Faranda ’79 Student Service Award.įormer CMC presidents Jack Stark and Pamela Gann and CMC’s current President Hiram Chodosh-representing more than 52 years of continuous presidential leadership-joined together for the renaming of an iconic campus touchpoint after an iconic professor, paying tribute to Massoud and his legacy, along with members of Massoud’s family, CMC colleagues, and former students. Massoud, who is the Robert Day Distinguished Professor of Accounting, arrived at CMC in 1980, and since then he’s been honored 13 times with the Huntoon Superior Teaching award, and also recognized with the CMC Presidential Award for Merit, the Alumni Association Jack Stark ’57 GP’11 Distinguished Service Award, as well as the John P. “What an amazing, glorious day!” enthused his son, Joe ’89. Known as “Giddo” by his grandchildren, Professor Massoud joins son Joe ’89 and his family near The Massoud “The hugs, they mean a lot to me,” Massoud said with a smile as he savored the moment. 1 unveiling ceremony felt more like a once-in-a-generation family reunion than a formal event, which was entirely appropriate for a professor known as “Dad” to his current and former students.Īs he took his place in front of the packed audience at Gann Quadrangle, Massoud shared hugs, asked staff and alumni for updates on their loved ones, and posed for photos, ensuring that everyone who encountered him felt special. The naming recognizes and celebrates the profound influence the beloved and devoted accounting professor has had on the CMC community for more than four decades. “The more I push, the more they shine.”Ĭampus landmark, the Kravis Living Room, will now be known as The Massoud in honor of Professor Marc Massoud P’89. “My students are like diamonds,” Massoud said before the ceremony. We’re bouncing ideas off of him and he’s pushing us to get references,” added Lynch, who is majoring in economics with a minor in finance. “Now he’s influencing our future career paths.

“Even though we are done with his class, we still stop by his office to chat.” “When you’re stressed, he calms you down,” said Daetz, an economics major.

“He’d say, ‘We missed you in class.’ He has a way of treating everyone that makes us feel like we were family.”Īs they stood in the long line to sign Massoud’s guest book, current CMC sophomores and members of the CMS Lacrosse team, Bella Lynch ’25 and Taylor Daetz ’25, shared admiration for their Accounting professor. Marshall Ozawa ’86, now a managing director at Union Bank, fondly recalled how Massoud would gently tease Ozawa when he skipped Massoud’s 8 a.m. Sponsored Internships & Experiences Programīefore and after the naming ceremony former and current students from a wide range of class years, shared their own Massoud memories.Office of Institutional Philanthropy and Sponsored Research.Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom.Rose Institute of State and Local Government.Randall Lewis Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies.Berger Institute for Individual and Social Development.Silicon Valley Program Academic Interns.Center for Writing and Public Discourse.Office of Registrar and Institutional Research.Robert Day School of Economics and Finance.Physical Education and Intercollegiate Athletics.Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences.Presidential Initiative on Anti-Racism and the Black Experience in America.

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