PSU Research Review is very sad to hear the news of Emeritus Distinguished Professor Jean J. Boddewyn died on January 10, 2022 at the age of 92.
Emeritus Distinguished Professor Jean J. Boddewyn was one of our honorary consulting editors since 2016. He had been a Professor of International Business at Baruch College and Coordinator of the International Business Program from 1973 to 2006 when he retired as Professor Emeritus. Emeritus Professor Jean Boddewyn was one of the inspiring family members who helped us to start our journal journey.
Jean was born on February 3, 1929, in Brussels, Belgium. Jean was the recipient of the Presidential Excellence Award for Distinguished Scholarship at Baruch in 1994 and received the 2002 Academy of Management’s Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his creating and serving as Founding Editor of International Studies of Management & Organization (ISMO) from 1971-2006. He was a Fellow of the Academy of Management (1974), Academy of International Business (1980), and the International Academy of Management (1984). He was the author, co-author, editor or translator of 33 books and reports, plus more than one hundred articles and monographs on international business management, comparative management and marketing, foreign divestment, international business-government relations and public affairs, market-entry modes, reciprocity as a governance mode, and the regulation and self-regulation of advertising worldwide. He owned successively three Dachshunds (Maximilian Smart, Leo Belgicus and Beau) to which he was deeply attached. He was a gifted ballroom dancer, excellent cook, raconteur and joke teller, interior and fashion design enthusiast (he created the concept of “Breaking the Square,” and advised shoppers to be sure to look at themselves from the back in a mirror to be sure the fit was flattering). He loved history and was an avid reader.
Mostly, he loved his wife of 42 years, Marilyn, as well as his children (Michèle, Noëlle, and Marc) from a previous marriage to Luella Adams (deceased), grandchildren (Madeleine, Adrienne, Matthew and Emily), and their partners (Michael Ankuda, Julia Boddewyn, and Brooks Hurd).
It is hard to say goodbye to someone. He is going to be sorely missed. He will always be in our hearts.
On behalf PSU Research Review: An International Interdisciplinary Journal,
Professor Mohammad Nurunnabi
Editor-in-Chief
15 January 2022