John A. Allison, former chairman and chief executive at BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., has returned to academia.
Allison was recently named executive in residence for the BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism, which operates as part of Wake Forest University's School of Business, according
Allison, who joined the university's program on Nov. 1, retired earlier this year as
The new appointment also marks a return to Wake Forest for Allison, who briefly served as a professor at the business school after retiring from BB&T in 2009. He has also written books on
Allison,