George T. Solomon, Ph.D.

Bio

Dr. Solomon is currently the Director for the Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence (CFEE) and Associate Professor of Management, The George Washington University, School of Business.  In 2008, Dr. Solomon has been awarded the National Innovator Teaching Pedagogy Award at the United States Association for Small Business (USASBE) Conference. Dr. Solomon is the Past President of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) and the International Council for Small Business (ICSB).  .From 1976 until 2004, Dr. Solomon held various managerial positions at the SBA including Director of the Office of Special Initiatives and Deputy Associate Administrator for Business Initiatives Education and Training where he managed a staff of six to fifteen professionals.

Dr. Solomon has published and edited over 130 articles, books of readings, book chapters, reference materials and proceedings articles in both the areas of Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management and Organizational Behavior & Dynamics.  He is a colleague of the Creative Education Foundation, a Justin G. Longenecker Fellow of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Small Business Institute Director's Association and a Wilford White Fellow of the ICSB.  He serves as chair for both the Wilford L. White and Justin G. Longenecker Fellows. He is one of only four individuals in the United States to be so honored by all three organizations.

In 2008, the Acton Foundation honored him as one of 28 outstanding entrepreneurship educators and the Emerald Literati Network designated his article “An Examination of Entrepreneurship education in the United States” for its Highly Commended Award.  Dr. Solomon serves as the Academy of Management’s Best Paper Proceedings Editor from 2007-2009.

In 1984, he was one of five federal employees worldwide to receive the Arthur S. Flemming award for excellence in government management.  In 1986 and 1993, he received the George Washington Freedom Medal in Economic Education from the Freedom Foundation.  Dr. Solomon has been elected to Beta Gamma Sigma and Delta Mu Delta, National Business Honor Societies and Omicron Delta Kappa, National Honor Leadership Society.

He was awarded the Small Business Institute Director Association's Distinguished Service Award in 1988.  In 1997, the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship selected Dr. Solomon as the “Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year” for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.   In 1996, Dr. Solomon and two colleagues were awarded the Best Graduate Entrepreneurship Program in the United States from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Since 1974, Dr. Solomon has worked with, advised and consulted with over 200 small business owner mangers and entrepreneurs on a variety of topics ranging from marketing to cash flow analysis.  Dr. Solomon has delivered major speeches and workshops world wide and has worked with a number of well known national and international organizations on developing strategies to assist small and medium entrepreneurial enterprises.

Dr. Solomon received his Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) from The George Washington University School of Government and Business Administration, 1982, with a major in Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management and Organizational Behavior & Development.  He was the first individual at that time, to receive a doctorate in entrepreneurship/small business management from a major accredited school of business.  He received his: (MBA) from Suffolk University in 1972; (BBS) from Central Connecticut State University in 1971 and (AS) from Norwalk Community College in 1969.