PHILADELPHIA (July 30, 2009) – Robert R. Higgins ’68, a resident of West Chester, Pa., has been named the new executive director of Saint Joseph’s University’s Academy of Food Marketing. Higgins replaces Charles Mallowe ’66 who served the University in the position for 41 years.
As executive director, Higgins will lead recruitment, placement and expansion strategies for the academy, which supports the Erivan K. Haub School of Business’ (HSB) Department of Food Marketing at Saint Joseph’s.
“Bob is a strategic leader with a vast understanding of the food business,” says Joseph DiAngelo, Ed.D. ’70, dean of HSB. “He will be a valuable asset to the academy and to the department.”
Higgins joined the University in 2005 as executive director of the Center for Food Marketing where he expanded professional development programs for manufacturers and retailers and led the University’s Pennsylvania Institute for Food Marketing Education and Research (PIFMER) contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
Prior to joining Saint Joseph’s, Higgins enjoyed a 30-year career as a senior executive in the consumer paper products business. He graduated from the University in 1968 with a bachelor of science degree.
Background: Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1851, Saint Joseph's University advances the professional and personal ambitions of men and women by providing a demanding, yet supportive, educational experience. One of only 129 schools with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter and AACSB business school accreditation, Saint Joseph's is home to 4,500 full-time undergraduates and 3,200 graduate, part-time and doctoral students. Steeped in the 450-year Jesuit tradition of scholarship and service, Saint Joseph's was named to the 2008 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for General Community Service. The University strives to be recognized as the preeminent Catholic comprehensive university in the Northeast.
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Contact: Carolyn Steigleman, Associate Director of University Communications, 610-660-1355, cseigle@sju.edu
