Daniel Bumblauskas (’03, ’06, ’10) is a member of the ISU Alumni Association's Board of Directors, as well as a dean and professor at the Drury University Breech School of Business.
Why is education important to you?
Part of the reason I became a professor was to have an impact on students; watching my students grow both personally and professionally and have success in their careers and personal lives is extremely rewarding.
What is on your must-read list?
One of my favorite books is “A Beautiful Mind,” but what I’m mostly reading right now are books on artificial intelligence. At the top of my list is “Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI” by Ethan Mollick, which we’re reading together as a group at Drury.
What are the most beloved and oddest objects in your office?
I always had a bunch of sports artifacts from when I was in high school and college: hockey pucks, golf balls, stuff like that. Now I have a couple of tournament champion, runner up banners, medals, and hats from coaching my boys at hockey; items like these are my most cherished.
The most peculiar thing in my office: I have been to like a million conferences over the years, both for industry and academia. So, I have one drawer that is filled with name badges. It’s kind of neat and amazing and also ridiculous that I kept them all.