Dr. Michael H. Morris, this US Force Veteran was the George and Lisa Etheridge Professorship in Entrepreneurship at the University of Florida and previously served as the Malone Mitchell Chair at Oklahoma State University.  A pioneer in curricular innovation and experiential learning, he has built top-ranked entrepreneurship programs at three major universities. His entrepreneurial outreach efforts have facilitated the development of hundreds of ventures, including extensive work with low income and disadvantaged entrepreneurs across the United States and in South Africa. Dr. Morris has published 12 books and over 180 scholarly research publications. He is co-editor of the Prentice-Hall Entrepreneurship Series and a past President of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. A former Fulbright Scholar, he was selected as one of the top twenty entrepreneurship professors in the U.S. by Fortune Small Business.  Dr. Morris has been awarded the Edwin & Gloria Appel Prize for contributions to entrepreneurship, received the Leavey Award from the Freedoms Foundation for impacting private enterprise education, and the Dedication to Entrepreneurship Award from the Academy of Management.  He received his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech.