Gregory Dees
Gregory Dees | |
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| Born | J. Gregory Dees 16 October 1950  Cincinnati |
| Died | 20 December 2013 (aged 63) Durham |
| Alma mater | University of Cincinnati (BA) Yale (Masters) Johns Hopkins University (PhD) |
Gregory Dees (James Gregory Dees), referred to as the father of social entrepreneurship education, was an American scientist, professor, founder and director of the Center for Social Entrepreneurship Development (CASE) of Duke University.[1]
Biography
[edit]Dees was born on October 16, 1950, in Cincinnati, Ohio.[2]
He graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Cincinnati, a master's degree in public and private management from Yale, and a doctorate in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University.[3][4]
He co-founded the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford's Graduate School of Business.[1]
Dees joined the faculty of the Duke University Fuqua School of Business as Adjunct Professor of Social Entrepreneurship in 2001.[1]
While at Duke, he co-founded Center for Social Entrepreneurship Development (CASE) with Beth Battle Anderson.[5][6]
He chaired the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Councils on social entrepreneurship and on social innovation.[7][8]
Dees died on December 20, 2013, while at Duke Hospital.[9][10]
Publications
[edit]Books
[edit]- Enterprising Nonprofits: A Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs (2001, ISBN 978-0-471-15116-6)
- Strategic Tools for Social Entrepreneurs: Enhancing the Performance of Your Enterprising Nonprofit (2002, ISBN 978-0-471-15068-8)
Selected papers
[edit]- The Meaning of "Social Entrepreneurship" Archived 2021-04-15 at the Wayback Machine (1998)
- For-Profit Social Ventures (2003)
- Taking social entrepreneurship seriously (2007) doi:10.1007/BF02819936
Awards
[edit]- Harvard's Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching (1995)[1]
- The Aspen Institute and Ashoka lifetime achievement award in social entrepreneurship education (2007)[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Worsham, Erin L. (2012-07-19). "Reflections and Insights on Teaching Social Entrepreneurship: An Interview With Greg Dees". Academy of Management Learning & Education. 11 (3): 442–452. doi:10.5465/amle.2011.0024. ISSN 1537-260X.
- ^ "James Gregory Dees Memorial Service" (PDF).
- ^ Nicholls, Alex (2014-01-02). "And in the End". Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. 5 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1080/19420676.2014.888167. ISSN 1942-0676. S2CID 154173009.
- ^ "New Haas Professor emphasizes private sector responses to social problems". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ "Social capitalist". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ "Beth Battle Anderson". CASE. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ "Global Agenda Council Reports 2010" (PDF). World Economic Forum. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Annual Report 2010-2011" (PDF). World Economic Forum. 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ "Greg Dees, a Pioneer of Social Entrepreneurship, Dies at Age 63". Duke Today. Duke University. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ "The Aspen Institute honors 2007 MBA Faculty Pioneers". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
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