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Posted on 18th November, 2008
A Personal Message from Professor Michael Badway to CAMOT and IAMOT
Communities
Dear
CAMOT members, Tarek’s colleagues, students, and friends,
I am writing to invite you to join our building efforts of the
“Abla Kahlil’s Endowment Fund” to recognize Mrs. Kahlil’s
contributions to IAMOT, and to keep her memory alive. Some of you
might have already heard of the very sad news concerning the late
Mrs. Abla Kahlil’s (1950-2008) sudden passing on May 27, 08. I have
just found out about it during the CAMOT first conference, held in
Beijing, China in late October. I was having a conversation over
breakfast with Richard Li Hua, CAMOT President about my expectation
to see Tarek as the IAMOT founder at the conference; he informed me
of his wife’s passing.
As a nucleus member of IAMOT founders, I am seeking your help
with our efforts in building the ‘Abla’s Kahlil Endowment Fund”.
Many of you have met/known Abla for years. She was such a fine
gracious person. From the early years, when our five members
founding group worked on establishing an international association
that would help in the formation and development of management of
technology as a viable respected discipline, she was one of our most
ardent supporters.
Over the years, IAMOT continued to grow, thrive, and mature
from a very small entity to a well structured and respected leading
global organization with membership from all corners of the world.
Abla was a true partner to Tarek and instrumental to his career
success. In my communication with Tarek, his only expressed
reservation regarding establishing this endowment was; “My only
reservation is not to burden our colleagues”. I am sure all of you
would share my view- that this endowment is the least we can do for
him in light of his grave loss.
Yasser Hosni, the current president of IAMOT, is totally
supportive of the initiative and is the endowment first contributor
in the amount of $1,000. I am matching Yasser’s contribution by
giving a $1,000. The IAMOT Board has endorsed the allocation of $
5,000 contribution from the association funds.
The endowment is aimed at encouraging and supporting research
and scholarly activities in the Management of Technology Field. This
fund will offer an annual award for an excellent student research
paper starting with IAMOT 2009 conference. Hopefully our efforts
will generate enough funds enabling us to create a self-sustaining
source for awarding merit-based students’ scholarships in addition
to the annual conference students’ award. A committee of five
members has been formed to administer the direction and distribution
of the endowment funds.
We live in an increasingly complex and highly demanding global
world, I am requesting that you take a moment to consider
contributing generously to this important initiative. You will find
a “Pledge Form” right below this letter, I am requesting that you
please fill out the form with your contribution and mail it out to
mbadawy@vt.edu and
IAMOT@miami.edu . Your
contributions are very critical to the success of our efforts. We
would be pleased if you wish to communicate any/all thoughts and
suggestions related to this endowment or any other issues. Looking
forward to hearing from you soon.
Best regards,
Michael
Dr. Michael K. Badawy
Professor of Management of Technology
and Strategic Management
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Virginia Tech University
P.O.Box 3987, Merrifield, Virginia, 22116, USA
Office: (703)538-8418
Fax: (703) 759-7108
http://www.mbancr.pamplin.vt.edu/Badawy.html
Please download the
Pledge Form
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