The Los Angeles Times yesterday ran a profile of Ira A. Jackson, the dean of the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management. The Drucker School is a part of the Claremont Graduate University, and Jackson has headed it since mid-2006.
The article, written by Tiffany Hsu, described the fit between Jackson's background and the Drucker School's motivating principles:
Jackson, 59, appeared to have little in common with the business school known officially as the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management.
For years, Jackson had held a string of prestigious posts in government, business and academia. By age 40, he had helped engineer rapid growth at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and overhaul Massachusetts' tax collection process.
In those jobs, he had access to enormous coffers and staffs. At Drucker, he's making do with about 20 core faculty members and a lean $54-million endowment.
But the school's driving purpose -- to train ethical entrepreneurs to focus on the greater good -- clicked with Jackson.
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