21 May 2011
The University of Miami School of Business Administration selected a new dean to start Aug. 1: marketing specialist Eugene “Gene” W. Anderson.
Anderson is the senior associate dean for academic affairs and professor of marketing at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He has worked in administration at the University of Michigan for 20 years.
Until he arrives, Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa will continue as interim dean for the business school, the University of Miami said in a statement.
At Michigan's Ross School, Anderson has served in key roles, developing the school’s first Executive MBA program and revising the core curriculum for the full-time MBA program. In 2009, he was tasked as the school’s first academic director for Action-Based Learning, where he has partnered with more than 100 corporations, startups, and non-governmental organizations on projects focused on growth, innovation, sustainability and social enterprise.
“Today’s students are looking beyond traditional careers, and Gene Anderson is an expert in applying business education principles to connect the dots between disciplines and industries,” said University of Miami President Donna E. Shalala in the statement. “He will be able to quickly build on the School of Business’ strengths and global profile and, working with our excellent faculty, take it to the next level.”
Anderson received a doctorate degree from the University of Chicago, and his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, all in business administration.
"I believe the opportunities for the School going forward are tremendous,” Anderson said in the University of Miami statement. “It is well positioned to become the business school best integrated with its home university, best engaged with business and society, and best connected with international business -- especially the fast-growing markets of Latin America."
The University of Miami School of Business Administration is a sponsor of WorldCity’s CEO Club.
For the full statement on Anderson’s appointment, click here.