Samford University business professor Dr. Archie Lockamy III has been named the school's Margaret Gage Bush Professor of Business. Lockamy has been professor of operations management in the Samford School of Business since 2000.
As Bush Professor, Lockamy takes the chair formerly held by Dr. Marlene M. Reed, who retired in 2005.
Lockamy, said Samford business dean Dr. Beck Taylor, "embodies the ideal Samford professor in that he is dedicated to his students, he is a thought leader in his field of operations management, and he serves the university and its constituents generously and with excellence."
"Dr. Lockamy is well-known for his classroom teaching and dedication to excellence in management education. His research in operations management has been published in the field's top journals. I am delighted that Dr. Lockamy will continue to lead in the School of Business in his new role as the Bush Professor," said Taylor.
Prior to his academic career, Lockamy held engineering and managerial positions with DuPont, Procter and Gamble, and TRW. A frequent contributor to national and international professional journals, he is the author of a book, Global Logistics: Managing the Product-Delivery System, and co-author of Reengineering Performance Measurement: How to Align Systems to Improve Processes, Products and Profits.
Lockamy served on the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award during 1997-2002. A Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM), he holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a master's in business administration from Atlanta University Graduate School of Business, and a Ph.D. in operations management from the University of Georgia.