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Chapman University President James L. Doti. Photo credit: Sheri Geoffreys for Chapman University
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The Italian American values
behind Chapman's growth
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To serve our university's
mission we need, as a
learning community, to
do all we can to build,
nurture and sustain the most
vibrant, exciting, involving
and challenging intellectual
environment where we treat each
other with dignity and respect."
These are the values,
underpinning James L. Doti's
vision of Chapman University, a
highly regarded private
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When we were
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university, located in the heart of
the Orange County. Under his
leadership as a President since
1991, the campus has grown in
both size – adding new buildings,
including the James L. and Lynne
P. Doti Hall, named after him and
his wife - and reputation,
attracting first-rate faculty as well
as students from all across the
nation and abroad.
Born of Italian parents in
Chicago, Illinois, President Doti
obtained his PhD in Economics
from the prestigious University
of Chicago and then joined
Chapman in 1974, where
he founded the Center for
Economic Research. Among
his accomplishment is the
development of the Chapman
Econometric Model - the first
quarterly econometric model for
a metropolitan area and the
longest running economic
forecast in the U.S. – that earned
him the Chapman's Faculty
Recognition Award for Teaching
and Research.
Besides several academic and
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