Dr. John W. Dobbins, Jr.
Former Marketing Chairman and Associate Professor
Dr. John Dobbins was the Chairman of the Department of Marketing at The Peter J. Tobin College of Business and Associate Professor of Marketing.
He earned a B.B.A. from .Manhattan College, a M.B.A. from Baruch College (CUNY), and a Ph.D. from New York University.
Dr. Dobbins brought over 36 years of international experience to the classroom. He lectured and consulted widely in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa and was a senior marketing advisor to the local governments of Pinghu City, Zhejiang Province, China and Nanjing City, and Jiangsu Province, China. He was a senior marketing advisor for Shanghai Jiehua Investment Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China.
Dr. Dobbins was a business and educational consultant having provided consulting services and training assistance to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Open Society Fund-Lithuania; Fondas 21; the Vilnius Business Advisory Council, and Vilnius University in Lithuania, where he helped to establish the International Business School, which was the first school to be established in Lithuania that was based on a free market economic system.
In addition, Dr. Dobbins was the only non-Lithuanian to address the first national conference on Lithuanian economic reform. He had been an international trade and marketing consultant to the Governments of Lithuania, Egypt, Ghana, and China.
While Associate Dean of The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, Dr. Dobbins was instrumental in the establishment of the St. John’s University Graduate Center in Rome, Italy.
Dr. Dobbins was selected by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, the world’s 5th wealthiest man, to teach marketing and international marketing to his son Prince Khalid in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Dobbins was the recipient of numerous professional and outstanding teaching awards including the St. John’s University Faculty Outstanding Achievement Award, American Marketing Association Marketing Medal, and United Nations Development Programme—Lithuania, Citation of Special Recognition and Appreciation.
He passed away in March of 2008 and had made a great impact on all those whose path he crossed.
May God bless and keep you John!