The Tun Abdul Razak Chair

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The newest Tun Abdul Razak chair is Professor Dató Dr. Mohammad Salleh Din. Professor Salleh earned his bachelor's degree in accountancy and an MBA from Miami University (of Ohio). He received his Ph.D. in entrepreneurship and small business from the University of Durham in the United Kingdom and completed post-doctoral work in advanced management at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Salleh is the director of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute at Universiti Utara Malaysia and is a professor of business.

The Razak professor, who is a senior Malaysian scholar selected by the Ministry of Education in consultation with the Razak Council and Ohio, has a two-year residency at Ohio. The Razak Professor conducts seminars for undergraduate and graduate students in his or her respective areas of expertise and organizes an inter national conference on Southeast Asia in the second year.

Tun Abdul Razak was Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1970 to 1976. A chair in his honor was established at Ohio University's Center for Southeast Asia Studies in 1980. The Razak Chair was endowed jointly by a grant from the Malaysian government and matching funds from American firms operating in Malaysia.

Razak Chair Professors

2008 - current	Professor Dató Dr. Mohammad Salleh Din
2005 - 2007	Professor Dato’ Mohamad Abu Bakar , Department of International and Strategic Studies, University of Malaya
2003 - 2005	Professor Dr. Abdul Kadir Din Professor of Tourism, Universiti Utara Malaysia North University of Malaysia)
2001 - 2003	Professor Dato' Dr. Zakaria Ahmad Professor of Political Science, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia)
1997-2000	Professor Dr. Mohamed Sulaiman Professor of Business, Universiti Sains Malaysia (Science University of Malaysia)
1995-1997	Professor Dr. Mohammed bin Yusoff Professor of Economics, Univers iti Putra Malaysia (Agricultural University of Malaysia)
1993-1995	Professor Dato' Dr. Ahmad Mahdzan bin Ayob Professor of Agricultural Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia (Agricultural University of Malaysia)
1991-1993	Professor Dato' Dr. Sham Sani Professor of Geography and former Vice Chancellor of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia)
1989-1991	Professor Datuk Abu Bakar Abdul Hamid Professor of Literature, University of Malaya
1987-1989	Professor Dr. Abdullah bin Hassan Professor of Bahasa Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia (Science University of Malaysia)
1985-1987	Professor Datuk Zainal Abidin bin Abdul Wahid Professor of History, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia)
1983-1985	Professor Puan Sri Datuk Dr. Fatimah Hamid Don Professor of Education, University of Malaya
1981-1982	Professor Dr. Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Professor of Islamic Literature, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia)