COL Gary M. Griggs
Hello, I am an active duty Army Officer currently stationed at the
University of Missouri- St. Louis. I have been stationed all over the world
over the past twenty-two years. The assignments have taken me from Fort Lewis
WA (1982-1985) to Heilbronn Germany (1986-1989) to Monterey CA ( NPS:
1989-1991) to West Point NY (1991-1994) to Fort Bragg NC (1994-1996) to RAF
Molesworth England (1996-1999) to Washington University - St. Louis MO
(1999-2002) and now to my current assignment as a PhD student in Information
Management at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. (2002-2005). Upon
completion of my studies I will be assigned to the United States Military
Academy at West Point New York.
UMSL PHD PROGRAM
The MIS PhD Program at UMSL began in the Fall of 2001 and is an
outstanding program. The professors are among the top academic researchers in
their field. Professor Rajiv Sabherwal is currently a senior editor for MIS
Quarterly with expertise in Knowledge Management and IS Planning, while
Professor Mary Lacity is a senior editor for MIS Quarterly Executive and is an
expert in Outsourcing and Client Server Implementation. UMSL is are also
fortunate to have Professor Vicki Sauter an expert in Decision Support Systems,
Professor Marius Janson an expert in Global IS and Social aspects of IS,
Professor Kalash Joshi whose forte is Design and Databases, Dr. Dinesh
Mirchandani whose expertise lies with IS Planning and Ecommerce, Dr. Ashok
Subramanian whose expertise is in telecommunication and software engineering.
Dr. Joe Rottman is the latest addition to this growing program and his
interests are in systems design and diffusion theory. They are all outstanding
professors, researchers, instructors and mentors for anyone associated with the
MIS Program here at UMSL. The MIS program, undergraduate, Master's and PhD
programs all have benefited from these top notch professors. Currently the
program has ten
students from all over the world including China, India, Greece, U.S.,
Zambia, Korea. The program will continue to grow by three to four students each
year.
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Comprehensive Exams I recently completed my comprehensive exams and have joined Anand Jeyarai and Charles Chowa as the first PhD candidates at UMSL for the MIS PhD. Program. I completed a supporting field exam in Organizational Behavior and a two day intensive comprehensive exam in the MIS domain. I also completed a separate take home portion of the exam and I will now be concentrating on my dissertation. |
Congratulations My two sons, Chris and Tim were recently selected to attend academic and leadership programs this summer. Tim will attend the Joseph Baldwin Academy in Kirksville Missouri for three week were he will take a course in Chemistry while living on campus in Kirksville. This should be fun for a young man that is getting ready to graduate from middle school. Chris has been selected to attend the National Student Leadership Conference in Washington DC. Chris will be participating with students from all over the nation in a course on leadership and our U.S. Legal System. |
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Amy Amy is doing well in third grade and has a great talent for Art and has the best cursive writing that I have seen. She puts her two older brothers to shame. She has a love for reading and recently completed the Harry Potter series of books; not to bad for a 2nd Grader. Her newest discovery is the old Nancy Drew series. That should keep her busy for a while. |
Favorite Restaurant of the Week This section I reserved for my favorite restaurant of the week. While I do not eat out every week I like to take my wife and kids out at least twice a month to give the cook a break. PF Changs is the ROW! They have the best oriental food in the St. Louis region and while the ambiance is that of an expensive restaurant I was pleasantly surprised that the fabulous food was reasonably priced. While it is not the cheapest restaurant in tow the food and the atmosphere was well worth the price. |