{"id":10353,"date":"2024-08-06T16:58:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/louis-lataif\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:59:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:59:32","slug":"louis-lataif","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/louis-lataif\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Lataif"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b2e659ba wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-986eed52 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Louis Lataif\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/LataifLouis.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:lelataif@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          lelataif@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-986eed52 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0f22d0a1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Louis Lataif<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-bio\">\n\t<p>Louis E. Lataif is Dean Emeritus at the Boston University Questrom School of Business, where for nineteen years he led a unique educational approach that <b><i>fuses the art, science, and technology of business<\/i><\/b>. Under his deanship, the School\u2019s new state-of-the-art home was built.   His appointment as dean in 1991 followed a distinguished twenty-seven   year career with Ford Motor Company.   In 1981, he was elected a corporate vice president and General Manager of Ford Division, then Ford\u2019s youngest officer.  Four years later, he was appointed   Vice President, North American Sales Operations and, in l988, was named President, Ford of Europe.    Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, Dean Lataif earned a Bachelor&#8217;s Degree from Boston University and an MBA from Harvard.  He holds honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Boston University, and Lycoming College.  He is also a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.   Dean Lataif currently serves on the boards of directors of Magna International, Inc, Group 1 Automotive, Inc., Abiomed, Inc., and Interaudi Bank.  He is a Trustee of The Iacocca   Foundation and serves on the Cannon Design Advisory Board.  His interests include piano, golf, and skiing.    Lou and Najla Lataif, parents of four and grandparents of eighteen, live in Bonita Springs, Florida and Brookline, Massachusetts.  <\/p>\n<p>  Boston University  September 1, 2010<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\">\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"bu_is_from_api":true,"buID":"U84614313","lastName":"Lataif","firstName":"Louis","middleName":"E","suffixName":"","phone":"","email":"lelataif@bu.edu","pronouns":"","cv":"","website":"","office":"","address":"595 Commonwealth Ave","bio":"Louis E. 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