Charles Crespy has been appointed dean of the University of New Mexico’s ASM Provost Brian L. Foster announced today. Crespy, a four-time alumnus of UNM, currently serves as J.P. Morgan Chase Professor and dean of the College of Business at the University of Texas at El Paso. Crespy is slated to begin at the Anderson Schools on August 1, 2004.
“I am very excited about appointing Charles Crespy to the Dean’s position at the Anderson Schools,” said Foster. “He brings rich experience to the position. Dr. Crespy has been a dean, a department chair, and a successful faculty member. He has an extensive background in Latin America and he has the vision and demonstrated leadership skills needed to guide the Anderson Schools. His record at UTEP is very impressive. He is the right person to lead ASM.”
Crespy says he is impressed with the university’s strategic direction and ASM’s efforts to prepare the next generation of business leaders for lives of responsible citizenship and skilled stewardship of the state’s resources. “That said, I think that we can enhance ASM’s role in fostering economic development in New Mexico by building on the state’s comparative advantages.
Crespy earned a doctorate in international management in 1984; an M.A. in Latin American Studies and an MBA in business administration in 1977; and a bachelor of university studies in 1974, all from UNM.
At UTEP since 2001, he has led a team of more than 60 full time faculty, including 13 endowed chairs and professors. He spearheaded development of the college’s first Ph.D. program (in International Business) and launched an accelerated, executive MBA program. He raised more than $750,000 for a student center in the College of Business, which held its groundbreaking in April.
Before assuming the deanship at UTEP, Crespy spent 18 years at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He chaired Miami’s Marketing Department at the Richard T. Farmer School of Business—the ninth largest business school in America. He has taught abroad on multiple occasions through Miami University in England, Luxembourg, Austria and Spain and has served as a consultant to the U.S. Academy for Educational Development. He was first sensitized to international issues through study in Quito, Ecuador at UNM’s branch campus; he stayed on in Ecuador for two years to teach in a private school.
Crespy’s managerial experience includes a stint as a group product manager for Del Monte Corporation in Mexico, regional chair of the Academy of International Business, board president of Transitional Living Inc. in Ohio, and interim director of Graduate Programs in Public Administration at Clark University in Massachusetts.
Crespy’s research interests include business ethics and international business. He has co-authored two books and more than 40 journal and proceedings articles.
He was appointed to the Texas Border Trade Advisory Committee in 2002 and currently serves on the board of directors for the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, the El Paso United Way and the El Paso Better Business Bureau.
“As a New Mexican I’m thrilled to return home. As an alumnus I am proud to join the ranks of this distinguished group of scholars and to work with the dynamic leadership team of the university. UNM’s star is clearly on the rise.”
Contact: Steve Carr (505) 277-1821
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