Mountain States Insurance Group Endowed Chair for the Study of Insurance and Financial Services

Overview

Established in 2003 by a donation of $1 million from the Mountain States Insurance Group. Earnings from the endowment are used to support the salary and activities of the faculty member holding the chair. The chair will maintain a program emphasis in the tenets of property and casualty research.

Garrey Carruthers, center, dean of the New Mexico State University College of Business Administration and Economics, accepts a $1 million gift from Jerry With of Mountain States Insurance Group at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Museum, Wednesday, August 13, 2003, in Las Cruces. The gift marks the establishment of the Mountain States Insurance Group Endowed Chair. Barry Smith, far left, professor and department head of finance at NMSU, Randy Perkins, far right, of Mountain States, and Roger Buelow, second from right, of Mountain States, also were on hand for the presentation. (NMSU photo)

Left to right: Barry Smith, Jerry With, Garrey Carruthers, Roger Buelow and Randy Perkins. With presents a $1 million gift from of Mountain States Insurance Group. (NMSU photo)

Honorees

2006: Tim Query, Department of Finance
2004: Barry Smith, Department of Finance