Dr. Joseph C. Rallo Biography

Dr. Joseph C. Rallo was appointed as President of Angelo State University, a component campus of the Texas Tech University System, in San Angelo, Texas on June 1, 2007. Previously, he served as Provost and Academic Vice President at Western Illinois University, and as the Dean of the College of Business and Administration and the Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.

Dr. Rallo has published extensively on global business topics with an emphasis on the European Union and Japan. Dr. Rallo has also been named as a Fulbright Scholar and NATO Fellow and has testified before United States Senate committees on technology transfer policy for the United States and the European Union. From 1991-1999 he chaired the Executive Committee of the Japan Center for Michigan Universities, a consortium of the 15 public institutions in Michigan with its instructional site in Hikone, Japan.

Dr. Rallo holds senior leadership positions on several boards, serving as the Chair of the Texas Council of Public University Presidents and Chancellors, President of the Texas International Education Consortium and member Board of Trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). During his tenure, Angelo State University was named to the Princeton Review's Best 376 Colleges for 2012 and was recognized as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) by the United States Department of Education.

Dr. Rallo received the B.A. in Russian History from Lafayette College, the J.D. from Western New England College, as well as the M.A. and Ph.D. in International Relations from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He served on active duty in the United States Navy and then cross commissioned to the United States Air Force, with duty assignments in intelligence and logistics. After 27 years of active and reserve service, he retired from the Air Force with the rank of Colonel.