New Touro business school taps a founding dean

Touro University President Dr. Alan Kadish announced on Monday the launch of a new integrated School of Business, bridging the university’s undergraduate and graduate business programming. Dr. Lawrence G. Singleton, a veteran business school leader with a record of innovation and growth at top-tier institutions, was named as its founding dean.

Kadish said Singleton “is expert at aligning business education with the evolving demands of the global economy, and we know he will prepare our students to succeed in the modern workplace.”

Most recently, Singleton was dean of the Lubin School of Business at Pace University, where he led a community of 3,500 students and 85 full-time faculty. Prior to Pace, he was dean of the School of Management at Marist College and held leadership roles at the George Washington University School of Business. 

“I am excited to shape a business school designed for the future — one that fully embraces artificial intelligence, data analytics, digital transformation, and emerging technologies as central pillars of business education,” Singleton said. “Touro’s vision of integrating traditional business disciplines with areas such as AI-enabled decision making, fintech and healthcare innovation reflects the direction in which business education must evolve.

“My vision is to embrace the tech revolution while remaining anchored in the values of service and commitment to enriching society that define Touro.”

Singleton will also lead the effort for the new Touro University School of Business to achieve AACSB accreditation, the global gold standard for business education.

Touro University is an international system of non-profit institutions of higher and professional education. Chartered in 1970, it was founded primarily to enrich the Jewish heritage and to serve the larger American and global community.

Over 21,000 students are currently enrolled at Touro University in over 38 schools in seven states and four countries.

Locations: New York, California, Florida, Illinois, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Berlin, Jerusalem and Moscow.

Schools: New York Medical College; Touro University California and Touro University Nevada; Touro University Worldwide and its Touro College Los Angeles division; as well as Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois are separately accredited institutions within the Touro University system.

Reported by Touro University.