ADMINISTRATION
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LAU PRESIDENTS
Frances Irwin
years of service
1924 – 1935
Winifred Shannon
*1935 – 1937
William A. Stoltzfus
1937 – 1958
James H. Nicol
*1941 – 1943
Rhoda Orme
*1954 – 1955
Grace Loucks Elliot
*1958 – 1959
Frances M. Gray
1959 – 1965
Salwa Nassar
1965 – 1967
Cornellius B. Houk
*1967
Marie Sabri
1967 – 1969
William H. Schechter
1969 – 1973
Albert Y. Badre
1973 – 1982
Riyad F. Nassar
1982 – 2004
Joseph G. Jabbra
* Acting President
2004 – present
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Lebanese American University
President’s name
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND INTERNATIONAL ADVISORS
Board of international advisors
Dr. Paul F. Boulos, Chair
Mr. Kanan Hamzeh, Chair
Mr. Salim G. Sfeir, Vice Chair
Dr. Raymond Audi
Dr. George N. Faris, Secretary
Mrs. Abla Chammas
Mr. Arthur Gabriel
Mrs. Adalat Audeh Nakkash
Mr. Antoine Frem
Mr. Bassem F. Dagher
Dr. Charles Elachi
H. E. Ivonne A. Baki
Mr. Charles Muller
Mr. Fouad El-Abd
Rev. Cynthia A. Jarvis
Sheikh Hamed bin Ahmed Al Hamed
Mrs. Eva Kotite Farha
Dr. Jihad Azour
Mr. Fred Rogers
Mrs. Maha Kaddoura
Mr. George Doumet
Dr. Mahmoud A. Kreidie
Dr. George E. Thibault, M.D.
Dr. Mary Mikhael
Dr. H. John Shammas, M.D.
Mrs. May Makhzoumi
Rev. Joseph Kassab
Mr. Mazen Nazzal
Mr. Mike Ahmar
Mr. Mazen S. Darwazah
Mr. Philip Stoltzfus
Mr. Neemat G. Frem
Dr. Ray Irani
Mr. Talal K. Shair
Mr. Richard (Dick) Orfalea
Mrs. Taline Avakian
Rev. Ronald L. Shive
Mrs. Youmna Salame
Mr. Thomas G. Abraham
Mr. Zuhair Boulos
Mr. Todd Petzel
Mr. Wadih (Bill) Jordan
ex-officio members
ex-officio members
Mr. Kanan Hamzeh
Rev. Fadi Dagher
Rev. Dr. Nuhad Tomeh
Dr. Joseph Jabbra, LAU President
Rev. Fadi Dagher
Dr. Tarek Na’was, Chair of the Faculty Senate
Dr. Joseph Jabbra, LAU President
Mrs. Leila Saleeby Dagher, President of the Alumni
Association
Dr. Tarek Na’was, Chair of the Faculty Senate
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Lebanese American University
Board of trustees
UNIVERSITY OFFICERS
FALL 2013
university officers
Officer
Highest Degree Earned
Administrative Title
Joseph G. Jabbra
Ph.D.
President
George Najjar
Ph.D.
Provost
Elise Salem
Ph.D.
Vice President for Student Development
and Enrollment Management
Roy Majdalani
M.B.A.
Vice President for Human Resources and University
Services
Emile Lamah
B.S., CPA
Vice President for Finance
Officer
Highest Degree Earned
Administrative Title
Elie Haddad
Ph.D.
Dean of the School of Architecture & Design
Nashat Mansour
Ph.D.
Interim Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences
Said Ladki
Ph.D.
Interim Dean of the School of Business
George E. Nasr
Ph.D.
Dean of the School of Engineering
Youssef Comair
M.D., FRCSC.
Dean of the School of Medicine
Nancy Hoffart
Ph.D.
Founding Dean of the School of Nursing
Imad Btaiche
Ph.D.
Interim Dean of the School of Pharmacy
Pierre Zalloua
Ph.D.
Dean of Graduate Studies & Research
deans of schools
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academic affairs officers
Officer
Highest Degree Earned
Administrative Title
Elie Badr
Ph.D.
Assistant Provost for Special Projects
Assistant to the President/Strategy Officer for
External Projects and Related Entities
Mona Majdalani
Ph.D.
Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs
scHooL of arcHitecture & design
Elie Haddad
Ph.D.
