Thomas B. Cooke, Distinguished Teaching Professor
Professor Tom Cooke of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University serves the Academic Director for Fundamentals of Business and has been involved in this unique program for high school students since its inception. Professor Cooke specializes in the Legal Environment of Business and Federal Income Taxation. Professor Cooke's current research focuses on federal tax law changes, ethics and professional responsibility and tax practice and procedure. He has also authored a number of articles on legal liability, tax ethics and the various tax acts.
Professor Cooke is also the Editor of The Federal Tax Alert and The Tax Client Newsletter.
At The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, Professor Cooke teaches courses in Business Law: The Legal Environment of Business and Federal Income Taxation. Professor Cooke serves as a faculty co-director of the McDonough Business School's Global Experience Vietnam program. The program is available to second year MBA students.
A member of The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University faculty since 1976, Professor Cooke has been named a Distinguished Teaching Professor. In 1996, Professor Cooke was awarded the Georgetown University Vicennial Medal. He is also a recipient of the Georgetown University Distinguished Teaching Award.
Prior to joining The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University faculty, Professor Cooke served as both an Assistant State's Attorney and Assistant Public Defender for Montgomery County, Maryland.
Professor Cooke is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Society of Tax Professionals. He is also a member of many professional associations, including the Maryland State Bar Association, DC. Bar Associations, and American Business Law Association.
Education
- M.L.T. (1985) Georgetown University Law Center,
- LL.M. (1976) Georgetown University Law Center,
- J.D. (1974) Georgetown University Law Center,
- B.A. (1971) Villanova University
Douglas M. McCabe, Professor
Dr. Douglas M. McCabe is Professor of Labor Relations, Human Resource Management, and Organizational Behavior at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. He is the author of more than 200 articles, papers, monographs, and speeches presented at professional and scholarly meetings in the field of employee relations. He is also an active domestic and international consultant.
Considered by the media to be an expert in his field, Dr. McCabe has appeared more than 200 times on international, national, and local television and radio as the networks have sought his views on critical issues in employee relations.
His television credits include being interviewed on “ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings”; “NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw”; “CBS Evening News with Dan Rather”; “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer”; and CNN’s “Crossfire” and “Inside Politics.”
His print media credits include being quoted in Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Chicago Sun-times, Chicago Tribune, The Milwaukee Journal, and The Detroit News.
Dr. McCabe is a premier executive education professor. He has conducted more than 250 management development programs on the area of employee relations. Also, he is a member of the American Arbitration Associate. He holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Furthermore, Dr. McCabe is twice the Recipient of the Joseph F. LeMoine Award for Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching Excellence. He is also Associate Editor for International Management of the Journal of Business Ethics and he serves on 23 Editorial Boards of scholarly and professional journals.
In addition to learning from Professor McCabe and Professor Cooke, Fundamentals of Business students will also have the opportunity to hear engaging, insightful lectures from other prominent faculty in Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.
