WPI School of Business Professor, Frank Hoy was presented with the Max X. Wortman Jr. Award for Lifetime Achievement in Entrepreneurship by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) at its 2014 conference in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 9.
This award recognizes a lifetime in entrepreneurial achievement that encompasses the ideals on entrepreneurial activity. Eligibility extends to members who have engaged in successful venture creation, and to those whose life’s pursuits supported and advocated entrepreneurial ideals.
Director of the Collaboration for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Paul R. Beswick Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at WPI, Hoy was recognized by his peers for playing a leadership role in advancing entrepreneurship education and research. He has been an active member of USASBE for many years and served as its president in 2003. He continues a long, distinguished career spanning three decades, contributing in outstanding ways to education, research, and practice – starting and growing numerous ventures. Additionally, he has published more than 50 academic articles on small business and entrepreneurship, and coauthoring nine books and textbooks.
