"Aplin taught both the introductory course in business management and the capstone course in business strategy. His introductory course became one of the largest at Cornell, enrolling upwards of 800 students. The size of the class exceeded the capacity of traditional lecture halls, prompting the use of "TV rooms" where students watched his lectures via video. Aplin also innovated by assembling a team of undergraduate teaching assistants, a model that enhanced student engagement."
"He was selected as one of the inaugural recipients of the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow Award, honoring distinguished faculty who demonstrated a sustained commitment to undergraduate education. In the late 1990s, the Richard Aplin Teaching Excellence Fund was established by alumnus J. Patrick Mulcahy '66, MBA '67. The fund is intended to support masters and doctoral students in the applied economics and management field at the Dyson School with financial aid and research funding."
Richard "Doc" Aplin died Sept. 17 in Exeter, New Hampshire, at age 96. He served nearly four decades at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, joining as a professor of marketing in 1956 and earning his doctorate in 1959. He retired in 1995 and was named emeritus professor. Aplin taught both introductory business management and capstone business strategy courses; his introductory course enrolled upwards of 800 students, requiring video "TV rooms" and a team of undergraduate teaching assistants. He was an inaugural Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow. An alumnus established the Richard Aplin Teaching Excellence Fund to support graduate students with financial aid and research funding.
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