The Olin School of Business has appointed two faculty members to director positions.
Patrick S. Moreton, Ph.D., assistant professor of organization and strategy, has been named managing director of the Olin School-Fudan University Executive Master of Business Administration Program.
And Mark E. Soczek, lecturer in accounting and director of the Master of Science in Business Administration Program in accounting, has been named director of the Center for Experiential Learning (CEL).
“Pat Moreton’s business background and teaching experience make him a valued member of the Olin-Fudan team,” said Stuart I. Greenbaum, Ph.D., Olin School dean and Bank of America Professor of Managerial Leadership.
“Mark Soczek is a gifted teacher who will provide creative leadership to the CEL,” Greenbaum added. “He will enrich and invigorate our programs, adding value to all that he undertakes.”
Moreton will relocate to Shanghai, China, where the E.M.B.A. curriculum is jointly offered by WUSTL and Fudan. Classes in the 18-month program, taught in English by faculty members from each institution, are held on the Fudan campus on weekends, allowing executives from Hong Kong, Taiwan and other locales to commute easily.
The E.M.B.A. students come to WUSTL for a two-week capstone residency that culminates with a graduation ceremony on the Hilltop Campus.
Moreton earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, San Diego, a master’s in business administration from Harvard University and a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.
Before his doctoral studies, he was a management consultant in San Francisco and a research fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
At the Olin School, Moreton has taught in the undergraduate and graduate programs and is a three-time recipient of the Reid Teaching Award for excellence in teaching.
Soczek joined the Olin School in 1997. His former positions include instructor at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, consultant to Learning Insights LLC and staff accountant at Ernst & Whitney.
He earned a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and earned a bachelor of science in business administration degree from Michigan Technological University.