Editor's Corner: The Epitome of Colleague—Clyde D. Stoltenberg—September 14, 1947–July 24, 2013

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/ablj.12018
• Author: Robert C. Bird
• Published date: 01 December 2013
• Date: 01 December 2013

Editor’s Corner: The Epitome of Colleague—

Clyde D. Stoltenberg—September 14, 1947–

July 24, 2013

Robert C. Bird*

The definition of a colleague is difficult to pin down. A colleague encour-

ages us to do our best work. A colleague is someone who listens and helps

his peers. A colleague collaborates, supports, and recognizes others as

equals. “A good definition is almost impossible, but you know one when

you see one. The connection is almost immediate. You know it’s going to

be a good day because you will be seeing that colleague.”1Clyde

Stoltenberg was the embodiment of these collegial virtues.

Clyde graduated with a degree in the classics from the University of

Iowa, earned a graduate degree from the Columbia University School of

International Affairs, and completed a law degree from Harvard Law

School. After practicing law in Illinois, Clyde taught as a professor of

business law for almost twenty years at the University of Kansas. Clyde also

taught at the University of Texas at San Antonio, California State

University,L ong Beach, and in locations abroad. In 2008, Clyde joined the

faculty at Wichita State University as the W. Frank Barton Distinguished

Chair and Associate Director of the Center for International Business

Advancement. Clyde’s specialty was international business, publishing not

*Associate Professor of Business Law and Northeast Utilities Chair in Business Ethics, School

of Business, University of Connecticut.

1Maria Shine Stewart, What Is a Colleague?,INSIDE HIGHER ED( Jan. 18, 2013), http://

www.insidehighered.com/advice/2013/01/18/what-makes-good-colleague-academics-weigh

-essay (citing an anonymous speaker).

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