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Carnegie Samuel Calian

Visiting Professor (Strategy, Organizations, Leadership, and Ethics)

Office: 324 Mervis Hall
Phone: 412-624-0296
E-mail: SCALIAN@katz.pitt.edu

Sam Calian

Degrees

University of Basel, Switzerland, D. Theol. (PhD), magna cum laude, 1963
Princeton Theological Seminary, BD, Princeton, New Jersey, 1958
Occidental College, BA, Los Angeles, California, 1955
Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program (AMP) Certificate, 1985.

Employment

Visiting Professor, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, 2007-2010.

President and Professor, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 1981-2006

Professor of Theology, University of Dubuque, 1963 - 1981

Assistant Pastor, Calvary Presbyterian Church, 1958-1960

Courses Recently Taught or New Ones In Process

Business Ethics and Practices

Ethics of Social Entrepreneurship

Strategic Guidelines for Marketplace Relationship

Leadership Ethics for Profit and Nonprofit Organizations

The Use and Misuse of Religion in a Business Oriented World

Managerial Ethics and Stakeholder Management

Strategic Leadership with Case Studies

Profile

Dr. Calian lectures and consults extensively nationally and internationally at colleges, universities, religious institutions, and business organizations throughout the United States, Middle East, Eastern and Western Europe and Asia.

Selected Publications

THE SPIRIT-DRIVEN LEADER: Seven Keys to Succeed under Pressure (book in process - expected Spring 2010, from Westminster John Knox Press)

THE IDEAL SEMINARY: Pursuing Excellence in Theological Education (2002 - fourth printing)

SURVIVAL OR REVIVAL: Ten Keys to Church Vitality (1998 - also translated into Korean)

THEOLOGY WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: Encounters of Eastern Orthodox and Western Tradition (1992 - also translated into Korean)

WHERE'S THE PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE CHURCH? (1989)

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (1975)

Dr. Calian has published twelve books and over 200 articles in numerous journals (e.g., The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Theology Today, Ecumenical Studies, Presbyterians Today, etc. He has also published in newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph-Herald, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, etc.

Awards and Honors

President and Professor Emeritus, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 25 years of service

Senior Academic Fellow, Oxford University (Harris Manchester College), Spring 2006

Fellow, Society for Human Values in Higher Education, 1979 to present

Patriarchal Medal of Honor from Patriarch Justinian of Romania for studies in Orthodoxy (1970)

Editorial Board, OPREE (Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe), 1990-2006

Summer Visiting Scholar, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, 1995.

Editor at Large, Presbyterian Outlook, (1987-1990)

Trustee, Haigazian University, Beiruit, Lebanon, 1999 to present

Chair, Committee on Theological Education, Presbyterian Church, USA, 2004-2005

Distinguished Alumnus of the Year at Occidental College, 2005

Distinguished Alumnus of the Year at Princeton Theological Seminary, 2005

J. Omar Good Visiting Distinguished Professor of Evangelical Christianity, Juniata College, 1975-77

Visiting Scholar, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University (2006-2007)

Honorary Doctorates from

  • University of Dubuque (Iowa), 2004 (Doctor of Divinity)
  • University of Sibiu (Romania), 2000 (Doctorem Honoris Causa)
  • Washington & Jefferson College (Pennsylvania), 1995 (Doctor of Divinity)
  • Waynesburg College (Pennsylvania), 1992 (Doctor of Humane Letters)
  • Westminster College (Pennsylvania), 1982 (Doctor of Law)