University of Toronto -- Division of University Advancement -- The Campaign (1997-2004) --Chairs

Professor Olav Sorenson

Olav Sorenson joins the Rotman School as the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair in Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship and a professor of strategic management. Professor Sorenson�s primary line of research concerns economic geography. Prof. Sorenson studied economics and sociology at Harvard College, where he received his A.B. He then went on to receive M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in sociology from Stanford University. Prior to joining the Rotman School, he taught at the London Business School, the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the University of Chicago.

Professor of Business Economics Maryann Feldman was the first Chair in Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship until April 2006.

The Chair in Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship advances thinking, teaching and research in engineering at U of T. Jeffrey Skoll, electrical engineering alumnus and first president of eBay, gave $1.5 million to create the chair in 2000, a gift that U of T matched. Skoll gave a total of $4.5 million to establish this joint Rotman/Engineering chair, and two other chairs in engineering at the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. The remaining funds assisted with the construction of the Bahen Center for Information Technology at U of T.

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