July 26, 2007
The Board of Trustees of St. John’s University has elected Steven Papamarcos,
Ph.D., as the new Dean of The Peter J. Tobin College of
Business at St. John’s University effective immediately. He
succeeds Dr. Richard Highfield who recently stepped down as Dean to
return as a member of the faculty.
“I am very excited about the opportunities at the Tobin
College,” said Dr. Papamarcos. “Our mission at Tobin is to develop
men and women of character able to lead the way in today’s rapidly
globalizing economy. With campuses in Queens, Manhattan, Staten
Island and Rome, Italy, we prepare students with state-of-the-art
problem-solving, communications, and leadership skills benefiting
all stakeholders. It is an honor to be a small part of their
lives.”
Recognized for Excellence in Graduate Teaching by St. John’s
University in 2006, Dr. Papamarcos also received The Tobin
College’s Outstanding Research Contribution Award this past
year.
An established global leader and innovator in service-learning
and economic development, Dr. Papamarcos, 53, has spearheaded some
20 large-scale projects at St. John’s in these areas of
concentration. His work has appeared or been profiled in the New
York Times and The Wall Street Journal, as well as on ABC’s Good
Morning America, WCBS and WINS radio.
“I am delighted Steve has accepted the deanship of our
prestigious Peter J. Tobin College of Business,” said Rev. Donald
J. Harrington, C.M., President of St. John's University.
“He has been a valued and productive member of the department since
1997, and I wish him well as he assumes this new and important
position in leading our faculty and students to future
success.”
Dr. Papamarcos has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to
St. John’s and the University’s Mission Statement. Among other
contributions, he served as co-chair of the Vincentian Mission
Committee for the University’s 2006 Middle States re-accreditation
and has been a Senior Fellow of the Vincentian Center for Church
and Society since 2001.
Prior to his tenure at St. John’s, Dr. Papamarcos taught at
Baruch College of CUNY and served on the corporate staff of the
Penn Central Corporation, as a Vice President of the
Oppenheimer-Palmieri Fund and as a Managing Director of BlueWater
American, a private equity firm.
He and his wife Karen Nelson live in Skillman, New Jersey.
For more information regarding The Peter J. Tobin College of
Business contact Communication Manager Jennifer Vacchio at (718)
990-6218 or e-mail inquires to vacchioj@stjohns.edu.
Interested media representatives can contact Dominic Scianna,
Director of Media Relations at St. John’s University by calling
(718) 990-6185 or e-mail requests to sciannad@stjohns.edu.