ObituaryC. Cole
C. Steven Cole, professor of finance since 1988, died March 16. He had earned numerous
honors, including the Outstanding Faculty Award for Service from the Department of
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law in 2010, the Outstanding Educator Award from
the Southwestern Finance Association in 2008 and the Sigma Phi Epsilon Outstanding
Faculty Award and Honor Professor Award in 1996. He was a member of the American Finance
Association and a former president of the Southwestern Finance Association and had
been a reviewer for the Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives and others.
He previously taught at the University of Tulsa and the University of Arkansas. Cole
earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Missouri State University and a doctorate
from the University of Arkansas. Memorials may be made to the College of Business
general scholarship fund