For the past 35 years, Louis E. Boone and David L. Kurtz have pursued distinguished academic careers. Each has taught at a number of major U.S. and foreign universities and the two have collaborated in writing best-selling books. Their publications have been translated into Chinese, French, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish. They have lectured extensively throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Boone and his wife live in Mobile, Alabama, where he is an emeritus professor of business at the University of South Alabama and where his collection of Barbizon art, among the finest in the United States, is now part of the permanent collection of the Mobile Museum of Art.
David L. Kurtz has taught at a number of major U.S. and foreign universities, and collaborated on writing best-selling books with Louis E. Boone. Their publications have been translated into Chinese, French, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish. Kurtz has lectured extensively throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He and his wife live in Rogers, Arkansas, where he holds a university professorship at the University of Arkansas in nearby Fayetteville. Fortunately, four years at Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia, turned him around. Excellent instructors helped get Dave on a sound academic footing. His grade point average soared--enough to get him accepted by the graduate business school at the University of Arkansas, where he met Gene Boone. Gene and Dave became longtime co-authors; together they have produced more than 50 books. In addition to writing, Dave and Gene have been partners in several entrepreneurial ventures. Today, Dave is back teaching at the University of Arkansas after tours of duty in Ypsilanti, Michigan; Seattle, Washington; and Melbourne, Australia. He is the proud grandfather of five "perfect" kids and a sportsman with a golf handicap too high to mention. Dave, his wife, Diane, and four demanding canine companions (Daisy, Lucy, Molly, and Sally) live in Rogers, Arkansas. Dave also holds a distinguished professorship at the Sam M. Walton College of Business in nearby Fayetteville, home of the Arkansas Razorbacks.
