Navy Under Secretary to head Stevens’ prestigious Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management
HOBOKEN, N.J. —Stevens Institute of Technology’s President, Dr. Harold J. Raveche, has announced the selection of a new dean for the institute’s Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management.
The Hon. Jerry MacArthur Hultin, Under Secretary of the Navy, has accepted the position as dean. Hultin and Raveche addressed members of the Stevens community during the formal announcement of the appointment May 2 at Stevens.
"In his role as Under Secretary, Jerry Hultin has been immersed in exploring the best business practices around the world, including the innovative uses of technology to achieve organizational goals," said President Raveche.
"He has successfully brought these practices to the Navy and Marine Corps team, resulting in its enterprise-wide business reform program, which has infused outstanding private sector practices into the management of our country’s defense.
"Now, the Under Secretary will bring his insights, knowledge and diverse experience to bear again — this time for students, the brightest hope for our nation — by leading one of the most cutting-edge, fast-growing and dynamic educational resources for management in the country, the Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management. His expertise will be put to excellent use at Stevens to keep America thriving through the education and training of college students and experienced executives."
Hultin will begin initial work with Stevens in mid-August as he prepares for the transition. In the 2000-2001 academic year, he will replace the school’s retiring dean, Dr. James Tietjen, who plans to continue a close relationship with Stevens after his retirement. Before joining Stevens, Tietjen was President and CEO of Stanford Research Institute International in Palo Alto, Calif., and President and COO of the David Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton, N.J.
Prior to being named Under Secretary of the Navy by President Clinton in 1997, Hultin spent more than 25 years in the private sector. His work included a law practice and work as a consultant in areas involving technology, health care and the environment; chief consultant to the CEO of Sallie Mae, the nation’s largest secondary market for student loans; and the manager of two businesses that developed, manufactured and marketed hydraulic systems throughout the United States and Canada.
Along with the Secretary of the Navy and Assistant Secretaries, Hultin is responsible for the day-to-day executive management of all aspects of the Department of the Navy. Major accomplishments have included conceiving, implementing and playing a leadership role in the Dept. of the Navy’s Revolution in Business Affairs effort, which has brought private-sector business acumen to both the Navy and Marine Corps. This effort included the development of the Navy’s first-ever Business Vision and Goals and a 450,000 seat Navy/Marine Corps Intranet, among other initiatives.
A former naval officer himself, Hultin also led an extensive study of the impact of globalization on national security and naval forces as Under Secretary. This program includes the evaluation of how major advances in communications and computing technologies, along with the rise of the global corporation, are changing the nature of the global economy and national defense.
Hultin received his Juris Doctor degree from Yale University Law School in 1972. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in political science, history and economics, from The Ohio State University in 1964. He served five years on active duty as a naval officer, 1964-69.
As the chief administrator for the Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management, Hultin will be responsible for leadership of Stevens’ newest academic school, formed in 1997. The school is dedicated to perfecting outstanding educational programs that address the essential needs of companies, government and individuals as they manage technology-dependent companies and organizations.
The school supports graduate programs that help bring professional advancement to many working executives. These graduate programs now provide more than 50 percent of Stevens’ graduate credit hours. They include master’s degree programs in four areas: Management, Technology Management, Information Systems and Telecommunications Management. Doctoral programs are offered in Information Management and Technology Management. Adding to a variety of traditional graduate certificate programs, two online graduate certificate programs were introduced this year for the first time, and others are planned for the fall and in 2001.
Undergraduate programs, although a smaller component, are also an important part of the school. Its Bachelor of Engineering degree in Engineering Management is one of only three programs in the nation accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. In addition, in the fall of 2000, a new and unique undergraduate program will be launched: the Bachelor of Science in Business. This program aims to educate a new kind of graduate, one well versed in both business and technology — including e-business — for unparalleled business leadership in today’s world.
For more information on Under Secretary Hultin, the Revolution in Business Affairs, or Navy Globalization study, visit these websites:
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/spa/global.html, http://rba.hq.navy.mil, and http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/people/undersec/undersec.html.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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