July 2012

Emerson's David Farr Named CEO of the Year

Growth and technology were top of mind for Emerson in 1992 as the now Fortune 120 business headquartered in St. Louis became the first U.S. firm to set up a company of an investment nature in China. 20 years later the Walker School of Business, which is no stranger to success in the Far East, honored Emerson and its innovative leader by naming chairman and CEO David Farr the George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology's 2012 CEO of the Year. Mr. Farr received the award following an address at Webster University in Chengdu, China.

While in China we checked in with our Walker School alumni now working throughout the country. They are executive directors at international banks, chairman and CEOs of companies and entrepreneurs running their own businesses. Find out what they hope for the next generation of Webster MBA graduates, what doors their education has opened for them and why they chose Webster.

Walker Experts In The News

Just as U.S. senators debate new legislation designed to protect America's computer networks from hackers and other cyber attacks, a new book by WSBT Dr. Al Marcella and co-author Frederic Guillossou gives investigators what they need to see behind the scenes of cyber forensics. Take a look inside Cyber Forensics: From Data to Digital Evidence.

Reporters came to finance expert Dr. Debbie Psihountas for insight into the new Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis research project into how household budgets have changed since the recession. Read Struggling Households Target of New Fed Research Effort.

Our newest video highlights more of the accomplishments of the Walker School and its faculty. Watch it here.