UM School of Business Administration Dean Larry Gianchetta, Treasured Teacher and Gifted Leader, Announces Retirement

Larry Gianchetta, dean of the UM School of Business Administration, is retiring at the end of the 2015-16 school year. His UM career began in 1975, when he joined the faculty as an assistant professor. After 41 years, 30 years of those as dean, Dean Gianchetta has left an indelible mark on UM. Mary Ellen Campbell, professor emerita of marketing, shares the dean’s legacy of philanthropy.

I have known and worked with Larry Gianchetta for over 30 years. He was my department chair, my dean and, more importantly, a treasured colleague.

Larry has always had an unparalleled enthusiasm for teaching. Wherever you go, you will find alumni who revere him for the magical "a-ha!" moments he created in his statistics classes. As dean, he shaped SoBA into one of the best business schools in the region.

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