New College of Business Dean Named
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 8, 2001
Joe Wills
530-898-4143
New College of Business Dean Named
Professor Dalen T. Chiang of Cleveland State University has been named the new dean of the College of Business at California State University, Chico.
Chiang will start his assignment on August 1. He replaces Heikki Rinne, who accepted a position in private industry in January.
Chiang is currently the interim chair of the Department of Operations Management and Business Statistics and the Department of Finance at Cleveland State University. He founded and serves as the interim director of Cleveland State’s e-Business Center and directs the university’s SAP University Alliance Program.
Chiang earned his Ph.D. in operations research from UC Berkeley. His M.A. in mathematics is from UC Berkeley and B.S. in mathematics is from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Chiang joined the Cleveland State faculty in 1976. He was awarded the university’s Service Merit Award in 1997 and Research Merit Award in 1998. He has published extensively in research areas including enterprise resource planning, inventory management and operations management.
“Dr. Chiang brings substantial administrative experience to the position of dean and a level of energy and knowledge that will make him a strong leader,” said Scott McNall, CSU, Chico provost and vice president for academic affairs. “We welcome him and his family to Chico.”
“I’m very excited to be named the dean at Chico,” said Chiang. “My introduction to Chico was through a workshop on SAP presented by Chico faculty. I was very impressed, and look forward to working with this great group of faculty at the college.”
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