December 6, 2007 - (ATLANTA, GA) - Ephraim McLean, Regents' Professor and George E. Smith Eminent Scholar's Chair in Computer Information Systems at the Robinson College of Business, was selected as this year's LEO Award recipient for a lifetime of exceptional achievement in information systems.

The LEO Award, which was established in 1999 by the Association for Information Systems and the International Conference on Information Systems, honors outstanding individuals who have contributed to the information systems community. Honorees are scholars or practitioners who have significantly advanced knowledge or insight into their field and have consistently contributed new and compelling research throughout their career.
 
McLean has published more than 135 articles and is the co-author of several textbooks including Information Technology for Management (Wiley, 6th ed., 2007), for several years the second-largest selling information systems textbook in the world. In addition, he has served as a consultant to such firms as the IBM Corporation, General Electric Company, BellSouth and Citibank. McLean is a member of the board of directors of the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra and the Clan Maclean Heritage Trust, and is past president of the St. Andrews Society of Atlanta. Prior to joining the Robinson faculty, he taught at MIT's Sloan School of Management and UCLA's Anderson School of Business.