Whitman dean joins Aflac board

SYRACUSE — The dean of Syracuse University’s management school is now a member of the board of directors at Aflac, Inc., a Fortune 500 company based in Columbus, Ga.

SU announced Melvin Stith’s appointment to the Aflac board Monday. His term began May 7.

Stith is dean of the university’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management. Aflac provides insurance to more than 50 million people around the world.

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Stith has previously served on the boards of GMAC, Florida Endowment Fund, JM Family Enterprises Youth Automotive Training Center, Tallahassee State Bank, Correctional Services Corp., Corporate and Estate Analysis, Inc., Keebler Foods Co., Sprint/United Telephone Florida, and Rexall Sundown, Inc. He has been dean at the Whitman School since 2005.

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