Dean
Farid Jureidini
B.A.
Assistant Dean
José Madrigal
Ph.D.
Chair, Architecture and Interior Design
Rached Bohsali
D.E.A.
Chair, Fine Arts and Foundation Studies
Yasmine Taan
Ph.D.
Chair, Design
Pierre Hage Boutros
D.E.S
Associate Chair, Architecture and Interior Design
Silia Abou Arbid
B.Arch.
Associate Chair, Fine Arts and Foundation Studies
Melissa Plourde
M.F.A.
Associate Chair, Design
Ph.D.
Interim Dean
scHooL of arts & sciences
Beirut Campus
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Bassel Salloukh
Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Sandra Rizk-Jamati
Ph.D.
Assistant Dean
Samer Habre
Ph.D.
Assistant Dean
Sami Baroudi
Ph.D.
Chair, Communication Arts
Faisal Abu Khzam
Ph.D.
Chair, Computer Science and Mathematics
Rima Bahous
Ed.D.
Chair, Education
Rula Diab
Ph.D.
Chair, English Language Instruction
Paul Tabar
Ph.D.
Chair, Social Sciences
Nada Saab
Ph.D.
Associate Chair, Humanities
Ralph Abi Habib
Ph.D.
Associate Chair, Natural Sciences
Haidar Harmanani
Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Nahla Bacha
Ph.D.
Assistant Dean
Nahla Bacha
Ph.D.
Chair, Humanities
Costantine Daher
Ph.D.
Chair, Natural Sciences
Danielle Azar
Ph.D.
Associate Chair, Computer Science and Mathematics
Marwan Rowayheb
Ph.D.
Associate Chair, Social Sciences
Therese Nasrallah
M.S.
Program Coordinator, English Language Instruction
Byblos Campus
Lebanese American University
Nashat Mansour
scHooL of Business
Said Ladki
Ph.D.
Interim Dean
Abdallah Dah
Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Ayman Reda
Ph.D.
Assistant Dean
Khodor Fakih
J.D.
Chair, Information Technology & Operation
Management
Silva Karkoulian
Ed.D.
Chair, Management Studies
Walid Marrouch
Ph.D.
Associate Chair, Economics
Bernard Ben Sita
Ph.D.
Associate Chair, Finance & Accounting
Leila Messarra
Ed.D.
Associate Chair, Hospitality & Marketing
Salpie Djoundourian
Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Ghassan Dibeh
Ph.D.
Chair, Economics
Elias Raad
Ph.D.
Chair, Finance & Accounting
Josiane Sreih
Ph.D.
Chair, Hospitality & Marketing
Guy Assaker
Ph.D.
Associate Chair, Information Technology &
Operation Management and Management Studies
George E. Nasr
Ph.D.
Dean
Raymond Ghajar
Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Barbar Akle
Ph.D.
Assistant Dean
Jean Chatila
Ph.D.
Chair, Civil Engineering
Zahi Nakad
Ph.D.
Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michel Khoury
Ph.D.
Chair, Industrial and Mechanical Engineering
Youssef Comair
M.D., FRCSC.
Dean
Zeinat Hijazi
M.B.B.ch., DCH, MRCP,
FRCP, MRCPCH, FRCPCH
Associate Dean for Medical Education
Sola Bahous
M.D. Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Clinical Affairs
Nancy Hoffart
Ph.D.
Founding Dean
Myrna Doumit
Ph.D.
Assistant Dean
Imad Btaiche
Pharm.D.
Interim Dean
Jad Abdallah
Ph.D.
Acting Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Aline Saad
Pharm.D.
Chair, Pharmacy Practice
Roy Kanbar
Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lamis Karaoui
Pharm.D.
Director, Experiential Education
Beirut Campus
Byblos Campus
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scHooL of engineering
scHooL of medicine
scHooL of nursing
scHooL of PHarmacy
graduate studies & researcH
Pierre Zalloua
Ph.D.
Dean of Graduate Studies & Research
Officer
Highest Degree Earned
Administrative Title
Cendrella Habre
M.S.
University Librarian
Jospeh Hage
M.A.
Director, Byblos
Licence
Director
LiBrary
center for LeBanese Heritage
Henri Zgheib
center for Program and Learning assessment
Rima Bahous
Ed.D.
Director
M.S.
Acting Director
Ph.D.
