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B. Joseph White

President Emeritus of the University of Illinois and
James F. Towey Professor of Business and Leadership

Educational Background

Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Michigan, 1975
M.B.A., Harvard University, 1971
B.A., Georgetown University, 1969

Positions Held

Member, Advisory Council, Depression and Resiliency Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012 to present
Director, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2006 to present
Director, Catholic Theological Union, 2011-2012
Dean Emeritus, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 2005-2012
Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 2005-2012
Director, National Merit Scholarship Corporation, 2007-2009
Director, American Council on Education, 2006-2009
President, University of Illinois, 2005-2009
Director, Argonne National Laboratory, 2005-2009
Wilbur K. Pierpont Collegiate Professor of Leadership in Management Education, University of Michigan, 1995-2004
Managing Director, Fred Alger Management, Inc., 2003
Interim President, University of Michigan, 2002
President, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, 1993-2001
Associate Dean, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 1987-1990
Vice President - Personnel & Public Affairs, Cummins, Inc., 1981-1987
Associate and Assistant Professor, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 1975-1980

Recent Publications

White, B., Prywes, Y. 2007. The Nature of Leadership. New York: AMACOM.

White, B., Cole, R., Bacdayan, P. 1995. Quality, Participation and Competitiveness. In R.E. Cole (Ed.), The Death and Life of the American Quality Movement, 59-76. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

White, B. 1994. Developing Leaders for the High Performance Workplace. Human Resource Management, 33: 161-168

Service Activities

AACSB Accreditation Committee, Stanford Business School, 2009

Teaching and Research Interests

Corporate Governance, Leadership and Management

 

Contact Information:

4027 Business Instructional Facility
(217) 244-1947
bjwhite@illinois.edu


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