Santa Clara University

Locatelli - Curriculum Vitae

President's Office

Curriculum Vitae

PAUL L. LOCATELLI, S.J.
President
Santa Clara University

 

Positions

  • President (appointed August 1, 1988) and Professor of Accounting
  • Secretary of Higher Education for the Society of Jesus (appointed January 1, 2007 by the Superior General)

Current Board Memberships and Service

  • Board of Directors: Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities; Catholic Relief Services; Silicon Valley Leadership Group; and the Bill Hannon Foundation
  • Boards of Trustees: Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
  • International Committee for Jesuit Higher Education

Honors and Scholarship

  • Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, University of San Francisco (USF), 2008
  • Community Builder Honoree, People Acting in Community Together (PACT), 2007
  • Spirit of Silicon Valley Lifetime Achievement Award from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s (SVLG), 2005 
  • Exemplary Community Leadership Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice Silicon Valley (NCCJ), 2005 
  • The Jim McEntee Distiguished Service Award from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Santa Clara Valley, 2005
  • Education Achievement Award from the Italian American Heritage Foundation, 2000  
  • John Gardner Leadership Award from the American Leadership Forum, 1999
  • Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame, 2000
  • Citizen of the Year (Medici Medal) from the County of Santa Clara/Province of Florence - Sister County Commission, 1999
  • Distinguished Professor of the Year Award from the California Society of CPAs, 1994

Selected Articles

  • Justice in A Globalizing World, Promotio Iustitiae, No. 93, 2006/4
  • Co-authored with J. Gainen: Assessment for the New Curriculum: A Guide for Professional Accounting Programs, American Accounting Association, 1995
  • "Service-Learning in Accounting Education," in Learning by Doing: Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Accounting, ed. D.V. Rama, 1998
  • "For One World With One Justice: Education for Globalization," America Magazine, May 20, 2002
  • "Globalizing the World: Linking Integration and Solidarity," Explore, Fall 2002

Education and Personal

  • Bachelor of Science in Commerce (accounting) from Santa Clara University 1960
  • Doctorate of Business Administration (major in accounting, minors in economics and management) from the University of Southern California, 1971
  • Master of Divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, 1974
  • Certified Public Accountant, 1965
  • Entered the Jesuit Order in 1962, ordained in 1974

Previous Positions and Service

  • Academic Vice President, 1978-1986; Associate Dean of Business, 1976-78; Faculty of Accounting, 1974-86, at Santa Clara
  • Educational Boards and Associations:  Presidents Council of the Association of Governing Boards; Executive Committee of the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (chair 1992-94); Institute of International Education of Students; Senior Commission of Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC); Board of Directors of WASC; Chair of WASC Task Force on Purposes of Accreditation; Accounting Education Change Commission; National Association for Independent Colleges and Universities; Commission for Minority Education of the American Council of Education; National Conference of Bishops and Presidents' Committee on Education
  • Boards of Trustees:  University of San Francisco; Seattle University; St. Louis University; Regis University; Loyola Marymount University
  • Community Boards:  Boards of Directors: John Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities; Silicon Valley Conference for Community and Justice; The Tech Museum of Innovation; Foundation Board for Joint Venture: Silicon Valley (chair); 21st  Century Education Initiative of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley; Urban League of San Jose; Jesuit Volunteer Corp.-Southwest; California Business/Higher Education Forum