Webb, Eugene J., 1933-1995

Webb, a pioneer in the development of research and teaching of organizational behavior in business schools, joined the faculty of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business in 1968. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1956 and taught at Northwestern University before joining the Stanford faculty. At Stanford he was the founding director of the Public Management Program and created and taught innovative courses such as crisis management and philanthrophy. In 1977 he was appointed the Lane professor of organizational behavior. He died in March of 1995.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Eugene J. Webb, a pioneer in the development of research and teaching of organizational behavior in business schools, joined the faculty of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford in 1968. He earned his A.B. at SUNY Albany in 1954 and his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1956; he worked in the advertising industry and then taught at Northwestern University prior to his arrival at Stanford.

At Stanford he was the founding director of the Public Management Program, created and taught many innovative courses, and developed an executive education program for corporate board directors. In addition to his teaching duties, Webb was an associate dean of the Graduate School of Business and served as chairman of the university's Faculty Senate. In 1977 he became the first holder of the Lane Family Professorship in the Business School.

Webb's best known book was Unobstrusive Measures: Nonreactive Research in the Social Sciences. His research interests included philanthropy, altruism, and the effect of deadlines on human behavior.

Webb died in March of 1995.