Dr. Billings served as the founding dean of The University of Alabama in Huntsville College of Business for 26 years. At the end of his deanship the College was ranked number 79 among business schools at public universities. The Carnegie Foundation classified UAH as a High Research Activity University. He raised endowments to support students and faculty. He was the principal investigator on contracts and grants. During his deanship the College funded its first eminent scholar, promoted its first distinguished professor, built a business school building, was accredited by AACSB International, recognized by the National Research Council, and ranked among the top 10 percent of business schools in the U.S.
Prior to joining UAH, he served The University of Georgia as Academic Coordinator of Graduate Business Programs (masters and Ph.D.) and as a member of the Banking and Finance faculty and of the Institute of Government.
He received the Huntsville Rotary Club Vocational Excellence Award. He has been named to Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, and Who's Who in the World.
Dr. Billings has served as a session chair and presenter at meetings of AACSB-International and the Southern Business Association. He served as the founding Convening Dean of the AACSB-International’s Metropolitan Business Schools Affinity Group during 1998 - 2003.
Dr. Billings served on the AACSB Pre-Accreditation Committee and on the Candidacy Committee. During 2000-01 he served as the editor for the revision of the AACSB Pre-Candidacy/Candidacy Manual. He has served as a facilitator for AACSB’s Business Accreditation Seminar, Accreditation Reviewer Training Seminar, and Maintenance of Accreditation Seminar. He has assisted schools with accreditation as a peer review team chair, continuing review team chair, merger monitoring team chair, business accreditation advisor, pre-candidacy advisor, pre-accreditation mentor, candidacy liaison, pre-accreditation liaison, accreditation workshop presenter, and accreditation consultant. Dr. Billings has provided accreditation assistance to more than 60 schools inside and outside the U.S.
