Albert J. Simone

Dr. Albert J. Simone became president of Rochester Institute of Technology on Sept. 1, 1992. He is the eighth president in the university’s 177-year history.

Prior to coming to RIT, Dr. Simone was president of the University of Hawaii System and chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Manoa for nine years.

He is an honorary member in the Golden Key National Honor Society from the University of Hawaii and is past chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New York Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities.

A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi, he is the author of several books and numerous journal publications on the application of mathematics, statistics and computers to economics and business. He has served as an editor for major journals and book publishers. He is the founding editor of the scholarly journal Decision Sciences and is a past president and fellow of the Institute of Decision Sciences. Dr. Simone is collecting data and information for a book on higher education, which he expects to write within the next few years.

He was the first American university president to officially visit North Korea, Vietnam, and Vladivostok when these regions were closed to the United States except for cultural and educational exchange.

A native of Boston, Dr. Simone received his B.A. in economics from Tufts University and his Ph.D. in economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Simone has taught at Tufts, MIT, Northeastern University, Boston College, Boston University, University of Cincinnati, and the University of Hawaii. He served as dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Cincinnati from 1972-83.

Dr. Simone is currently the chairman of the Rochester Area Colleges, a consortium of 19 area colleges, both public and private.

Dr. Simone and his wife, Carolie, have four grown children and five grandchildren.

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