B. Joseph White
| B. Joseph White | |
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B. Joseph White, President Emeritus of the University of Illinois and James F. Towey Professor of Business and Leadership, University of Illinois file photo
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| 16th President of the University of Illinois | |
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In office January 31, 2005 – December 31, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | James J. Stukel |
| Succeeded by | Stanley Ikenberry (announced as interim president on 10/3/09) |
| Personal details | |
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April 6, 1947 Detroit, Michigan |
| Spouse(s) | Mary White |
| Alma mater |
Georgetown University, Harvard Business School, University of Michigan Ross School of Business |
| Profession |
Academic Businessperson |
Bernard Joseph White (born April 6, 1947) is president emeritus of the University of Illinois and James F. Towey Professor of Business and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is dean emeritus of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and professor emeritus of business administration at the University of Michigan, where he also served as interim president, and Wilbur K. Pierpont Collegiate Professor of Leadership in Management Education. He is the author of The Nature of Leadership and Boards That Excel: Candid Insights and Practical Advice for Directors.Boards That Excel was named Governance Book of the Year for 2014 by Directors and Boards.
White graduated magna cum laude from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1969. He then earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and a doctorate in business administration from the University of Michigan.
White began his faculty career at Michigan in 1975. He served from 1981–1987 as an officer of Cummins Inc. in Columbus, Indiana, first as vice president for management development and then as vice president for personnel and public affairs. He returned to the University of Michigan in 1987 and was appointed dean of the business school in 1991. He was appointed Wilbur K. Pierpont Collegiate Professor of Leadership in Management Education and served as a dean for a decade. In 2002, he was appointed interim president of the University of Michigan. In 2003, he worked at Fred Alger Management Co., an asset management firm in New York City. He returned to Michigan where he was a faculty member in the Life Sciences Institute. In 2005, he was appointed president of the University of Illinois and was named president emeritus in 2010. He is a faculty member of the College of Business where he is the James F. Towey Professor of Business and Leadership. He has served on the boards of directors of Gordon Food Service, Equity Residential, Kelly Services, M Financial and the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
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