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Mr. Alan Burns
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M.B.A., Golden Gate University
M.S.O.R., Naval Port Graduate School
B.Ch.E., Georgia Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor of Business
Email: aburns@leeuniversity.edu
Website: Not Available
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Burns graduated from Georgia Tech with a bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering. He also received a Masters of Science in Operations Research/Systems Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School and a MBA from Golden Gate University.
Prior to coming to Lee, Burns served in the U.S. Navy for 10 years as a Naval Flight Officer flying F-4 Phantoms while serving on the USS Forrestal and the USS Nimtz. He has owned his own business and has work experience in the real estate and financial planning arenas.
He joined the Business Department faculty in 1979 and enjoys teaching Introduction to Business, Personal Finance, Principles of Investments, Principles of Risk Management and Insurance, Production Operations Management, and Quantitative Methods.
Alan enjoys working with students and he has been honored with the Business Department’s Advising Award. His research interests are in the areas of personal financial planning and the effects of tax law changes on small businesses and individuals.
Alan Burns calls Smyrna, Ga. his hometown and is married to his high school sweetheart, Faye, who is also from Smyrna. They have two daughters, Ashley and Andrea, who are both Lee University graduates as is Faye. Ashley is married to Chris Fox, also a Lee graduate, and they have one daughter, Jordan.
Alan’s hobbies include traveling, financial planning, playing the stock market, flying, and playing with his granddaughter. Alan considers himself to be both a family man and patriot, extremely devoted to Lee University, his family and nation.
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