Features: May 20, 2002

Denis Simon Named Dean of the Lally School

Denis Fred Simon has been named dean of the Kenneth T. and Thelma P. Lally School of Management and Technology.

	Paul Castle

"Dr. Simon brings his leadership and expertise in international business and global technology management to the Institute, and I am delighted that he will lead the Lally School," said Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson. "I fully expect Dr. Simon will marshal his many resources to nurture the growth and strength of this unique and important part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. I look forward to his vision to grow new curricula and programs that foster interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial ideas and cooperation throughout the Institute."

Simon is president of Monitor Group China Ltd. in Beijing, where he directs the company's strategic business development. As a key management leader, Simon guides the company's major engagements in China. Simon also served as managing director of the Business Strategy and Architecture Innovation Center for Scient Corporation in Singapore. He has served as an associate partner and director of the China Strategy Group at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in China. He also served as general manager for Andersen Consulting in Beijing, and has held faculty positions at the Sloan School of Management at MIT from 1983 to 1987 and the Fletcher School at Tufts University from 1987 to 1995. In addition, from 1980 to 1983, Simon served as a member of the Executive Secretariat of the U.S. Committee on Science and Technology Exchanges with the People's Republic of China.

"We are very pleased that Dr. Simon has decided to join us here at Rensselaer," said G. Bud Peterson, Rensselaer's provost. "His expertise, background, and experience mesh extremely well with the goals and aspirations and mission of the Lally School, and with the goals of the Rensselaer Plan."

He received his bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 1974 and earned both a master's in Asian studies and a doctoral degree in political economy from the University of California at Berkeley, in 1975 and 1980, respectively.

Simon will begin his tenure at Rensselaer Aug. 1, 2002. See press release for more information.