Biography

Dr. Doti shares the stage with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Dr. Doti was born in Chicago, Illinois on Sept. 26, 1946, the son of Roy Doti and Carmelina Siracusa Doti. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Illinois, Chicago, where he was an Edmund James Scholar. He received his master’s and doctorate degrees in economics from the University of Chicago, where he was an Edward Hilman and National Science Foundation Fellow.

After teaching at Rosary College in River Forest, Ill., Dr. Doti joined the Chapman faculty in 1974. In 1978, he was appointed director of the university’s Center for Economic Research, which became the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research the following year. He was appointed dean of the School of Business and Management (today's George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics) in 1985, and served the university twice previously as acting president.

In 1978, Dr. Doti and his students developed the first quarterly econometric model for a metropolitan area — the Chapman Econometric Model. The model continues to be used as a teaching tool at the university, and the annual Economic Forecast and Forecast Update generated by the model are widely used as planning tools by the Orange County business community. In recognition of his work, Dr. Doti was among the first recipients of the Chapman University Faculty Award for Teaching and Research.

Dr. Doti’s numerous articles have appeared in professional journals as well as The Wall Street Journal and Business Forum. He has also co-authored a textbook, Econometric Analysis: An Application Approach, published by Prentice Hall in 1988, and co-edited a collection of readings in private enterprise, The Market Economy: A Reader, published by Roxbury Press in January 1991.

Over the years, Dr. Doti has been continually recognized for his achievements through various accolades, including the George Washington Honor Medal by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge in recognition for a series of articles that appeared in The Freeman. He is also the recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow Award for his distinguished contributions to education, the Manager of the Year Award presented by the Society for Advancement of Management, the Horatio Alger Award, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations.

Dr. Doti currently serves on the board of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and recently completed a six-year term as chairman of the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities. In addition to his educational activities, Dr. Doti has served on the board of directors of the Association for University Business and Economic Research and the Editorial Review Board of the Midwestern Journal of Business and Economics. In 2004, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger selected him to join his Council of Economic Advisors. Dr. Doti continues to serve on the Orange County Business Committee for the Arts, as well as on the boards of several Southern California businesses.

His other off-campus activities have taken him across the nation and around the

In 2006, Dr. Doti climbed Mt. Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe.

Dr. Doti lives in Villa Park with his wife, Lynne, who is professor of economics at Chapman and was recently appointed as the inaugural holder of Chapman’s Stone Professorship in Economics.