Meet the Dean - Benjamin Brucker Weisman, M.B.A., Ph.D

Benjamin Brucker Weisman, M.B.A., Ph.D.

Dean, Faculty of Management and Applied Economics
Dean, Faculty of Library Science
Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science 

Chancellor

Business and Professional

Dr. Weisman has acted as a consultant for various corporations and government agencies including IBM, AT&T, General Motors, Phillip Morris, General Foods, The Mayor’s Office of New York City, The County Executive of Westchester County, New York, as well as, mid-size public and private firms. He has served as Executive Director of the Mid-Hudson Group, a firm of more than twenty business consultants, serving national and international companies. He has been a major contributor in the establishment of six private and publicly held firms in which he was a major principal and officer.

Dr. Weisman has and does act as an investment advisor and portfolio manager for individuals, corporations and trusts. He has partnered with Financial World Magazine publishers of “Weisman Stock Selection” which outperformed all of the other magazine stock advisors. He has been cited by Forbes Magazine as having the best portfolio record.

Academic

Professor Weisman has taught at New York University, Iona College where he served as the Chair of the Business Department, and at Long Island University where he served as Dean and Director of the Graduate Business Program in Westchester County, New York. He also served as Chairperson of the Business and Economics Department at Mercy College where he currently holds the title of Professor Emeritus.

He has attended the University of Alabama, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School of Business), Ohio State University and New York University where he earned his B.S., M.B.A. and his Ph.D. with Distinction.

He has received several honorary degrees and has been listed in Who’s Who in American Education, Who’s Who of International Intellectuals, Who’s Who in Finance & Industry, Who’s Who in America, and MENSA.