PROFILE:
Larry Gianchetta, Dean of the School of Business Administration at The University of Montana, received his Ph. D. in Mathematical Statistics at Texas A&M University in 1975. In the summer of 1990, Dr. Gianchetta attended Harvard University and went through their Management Development Program. He was a visiting scholar at Nankai University in Tianjin, China, in the spring of 1992 and has also lectured at Toyo University in Tokyo, Japan.

Larry has served as a consultant to many companies, primarily in the areas of research and development - more specifically marketing research. Dean Gianchetta serves on many boards. He is currently: chief executive officer of the Montana Business Connections: the Entrepreneurship Center, a member of the Governor's Task Force on Economic Development, a member of the Montana Ambassadors, UM representative of the Montana World Trade Center, a member of the Montana Science and Technology Development Board, a member of the Montana District Export Council, a trustee of the Community Medical Center Foundation, a board member for the Missoula Economic Development Corporation, on the advisory board for Norwest Bank, on the board for Extended Family Services, a member of the Missoula Chamber Rangers, and on the Missoula Chamber Board.