the Dean at the Wharton School of the passing of our colleague, past-president of SBE & ALSB, my friend and someone I have been honored to consider my mentor, Professor Tom Dunfee.  I am sharing it with you all immediately, because I know so many of you will want to know the information as it appears below.  It is all I know. 
 
With warmest regards,
Laura Hartman  (see below)
 
 
Dear Colleagues,
It is with deepest regret that I inform you of the death of our colleague, Thomas W. Dunfee.  Tom has been a member of the Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department and the Wharton community for 34 years.
 
Tom provided significant service and insight to all of us over the years. Among his many contributions to the School, he was the Director of the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, Vice Dean of the Wharton Undergraduate Division, and most recently, Chairperson of the Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department. 
 
Tom's scholarly accomplishments are many. These include over fifty refereed academic articles, more than a dozen books where he served as author or editor, service as a member on the editorial review boards for six academic journals, and former president for both the Academy of Legal Studies in Business and the Society for Business Ethics.
 
More importantly, Tom was a wonderful colleague whose warm personality and gentle smile were known to all of us.   He is survived by his wife, Dottie, their three children, and four grandchildren.
 
We are all saddened by Tom's passing. He will be greatly missed.
 
Condolences can be sent to the family address:
 
517 Arthur Drive
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 
 
Services and funeral arrangements are as follows:
 
Visitation:
Thursday, June 5
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Bradley Funeral Home
601 Route 73 South
Marlton, NJ 08053
(856) 983-1005 
 
Funeral:
Friday, June 6,
11:00 a.m.
Trinity Presbyterian Church
499 Route 70 East
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
(856) 428-2050 
 
In lieu of flowers the family has requested that donations be made in Tom's name to his alma mater, Marshall University:
 
School of Business
Marshall University Foundation
1 John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
 
 
Thomas S. Robertson, Ph.D.
Dean and Reliance Professor of Management and Private Enterprise
 
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA  19104
215.898.4715 phone
215.573.5001 fax
 

Prof. Laura P. Hartman
Professor of Business Ethics, Dept. of Management
DePaul University
1 E. Jackson Blvd., ste. 7000
Chicago, IL 60604
Ph: 312/362-6569, Fax: 312/362-6973
Mobile: 312/493-9929