ULM mourns passing of Professor and Dean Emeritus Van McGraw, Ph.D.
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For more than 35 years, McGraw’s insight and expertise shaped the university’s business programs into the award-winning ULM College of Business and Social Sciences.
McGraw joined then-Northeast Louisiana Junior College in 1959 as instructor of Business Administration. From 1962-64, he took sabbatical leave to earn his Ph.D. in Business Administration at LSU.
McGraw returned to ULM in 1964, and for the next 12 years served as Professor of Management and head of the Department of Management and Marketing. From 1976 until 1989, McGraw was Professor of Management and Dean of the College of Business Administration. From
Louisiana professor, 39, is shot dead by his father-in-law, 68, in murder-suicide carried out while both their wives were in the home they all shared
Joshua Comer died Sunday night following an alleged altercation with his wife s father, 68-year-old Jack Matthews, at a home in the village of Mer Rouge
Matthews then died by suicide, Morehouse Parish Sheriff Mike Tubbs said
It is not known why the men may have argued; police have confirmed that Comer s wife and mother-in-law were at the home at the time of the shooting
Comer is survived by his wife - and Matthews daughter - Cheyanne Comer
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