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Autumn.2013Final_layout 8/1/13 12:46 PM Page 7 School of Management faculty since 1992, and principally taught spreadsheet technology and statistics. Like any good statistician, Orrange has estimated the number of students he has taught over the course of his tenure— a staggering 30,000. Really! He is a recipient of the Milton Plesur Award for Excellence in Teaching, the School of Management's Outstanding Contribution to Teaching award and the Carl Naish Award for excellence in teaching and dedication to Millard Fillmore College students. Prior to his faculty role, Orrange served UB as associate registrar and later as director of Campus Parking and Transportation Services. From 1987 to 1997, he was the statistician for the Buffalo Sabres home game telecasts. A group of Orrange's teaching assistants (past and present) threw him a farewell party, with help from the School of Management. Here's what some of them had to say about him: "Ray was a great professor who was able to capture the students' attention with a balance of intelligence and humor. I am glad to have had him as one of my mentors." — Amanda Harris '11, MBA '13 "I always appreciated the guidance Ray provided along with the autonomy to learn and grow. He was always there with a kind word or, perhaps, more often, a sarcastic remark that made any situation seem not quite so terrible. As a manager, educator and friend, Ray Orrange will always hold a special place in my heart." — Sarah Oliver, BS/MBA '10 "Ray instilled a sense of discipline and responsibility that had a positive impact on my life and the lives of many of his students." — Anthony LaRosa '10, MBA '12 "Ray's great sense of humor coupled with his strong teaching ability will be missed at the School of Management. He was able to convey statistics in a way that his students could understand. The many skills I've learned from him have already proven to be useful in my professional career." — Nick Notarius, BS/MBA '13 Orrange and his wife, Mary Beth, are also active supporters of Dreams from the Heart Camp, which provides a summer camp experience for kids with congenital heart disease. To learn more about the camp and the Orranges' involvement, visit http://bit.ly/orrange. William Hamlen Jr. William Hamlen Jr., associate professor of finance and managerial economics, also retired in May after 40 years with the School of Hamlen Management. Hamlen mainly taught economics to undergraduates and MBAs, and his research included studies on the economics of superstardom, specifically how increases in ability lead to greater than proportional increases in pay. Hamlen also has published research on the economics of revenue sharing in the National Football League. In addition to serving as chair of the Undergraduate Program committee from 1995 to 2001, Hamlen has been a resource to local media for his economics expertise. At a retirement luncheon in his honor, Dean Arjang Assad, Professor Larry Sanders and others shared stories of Hamlen's teaching, research and his easygoing yet forthright personality. The most common recollections, however, were of Hamlen's talents as a guitar player, singer and composer, from his popping in a tape of one of his recordings to demonstrate a hypothesis that high pitched voices were the secret to popular music success to his performance at the faculty talent show. Kee Chung, chair of the Finance and Managerial Economics Department, was traveling the day of the reception, but sent in a written note that Dean Assad read on his behalf. After recounting several anecdotes about his experiences working with Hamlen, Chung summarized: "Bill has been a wonderful colleague and has contributed immensely to the FAME Department with his exceptional character. We valued his judgment and opinion when making many critical departmental decisions because we trusted his integrity, conscientiousness and sense of fairness." He then thanked Hamlen for his invaluable contributions, "which helped shape our department into what it is today." Multimedia bonus: If you're interested in hearing Bill play guitar and sing some of his original songs, visit his music Web page at www.reverbnation.com/billhamlen or scan the QR code at right with a reader app on your mobile device. x Autumn 2013 Buffalo Business 7