Arthur J. Keown

Dr. Keown is an Alumni Distinguished Professor and the R. B. Pamplin Professor of Finance, currently teaching Introduction to Finance to undergraduate students. In 201, he was named to be one of 10 Alumni Distinguished Professors on campus and was the first and only Alumni Distinguished Professor in the Pamplin College of Business. He is a member of the Academy of Teaching Excellence. He has won several excellence awards at Virginia Tech including the Certificate of Teaching Excellence (5 times), W.E. Wine Award for Teaching Excellence and the Alumni Teaching Excellence Award. He received the first Pylon Away for Honor from the Student Government Association and has been honored by the State of Virginia by receiving the Outstanding Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching and Service.