New Director and Administrative Home for the Program
Dr. John F. (Jack) McCarthy was named in July 2015 as the Director of the Humphrey Fellowship Program at Boston University, where he has led a yearlong seminar series on leadership for the past nine years. He is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University and also serves as the Director of the Executive Development Roundtable, a major consortium and research center on leadership. In addition, he is the faculty director for the school’s core undergraduate Organizational Behavior course, where he and colleagues have received major grant funding from the university in recognition of ongoing innovations in teaching and learning. With research interests in leadership, creativity, organizational change and global sustainability, his work has been published in leading journals and he is a frequent speaker and consultant in the U.S. and abroad on leadership and leading positive change.
Dr. McCarthy’s full profile is posted in the About section of this website.
With Dr. McCarthy’s appointment, the Humphrey Fellowship Program’s administrative home was moved from the Provost’s office to the Questrom School of Business. This shift brings a world of new possibilities, as the Questrom School is broadly distinguished by its longstanding success in preparing the next generation of innovators and leaders who create value for the world.
The school was founded in 1913 as the College of Business Administration—and right from the start, the focus was global: the first academic program consisted of coursework in Advertising, English, and Spanish. Pictured left is the College of Business Administration’s new home in 1916. This Copley Square building was renovated in order to accommodate the College’s growing student body.
In March of 2015, the School’s name was changed from the School of Management to the Questrom School of Business. It was named for alumnus Allen Questrom, a former CEO in the retail industry who, with his wife Kelli, donated $50 million to Boston University. Swapping “business” for “management” reflects the former word’s greater scope, representing the vast and vibrant range of industries and institutions—from for-profit to nonprofit to enterprises around the world—for which the Questrom School aims to prepare its students.