Director
cisco institute
Bassam Moujabber
Human resources institute
Philippe Zgheib
institute for BanKing and finance
Elias Raad
Ph.D.
Director
institute for diPLomacy and confLict transformation
Ph.D.
Director
Ph.D.
Director
Ph.D.
Director
institute for Human genetics
Pierre Zalloua
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institute for Peace and Justice
Irma-Kaarina Ghosn
institute for Water resources and enVironmentaL tecHnoLogies
Jean Chatila
Ph.D.
Director
institute for Women’s studies in tHe araB WorLd
Samira Aghacy
Ph.D.
Director
institute of famiLy and entrePreneuriaL Business
Josiane Sreih
Ph.D.
Director
institute of HosPitaLity and tourism management studies
Said Ladki
Ph.D.
Director
institute of isLamic arts, arcHitecture and design
Abdallah Kahil
Ph.D.
Director
Ph.D.
Director
institute of migration studies
Paul Tabar
media training and researcH institute
Yasmine Dabbous
Ph.D.
Director
Ph.D.
Director
Ed.D.
Acting Director
Ph.D.
Director
softWare institute
Danielle Azar
teacHer training institute
Mona Nabhani
urBan PLanning institute
Rachid Chamoun
Lebanese American University
Walid Moubarak
student development and enrollment management officers
Officer
Highest Degree Earned
Administrative Title
M.A.P.
Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management
Raed Mohsen
Ph.D.
Dean, Beirut
Mars Semaan
Ph.D.
Dean, Byblos
Nada Hajj
M.S.
Director, Beirut
Michel Najjar
M.S.
Director, Byblos
Sami Garabedian
M.S.Ed.
Director, Beirut
Joe Moujaes
M.S.
Director, Byblos
enroLLment management
Abdo Ghié
dean of students
admissions
atHLetics
continuing education Program (ceP)
Michel Majdalani
M.B.A.
Director, Beirut
Mimi Melki Jeha
Ph.D.
Director, Byblos
financiaL aid and scHoLarsHiPs
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Samir Obeid
M.S.
Director, Beirut
Ghada Abi Fares
M.B.A.
Director, Byblos
outreacH and ciVic engagement
Elie Samia
M.A.
Executive Director
Annie Lajinian-Magarian
B.A., T.D.
University Registrar
Fouad Salibi
B.A.
Deputy Registrar
Hiam Musharrafieh
M.A.
Supervisor, Beirut
Assia Kanaan
M.Ed.
Supervisor, Beirut
Suzy Saba
T.S.
Supervisor, Byblos
registrar
residence HaLLs
summer institute for intensiVe araBic and cuLture (sinarc)
Mimi Melki Jeha
Ph.D.
Director
Ph.D.
Director
testing serVices
Mimi Melki Jeha
Human resources and university services officers
Officer
Highest Degree Earned
Administrative Title
Salim Chehab
B.E.
Executive Director of Business Services
Jassem Othman
B.E.
Director, Auxiliary Services
Nehmat Aoun
B.S.
Director, Hospitality Services
Ghassan Atwi
B.A., B.S.
Director, Procurement, Beirut
Antoine Faris
M.S.
Director, Procurement, Byblos
Jean Rizk
M.B.A.
Director, Supply
George Hamouche
M.S.
Assistant Vice President, Facilities Management
Shaheen Bou Jawdeh
B.E.
Executive Director, Project Management and
Contract Administration
Joseph Shebaya
Diplome
Director, Planning and Renovations
Wissam Mansour
B.E.
Director, Physical Plant
Nabil Badran
B.E.
Director, Capital Projects, Beirut
Toufik Smayra
Ph.D.
Director, Capital Projects, Byblos
M.B.A.
Assistant Vice President, Human Resources
Camille Abou-Nasr
B.E.
Assistant Vice President, Information Technology
Roula Hage
Diplome
Director, IT Applications & Solutions
Nicolas Majdalani
License
Director, IT Infrastructure & Support
Hamid Saliba
Diplome
Director, IT Network, Telecom & Multimedia
Brigitte Baroudy
B.S., C.I.S.M.
Director, IT Security
Lieutenant
Director
Business serVices
faciLities management
Human resources
information tecHnoLogy
Protection
Major Ahmad Hassouna
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Lebanese American University
Jihad Njeim
finance officers
Officer
Highest Degree Earned
Administrative Title
Budget and financiaL PLanning
Sonia Hajjar
Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President , Budget and Grants
Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President , Budget and Grants
Charles Abu Rjeily
Licence
Assistant Vice President , University Comptroller
Simon Sakr
M.B.A.
