Professor Emeritus, Finance & Business Law
Year Started at JMU: 1976, 1981
thomasds@jmu.edu
Contact Info

• J.D.  The Washington and Lee School of Law 

• M.B.A. 
James Madison University
• B.A.   Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• Adolph Coors Business Professorship 1995-present.
• Continuing Education, American Graduate School of International Management; Thunderbird
• Caseworker, Legal Assistance Program, Federal Corrections Institute for Women, Alderson, West Virginia.
• Caseworker, Legal Aid Society, Lexington, VA
• Aid to the Dean of Minority Affairs, Washington & Lee University
• Aid to Director of Admissions, Virginia Tech
• Assistant Director of Admissions, James Madison University

• 1981-2020, Professor, James Madison University

• James Madison University Distinguished Service Award, College of Business, 2009
• Co-Director and Co- Founder of  the CyberCity Summer Program, honors include:
  • Technology summer program for underrepresented middle and high school students  from Virginia and regionally
  • The CyberCity Technology Summer Program at James Madison University received one of four 2008 ABET President’s Awards for Diversity from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. ABET is the most highly regarded Engineer and Technical Society in America.
  • The summer program has also been recognized twice by the Shenandoah Valley Technology Council and received the Innovation in Higher Education Award in 2009. 
• James Madison University Community Service Award College of Business, 2007
• James Madison University Favorite Teacher Award, student athletes, 2010
• University Diversity Enhancement Award. Office on Diversity at James Madison University, January 2008
• College of Business Community Service Award, 2005

• Commissioner, Harrisonburg Electric Commission
• Community Service Board , Chairperson
• The Harrisonburg/Rockingham Community Foundation, Board member
• The Sunnyside Communities, Board member
• Jamestown/Yorktown Foundation Board of Trustees, Foundation Board member, former vice chair of marketing
• Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board, former board member