Luís María R. Calingo, Ph.D. has been appointed dean of the John Carroll University John M and Mary Jo Boler School of Business. The announcement of this appointment was made today by John Carroll University's Academic Vice President, Dr. David La Guardia. Dr. Calingo is currently dean of the College of Business Administration and Professor of International Business at California State University, Long Beach, (CSULB), California. He is also the immediate past chair of the California State University (CSU) Association of Business Deans, which coordinates the academic leadership initiatives of the 23 business schools in the CSU system.
“I am excited about this opportunity to steer the already excellent Boler School of Business to higher levels of excellence,” said Dr. Calingo. “I am particularly enthusiastic about being affiliated with John Carroll University, which is known for its best-in-class graduation rate, close-knit campus community and the Catholic and Jesuit commitment to social justice.”
According to David La Guardia, “Selecting a new dean for a school of business is a delicate enterprise. John Carroll is especially pleased to appoint Dr. Calingo as the new dean of the Boler School as he brings to us a wealth of experience and knowledge that will enhance the programs, the curriculum and the fine reputation of the Boler School. I look forward to his arrival.”
Over the past 10 years, Dr. Calingo has held senior administrative positions in higher education in Asia and the United States. As chief executive officer of the College of Business Administration, serving approximately 5,000 students and employing 150 full-time equivalent faculty and staff, Dr. Calingo led CSULB's efforts to have its AACSB accreditation status changed from continuing review to reaffirmation. He has also led collaborative efforts,involving five other colleges at CSULB, to establish new interdisciplinary academic programs.
His distinctive administrative competencies are in strategic planning, assessment, external relations, fund-raising, development of interdisciplinary academic programs, and creation of institutional linkages. As business dean at CSU in Fresno, he actively contributed to the university's efforts to secure the first school naming endowment ($10
million) in the California State University system. In 1992, this major gift was one of the 20 largest single gifts to a U.S. business school and was the largest gift in the history of the CSU system. Also under his leadership, CSULB created the Ukleja Center for Ethical Leadership, whose $2.5 million endowment is the largest single gift to any academic program in Long Beach.
Dr. Calingo holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, an M.U.R.P. from the University of the Philippines and a B.S. from the College of Engineering, University of the Philippines.
Dr. Calingo's professional interests are servant leadership, strategic planning, total quality management, and international business with a focus on Southeast Asia. He has made more than 80 intellectual contributions (including books, journal articles, book chapters, and conference presentations) and served as a reviewer for various scholarly journals and professional associations. He also wrote the first internationally distributed textbook in Asian business strategy, Strategic Management in the Asian Context (John Wiley & Sons, 1997). His expertise in strategic planning and total quality management has been recognized nationally through his appointment, since 1997, to the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the highest award for performance excellence achieved by U.S. organizations.
John Carroll University, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a liberal arts university grounded in the Jesuit, Catholic tradition. The university has some 3,350 plus undergraduates and just over 750 graduate students. The U.S. News & World Report's 2006 annual college guide ranks John Carroll University among the top 10 master's-degree granting universities in the Midwest and first in average graduation rate. Originally founded as St. Ignatius College in 1886, the university was renamed in 1923 to honor America's first Catholic bishop, John Carroll of Maryland. John Carroll is one of 28 Jesuit colleges and universities located in the United States.
