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Ph D - Management, TEXAS A&M UNIV COLLEGE STA, 1996 MS - Human Resources Management, TEXAS A&M UNIV COLLEGE STA, 1989 BBA - Management, ABILENE CHRSTN UNIV ABILENE, 1988 Dr. Blaine McCormick is a management professor at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University where he teaches the freshman business class. For nine years, he taught the negotiations course at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels for which he was honored with the Collins Outstanding Professor Award. A nationally recognized scholar on the business practices of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison, Dr. McCormick is interviewed frequently across all forms of media including the New York Times, CNN, National Public Radio, and ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. His latest book, Ben Franklin: America’s Original Entrepreneur, a modern language version of the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, was lauded by Library Journal as one of the Best Business Books of 2005. He is currently working on a book about Franklin’s best-selling Poor Richard’s Almanacs. Before joining the Baylor faculty, Dr. McCormick worked in Dallas and Plano for ARCO Oil & Gas Company as a human resource management professional and held a faculty appointment at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. He lives in Waco with his wife of 20 years, Sarah, and their three children – Ellis, Miriam, and Bea.