Robert J. Truitt Named Executive-in-Residence at Rutgers School of Business

For Immediate Release

CAMDEN --  The Rutgers School of Business–Camden has named Robert J. Truitt, retired president of the beverage can division of the Crown Cork & Seal Company, as the 2009 Executive-in-Residence.

 “Our search for a 2009 Executive-in-Residence could not have resulted in finding a better or more ideal business leader than Robert Truitt,” says Gene Pilotte, vice dean at Rutgers School of Business–Camden.  “His leadership, vision, and determination were instrumental in helping to build Crown Cork & Seal as a major global manufacturer and the world’s largest rigid packaging company.

“We are honored to have Mr. Truitt apply his vision on behalf of Rutgers–Camden’s business programs in 2009.  In these challenging economic times, the insight of prominent business leaders such as Mr. Truitt will be of great help to Rutgers’ undergraduate and MBA students as they prepare to apply their classroom learning in the workplace.”

In this role at Rutgers, Truitt will contribute his expert perspective to help shape effective professional development programming for undergraduate and MBA students.  He will work directly with Rutgers School of Business students through a series of career development workshops, and will teach the course Multinational Business during the fall 2009 semester. He also will participate in public events offered by the Rutgers School of Business–Camden.

Truitt has participated in the annual Guest Business Professors Week at the Rutgers School of Business for more than 12 years.

To learn more about the Rutgers School of Business–Camden, the first institution in southern New Jersey to earn accreditation by the respected AACSB-The International Association for Management Education, visit business.camden.rutgers.edu.

A graduate of Northeast Catholic High School, Truitt received his bachelor’s degree in industrial management from Temple University and a Doctor of Humane Letters from Holy Family University.  He also attended the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business for Economics and Finance, and received a certificate upon completion of Harvard University’s Senior Executive Program.  He served in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years and received an honorable discharge. 

During his 35-year career at Crown Cork & Seal, Truitt held numerous positions of progressive responsibility, including 14 years’ worth of international business experience, from production control clerk to corporate vice president of human resources, executive vice president of operations, and president of the beverage division.  He retired in 2008.

A resident of Feasterville, Pa., Truitt serves on numerous boards, including Holy Family University, Aria Health System, the Frankford Hospital Foundation, Northeast Catholic High School, and the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Council.

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