Joseph A. Alutto

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Joseph A. Alutto
The Ohio State University
Term July 1, 2007 – September 30, 2007 [1]
Predecessor Karen Holbrook
Successor Gordon Gee
Born 1942
Alma mater Manhattan College
University of Illinois
Cornell University

Joseph A. Alutto (born in 1942) is Executive Vice President and Provost of Ohio State University located in Columbus, Ohio. He was formerly the Interim President, and the Dean of Ohio State's Max M. Fisher College of Business.

Alutto was the first member of his family to go to college. During his years at Manhattan College, he drove trucks and worked at a grocery store and a chemical company to pay for his bachelor's degree in business administration[2]. After that he pursued his Master's in industrial relations at the University of Illinois and finished a Ph.D. in organizational behavior at Cornell University. He has worked to become a business management expert. From 1976 to 1990, he served as the Dean of the SUNY-Buffalo School of Management. He also served as the President of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business-The International Association for Management Education from October 1996 - June 1998. In 1991, he was appointed to be the dean of Ohio State's Max M. Fisher College of Business.

On April 30, 2007, Alutto became an interim executive vice president and provost and succeeded Barbara R. Snyder, who became president of Case Western Reserve University on July 1, 2007. He was responsible for the administration, coordination, and development of all academic functions of the university. After the retirement of Karen Holbrook on June 30, 2007, he was appointed to become the interim president of Ohio State University. He served until Gordon Gee assumed the presidency on October 1, 2007.

Alutto is also a Director of Nationwide Financial Services, M/I Homes, and United Retail Group.

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Preceded by
Karen A. Holbrook
Ohio State University President
2007-07-012007-09-30 (interim acting)
Succeeded by
Gordon Gee