Comptroller
Naji Medlej
D.E.A.
Comptroller, Beirut
Michel Chahine
M.S.
Comptroller, Byblos
grants and contracts
Sonia Hajjar
comPtroLLer
Business office
university advancement officers
Officer
Highest Degree Earned Administrative Title
deVeLoPment
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Robert Hollback
B.S.
Assistant Vice President, Development, North America
Nassib Nasr
M.P.H.
Assistant Vice President, Development,
Middle East and Europe
Amal Abdel Massih
B.S.
Director, Advancement Services, Beirut
Marge Pfleiderer
B.A.
Executive Director of Operations, New York
Abdallah Al Khal
M.B.A.
Executive Director of Alumni Relations, Beirut
Edward Shiner
M.A.
Director of Alumni and Special Projects, New York
adVancement serVices
aLumni affairs office
marKeting and communications dePartment
Peggy Hanna
M.B.A.
Assistant Vice President, Marketing and
Communications
M.A.
Executive Director of Public and Media Relations
reLations office
Christian Oussi
institutional research and assessment office
Officer
Highest Degree Earned Administrative Title
Diane Issa Nauffal
Ph.D.
Director
internal audit office
Officer
Highest Degree Earned Administrative Title
Khaled Abul Husn
M.B.A, C.P.A
Director
university enterprise office
Officer
Highest Degree Earned Administrative Title
Walid Touma
Ph.D.
Director
Council of Deans
Provost
Board
of International
Advisors
Health Services
Committee
Arts & Sciences
SDEM
Academic Affairs
Business
HR & US
LAU
Health
Foundation
Student
Development &
Enrollment
Management
Architecture &
Design
Pharmacy
Advancement
Audit
Nursing
President
Internal Audit
Investment
Engineering
General Counsel
(for LAU and LAUMC-RH)
Planning & Finance
Board of Trustees
Lebanese American University
Finance
Internal Audit
Lebanese
American
University
University
Advancement &
Relations
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Medicine
Executive
Steering
Committee
Legal &
Compensation
CEO
LAUMC-RH
LAUMC-RH
Board of Directors
Nominating
Executive
Assistant to the President
and Strategy Officer for
External Projects
& Related Entities
Provost
SDEM
Board of
International Advisors
Institutional Research
& Assessment
HR & US
LAU
Health Foundation
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART – PRESIDENT
Finance
Lebanese
American
University
Audit
Advancement
Internal Audit
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President
Board of Trustees
Internal Audit
General Counsel
(for LAU and
LAUMC-RH)
Executive Steering
Committee
LAUMC-RH
LAUMC-RH Board of
Directors
Continuing
Education Program
(Beirut)
Department of
Economics
Department of
Hospitality & Marketing
Department of
Management Studies
Associate Deans
Assistant Deans
Department of
Communication Arts
Department of Computer
Science & Mathematics
Department of Education
Department of English
Language Instruction
Associate Deans
Assistant Deans
Department of
Architecture
& Interior Design
Department of Design
Department of Fine Arts
& Foundation Studies
Urban Planning Institute
Institute of Islamic Arts,
Architecture & Design
Institutes & Centers
Department of Finance
and Accounting
Dean
Dean
Director of Executive
Education Programs
Department of Natural
Sciences
Department of Social
Sciences
Teacher Training
Institute
Software Institute
Institute of Migration
Studies
Media Training &
Research Institute
Institute for Peace &
Justice Education
Institute for Diplomacy &
Conflict Transformation
Institute of Hospitality &
Tourism Management
Studies
Institute of Family &
Entrepreneurial Business
Institute for Banking &
Finance
Human Resources
Institute
Institutes & Centers
Director of Graduate
Programs
Department of
Humanities
Institutes & Centers
Department of
Information Technology
& Operation
Management
Assistant Deans
Associate Deans
Dean
Office of the Dean
Office of the Dean
Office of the Dean
School of Business
School of
Arts & Sciences
School of Architecture
& Design
Department of
Physiology
Department of
Pharmacology
Department of
Genetics
Department of
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Department of
Surgery
Department of
Radiotherapy
Department of
Radiology
Department of
Psychiatry
Department of
Pediatrics
Department of
Pathology & Laboratory
Medicine
Department of
Ophthalmology
Department of
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Department of
Neurosurgery and
Neurosciences
Department of Internal
