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Scott Derue, director of the Ross Leadership Initiative, has been named dean of the Ross School
The favorite son just got the job.
One of the most popular and most deserving young professors at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business today (May 19) was named the new dean. Scott DeRue, once honored as one of the world’s most outstanding 40 under 40 professors by Poets&Quants and conquerer of the world’s highest mountain, will succeed Alison Davis-Blake who is stepping down after a single five-year term on July 1.
The boyish-looking, 39-year-old management professor and associate dean of executive education is clearly a crowd favorite choice for Michigan Ross insiders. When he was named a top 40 under 40 professor, one student wrote, “Professor DeRue has had a tremendous impact on my life through his approach to teaching; he pulled me out of my comfort zone and helped me understand myself as a leader and the roots behind my leadership style.”
And when he climbed Mount Everest in 2013, a commenter on the Poets&Quants coverage said, “Scott DeRue is one of the best professors and life teachers I have ever had. What a great accomplishment and future students will benefit greatly from what he teaches from this experience.”
“Scott’s deep knowledge of leadership and the value of continuous learning are evident in his research and teaching and will contribute to his effectiveness as dean of the Ross school,” said U-M Provost Martha Pollack in a written statement. “Under his leadership, the school will build on its already-impressive contributions to business education at every level and achieve even greater distinction.”
AN UNLIKELY PATH TO THE DEANSHIP FROM WALLBURG, NC
What makes DeRue’s appointment so special involves his humble roots and unlikely path to deanship. Raised in Wallburg, North Carolina — a town of a little more than 3,000 people, about ten miles southeast of Winston-Salem — DeRue figured he’d be a medical doctor. He went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill thinking he would go pre-med. “I didn’t really know what I wanted to do,” DeRue recalls. “I thought I was going to be a medical doctor because that was the thing to do if you were a high aspiring smart kid.”
It didn’t take long for DeRue to come to terms with a harsh truth. “It took my first biology class to figure out I was not going to do that,” he says. A botched pig dissection caused him to reconsider. The son of a businessman, DeRue remembered watching his father use business to make transformations. And DeRue is all about transformations. His first life transformation was forthcoming.
“I walked over to the business school and found a home in Kenan-Flagler,” DeRue remembers. Then, during his senior year, DeRue strolled into the office of Kenan-Flagler Business School professor, Dan Cable. The two had never met but DeRue was convinced Cable should advise his thesis. “I said, ‘Professor Cable, I’ve heard about you and I’ve never taken your course, but folks have told me you’d be a good thesis advisor given the topics I’m interested in.'” Cable obliged under one condition. DeRue would be treated like a PhD student. “I didn’t know exactly what that meant but I said, ‘Of course, yes,'” says DeRue. The result? “I couldn’t read it because of all the red marks on it,” he laughs.
WANTS TO CREATE MORE TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS
Still, the time and effort Cable put into instructing and advising DeRue was life changing. “An undergraduate business education transformed my life and showed me what was possible,” says DeRue. “That put me on a path to really wanting to serve in higher education and in particular, business education.”
DeRue went on toward a successful career spanning private equity investments, management consulting and luxury yachts. In 2003, he enrolled as a doctoral student, lecturer and research assistant at Michigan State. During this time, he received a University Distinguished Fellowship and Lewis Quality Award from Michigan State University. DeRue joined the Ross School as an assistant professor of management in 2007 and was promoted to professor with tenure in 2013. DeRue was most recently an associate dean for executive education.
Initial areas of emphasis for DeRue will be continued investment in Ross’s faculty, creating transformational experiences for students, and a renewed commitment and investment to the school’s global resources.
RANKINGS WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES
“At the end of the day,” he says, “I think it’s the experiences we are creating for students. And what we can promise them in terms of these transformational student experiences, really drawing on our commitment to the platform on action-based learning, world-class faculty, recruiters that are highly committed to the school and love our students.
“My belief is if we do all of those things right, we have world class faculty that are great teachers and researchers, we admit wonderful students and then give them transformational experiences and then we cultivate our relationships with recruiters and corporate partners. You put all of that together and the rankings take care of themselves. I could not be more excited about the future of this school and I am humbled and honored to serve.”
The search committee was chaired by Sue Ashford, chair of Ross’ management and organizations department. A dozen of the 13 search committee membrs are all affiliated with the business school.
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