Hot 25: 2009 Honorees
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Anil Puri
Dean, Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, Cal State Fullerton
Age: 60
Fact: He enjoys golf, travel and reading.
His take on economics: “I see it having the rigor of physics and the complexity of biology. Who can resist that?”
Anil Puri envisioned a new home for Cal State Fullerton’s Mihaylo College of Business and Economics only a few years after becoming the school’s dean. And his top priority was making it a reality.
“It took three years before we seriously got into the planning process,” Puri says. “Mihaylo Hall represents a combination of the academic and corporate structures by providing a modern facade while being integrated with the campus architecture.”
The $85 million building, which opened a year ago, houses the largest business school on the West Coast. Mihaylo College has 50,000 alumni and 8,500 students currently enrolled in the program.
Puri joined the college as a junior professor in 1977 and became dean in 1998. In addition to his work as the dean, he presents two widely read economic forecasts every year: one in April and one in October.
“As a teenager, I was torn between going for hard sciences and social sciences,” Puri says. “My interest in writing and the intellectual challenge of economics drove me to the profession.”
– Ashley Eliot
OC METRO's 2009 Hot 25 honorees:
Toby Bost | Mike Gillespie | Anil Puri | Sean Collins
Kevin Boylan & T.K. Pillan | Dr. Jason Knight | Hugh Hewitt
Luke Allen | Tina Aldatz | Sukhee Kang | Glenn Gray
Amelia & Florent Marneau | Tim McFerran | Tallia Hart
Bill Sanderson | Henrik Fisker | Janet Hamada | Wayne Gross
Julie Miller-Phipps | Michael Ruane | Carl St.Clair
Pretend City | Phil Willms | Sheryl Bourgeois | Steve Nichols
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Web extra:
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of OC METRO's Hot 25 awards, here are our original Hot 25 honorees, who were featured in 1990.
Doug Rankin | Erich Vollmer | Dennis Aigner | Greg Patton
Janice Mittermeier | Carol Stogsdill | Carl St.Clair
Anton Segerstrom | Christopher Cox | Christine (Reed) Iger
Dr. Robert Bade | Thomas Mays | Mike Goode
Richard Gadbois | Rudy Castruita | Debbie Miede
Ernest C. Brown | Mossimo Giannulli | Daniel L. Rasmussen
Cynthia Ellner | Kathryn Braun Lewis | David Wilhelm
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Dean, Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, Cal State Fullerton Age: 60 Fact: He enjoys golf, travel and reading. His take on economics: “I see it having the rigor of physics and the complexity of biology. Who can resist that?” Anil Puri envisioned a new home for Cal State Fullerton’s Mihaylo College of Business and Economics only a few years after becoming the school’s dean. And his top priority was making it a reality. “It took three years before we seriously got into the planning process,” Puri says. “Mihaylo Hall represents a combination of the academic and corporate structures by providing a modern facade while being integrated with the campus architecture.” The $85 million building, which opened a year ago, houses the largest business school on the West Coast. Mihaylo College has 50,000 alumni and 8,500 students currently enrolled in the program. Puri joined the college as a junior professor in 1977 and became dean in 1998. In addition to his work as the dean, he presents two widely read economic forecasts every year: one in April and one in October. “As a teenager, I was torn between going for hard sciences and social sciences,” Puri says. “My interest in writing and the intellectual challenge of economics drove me to the profession.” – Ashley Eliot OC METRO's 2009 Hot 25 honorees: Toby Bost | Mike Gillespie | Anil Puri | Sean Collins Kevin Boylan & T.K. Pillan | Dr. Jason Knight | Hugh Hewitt Luke Allen | Tina Aldatz | Sukhee Kang | Glenn Gray Amelia & Florent Marneau | Tim McFerran | Tallia Hart Bill Sanderson | Henrik Fisker | Janet Hamada | Wayne Gross Julie Miller-Phipps | Michael Ruane | Carl St.Clair Pretend City | Phil Willms | Sheryl Bourgeois | Steve Nichols <<< Back to 2009 honorees Web extra: To celebrate the 20th anniversary of OC METRO's Hot 25 awards, here are our original Hot 25 honorees, who were featured in 1990. Doug Rankin | Erich Vollmer | Dennis Aigner | Greg Patton Janice Mittermeier | Carol Stogsdill | Carl St.Clair Anton Segerstrom | Christopher Cox | Christine (Reed) Iger Dr. Robert Bade | Thomas Mays | Mike Goode Richard Gadbois | Rudy Castruita | Debbie Miede Ernest C. Brown | Mossimo Giannulli | Daniel L. Rasmussen Cynthia Ellner | Kathryn Braun Lewis | David Wilhelm <<< Back to Web extra main page: first Hot 25 honorees |
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