Vincentian Business Professor Inspires
Students
Larry
Boone, Ph.D., and Associate Professor of Management says that
teaching at St. John’s University has allowed him to achieve
professional fulfillment while enabling him “to integrate my
interest in business management with my commitment to Vincentian
service.”
Appointed to the Peter J. Tobin College of
Business (TCB) faculty in 1987 after a distinguished career in
industry, Dr. Boone has chalked up an impressive array of
achievements during his 23 years here.
In 2006, he became Director of TCB’s acclaimed Executive-in-Residence
Program (EIRP). Created in 1977 to provide outstanding
undergraduate and graduate business students with coveted
opportunities to gain real-life consulting experience with
corporations, the program has doubled its size under Dr.
Boone.
In addition, EIRP participants have steadily earned a reputation
for hard work and for producing creative, solution-based
strategies. As proof of this, Dr. Boone reports that “More and more
senior managers are requesting our students’ input.”
Under Dr. Boone’s leadership, EIRP’s mandate has been expanded to
include consulting for not-for-profit organizations. The recipient
of the Vincentian Mission Award in 2009,
he states, “I’m always looking for ways to connect EIRP’s
services withservices with the University’s Vincentian
mission.” EIRP’s recent roster of clients includes Goldman Sachs,
Ridgewood Savings Bank, Pfizer, the Developmental Disabilities
Institute (DDI), Goodwill Industries and United Cerebral Palsy,
Suffolk County.
In 2006, EIRP was exported to the Rome campus, ensuring that
TCB graduate students in Italy also have access to comparable
hands-on consulting opportunities. These students work with local
Italian organizations and U.S. multinationals with overseas
offices.
Reflecting his dedication to preparing students to think
analytically and critically and to improving their written
communication skills, Dr. Boone has helped the TCB Alumni Office
institute an annual Business Plan Competition, The
contest, judged by prominent alumni entrepreneurs, awards cash
prizes based on the feasibility, thoroughness and creativity of
student submitted business plans. Prizes range from $2,000 to
$6,000 and are made possible by
James W. Christmas’70 CBA.
For the past three years, Dr. Boone has made time to teach
leadership and management skills to aspiring deacons at the
Rockville Center Diocese’s Seminary. He also has taken part in New
Pastor Management and International Priest Acculturation training
for more than 15 years. In addition, he is one of the writers of
The Vincentian Center for Church and Society’s book, A Concise
Guide to Catholic Church Management, recently published by Ave
Maria Press.
By showing that business interests can be combined with Vincentian
activities, Dr. Boone is an inspirational role model for his
students. They cite his professionalism, initiative and strong
sense of ethics.
“Dr. Boone has helped mold me into an entrepreneurial
selfentrepreneurial self-starter,” said Sanya Makhani ‘10TCB,
‘12TCB — a past EIRP participant who is now Dr. Boone’s graduate
assistant. “He has given me the confidence to approach business
issues with enthusiasm and passion.” She added, “I hope some day to
be able to use everything I’ve learned from him and make him
proud.”