Medicine
Department of
Ear, Nose &Throat
Department of
Dermatology
Department of
Anesthesia
Assistant Deans
Associate Deans
Dean
Office of the Dean
School of Medicine
Office of the Dean
Dean
Associate Deans
Assistant Deans
Office of the Dean
Dean
Associate Deans
Assistant Deans
Department of
Pharmaceutical
Sciences
Department of Pharmacy
Practice
School of Pharmacy
Assistant Provost for
Corporate and International
Programs
School of Nursing
Assistant Provost for
Special Projects
Office of the Provost
Provost
Lebanese American University
Institute for Water
Resources &
Environmental
Technologies
CISCO Institute
Institutes & Centers
Department of Industrial
& Mechanical
Engineering
Department of Electrical
& Computer Engineering
Department of Civil
Engineering
Assistant Deans
Associate Deans
Dean
Office of the Dean
School of Engineering
Assistant Provost for
Academic Affairs
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Dean
Office of Graduate
Studies & Research
Medical Library
(Byblos)
Byblos Library
Riad Nassar Library
(Beirut)
Libraries
Institute for Human
Genetics
Center for Program
and Learning Assessment
Institute for Women’s
Studies in the Arab
World
Center for Lebanese
Heritage
University Institutes &
Centers
University
Enterprise
Office
Advising
Counseling
Health Services
Career
& Placement
Services
Residence Hall
Campus Student
Activities
Advising
Counseling
Health Services
Career
& Placement
Services
Residence Hall
Campus Student
Campus
Student
Activities
Activities
Choir
Athletics
Office of the Dean of
Student Services
Byblos
Athletics
Office of the Dean of
Student Services
Beirut
Financial Aid and
Scholarships
Office Beirut
Admissions Office
Beirut
SIS Coordinator
(Central)
Federal Financial
Aid Coordinator
New York
Financial Aid and
Scholarships
Office Byblos
Registrar’s Office
Byblos
University Registrar
Registrar’s Office
Beirut
Admissions Office
Byblos
Office of the Assistant
Vice President for
Enrollment
Management
Office of the Vice President
for Student Development
& Enrollment Management
External
Education
Program & MUN
University
Student
Activities
International
Exchange
& Study Abroad
Leadership
Development &
Programming
Office of Executive
Director of Outreach &
Civic Engagement
Testing
Services Office
Continuing Education
Program (Byblos)
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Summer Institute for
Intensive Arabic
Language & Culture
IT Network, Telecom
& Multimedia Office
IT Infrastructure
& Support Office
IT Support Office
Byblos
IT Support Office
Beirut
IT Support Office
Central
IT Security Office
IT Applications &
Solutions Office
Office of the Assistant
Vice President for
Information Technology
Physical Plant
Office Byblos
Physical Plant
Office Beirut
Planning
& Renovations
Office
Project Management
& Contract
Administration Office
Office of the Assistant
Vice President for
Facilities Management
Hospitality Office
Byblos
Supply Office
Byblos
Lebanese American University
Supply Office
Beirut
Supply Office Central
Hospitality Office
Beirut
University
Hospitality Office
Auxiliary Services
Office – Byblos
Procurement Office
Byblos
Procurement Office
Beirut
University Auxiliary
Services Office
Auxiliary Services
Office – Beirut
Office of the
Executive Director
of Business Services
Office of the Vice President
for Human Resources
& University Services
Office of the President
Human Resources
Office Byblos
Protection Office
Byblos
University Offices
Campus Offices
Human Resources
Office Beirut
Office of the
Assistant Vice President
for Human Resources
Protection Office
Beirut
University Protection
Office
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University Offices
Campus Offices
Grants office
Budget office
Assistant Vice President
–Budget & Grants
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART – FINANCE
Comptroller –
Beirut campus
Comptroller –
Central office
Assistant Vice President
–University Comptroller
Vice President for Finance
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Comptroller –
Byblos campus
Senior Investment Officer
Development Office
Advancement
Services Office
Marketing &
Communications
Office
Lebanese American University
Alumni Office
Office of the Vice President
for University Advancement
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Public Relations
Office
Advancement
Communications
Office
Operations Office