David Schmittlein

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management

| term_start = August 27, 2007

| term_end = February 5, 2024

| education = Brown University (BA)
Columbia University (MPhil, PhD)

| image = David Schmittlein (cropped).jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1955|4|15}}

| birth_place = Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|3|13|1955|4|15}}

| death_place =

| caption = Schmittlein in 2016

}}

David C. Schmittlein (April 15, 1955 – March 13, 2025) was an American academic administrator who served as the John C Head III Dean and Professor of Marketing at the MIT Sloan School of Management{{cite news|url=http://www.mitcio.com/david-schmittlein-mit-sloan-school-management|title=MIT Sloan CIO Symposium: David Schmittlein|work=MIT Sloan CIO Symposium|date=2015-05-18|accessdate=2015-05-30}} for 17 years. He was appointed on August 27, 2007 and served until stepping down on February 5, 2024.{{Cite web|title=MIT picks an outsider to lead Sloan School - The Boston Globe|url=http://archive.boston.com/business/articles/2007/08/28/mit_picks_an_outsider_to_lead_sloan_school/|access-date=2021-12-31|website=archive.boston.com|language=en}}https://orgchart.mit.edu/letters/dean-david-schmittlein-step-down Prior to joining MIT, Schmittlein was the Ira A. Lipman Professor and Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Background

Schmittlein was a native of Northampton, Massachusetts. He earned a B.A. in mathematics from Brown University in 1977 and received his M.Phil. and Ph.D. in business from Columbia Business School in 1979 and 1980, respectively.

Schmittlein died on March 13, 2025, at the age of 69.{{cite web |author= |date=March 13, 2025 |title= David C. Schmittlein |url= https://www.currentobituary.com/obit/291752 |website= currentobituary.com |location= |publisher= |access-date=March 17, 2025}}

Career

Schmittlein was formerly a professor of marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and chair of the editorial board for Wharton School Publishing. He joined MIT in 2007 as the first dean of the Sloan School of Management since 1966 to be recruited from outside the university. On January 30, 2024, he announced he was stepping down from his role in order to attend to a personal health concern.

In 2015, Schmittlein joined the board of CIGNEX Datamatics, an open-source software company based in Santa Clara, California.{{Cite web |url= http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/announcements/others/ms-cignex-datamatics-inc-subsidiary-of-the-datamatics-global-services-limited-appoints-dr-david-c-schmittlein-as-a-director/article6853065.ece| title=M/s. Cignex Datamatics. Inc.. subsidiary of the Datamatics Global Services Limited appoints Dr. David C. Schmittlein as a Director |date= February 3, 2015 |publisher= Hindu Business Line |accessdate= March 24, 2017 }}

References

Category:1955 births

Category:2025 deaths

Category:Brown University alumni

Category:Columbia Business School alumni

Category:Business school deans

Category:MIT Sloan School of Management faculty

Category:People from Northampton, Massachusetts