ROCCO M. ANGELO

 

EDUCATION

 

            May 1980                    University of Miami

                                                MBA

 

            May 1958                    Cornell University

                                                B.S. Hotel Administration

 

            May 1953                    Fordham University

                                                B.S. Biology

 

PROFESSIONAL

 

Florida International University                                      Aug. 1974 – Present

            School of Hospitality and Tourism Management

 

                        Associate Dean and Professor                           July 1980 – 1994

                        Chairman of Hotel and Food

                        Service Management

 

                        Statler Professorship                                         Awarded 1993

 

                        Acting Associate Vice President                        Oct. 1986 – May 1987

                        Community Relations & Development

 

                        Faculty                                                            Aug. 1974 – July 1980

 

            Laventhol & Horwath                                                  June 1968 – June 1974

            New York, New York

 

Manage of the Management Advisory Services Department.  Responsible for supervising and conducting economic feasibility studies, tourism studies, operational studies and systems analysis for hotels and food service operations.  Chairman of the Leisure Time Industries Department for the eastern region of the firm.

 

            Women’s National Republican Club                             June 1964 – June 1968

            New York, New York

 

General Manager of a 3,000 member private club with responsibility for the operation of a 10-floor hotel clubhouse with restaurant, catering and meeting facilities.

 

 

            Loews Hotels                                                                 Nov. 1962 – May 1964

            New York, New York

 

Assisted in opening the chain’s Americana Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  Held the positions of Director of Food and Beverage Operations and Director of Catering.

 

            ARA                                                                            Dec. 1960 – Nov. 1962

            Philadelphia, PA

 

Manager and area supervisor of food service operations in Puerto Rico and St. Croix, V.I.

 

            Pannell Kerr Forster & Co.                                         June 1959 – Dec. 1960

            New York, New York

 

Assigned to hotel clients in Atlantic City, N.J. as a food and beverage cost controller followed by service in the Management Advisory Services Division in the New York City Office.  Conducted feasibility studies, tourism studies and reviews of hotel and food service operators.

 

            Manger Hotels                                                             June 1958 – June 1959

            Stamford, CT

 

Assistant Food and Beverage Controller at the Vanderbilt Hotel in New York City.  Assisted in the organization and operation of new food service facilities at the Mange Hotel, Rochester, New York.

 

Other:

 

            International Institute of                                                 1980

            Glion Switzerland

            Visiting Professor

 

            Cornell University                                                         1974 – 1979

            School of Hotel Administration

            Center for Professional Development

            (Summer program)

            Member of faculty

 

            Cornell University                                                         1968 – 1974

            School of Hotel Administration

            Visiting faculty

 

            New York University                                                    1972 – 1973

            Continuing Education

            Faculty (taught one course – two semesters)

 

 

Courses taught on a visiting basis:

 

            Niagara University                                                        1972 – 1973

            Institute of Transportation,

                        Travel and Tourism

 

            University of Massachusetts                                          1971 – 1972

            Hotel & Restaurant Department

 

 

Industry/Community

 

Resort Forum                                                                           1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

 

            Program planning committee for conference

            On resort development operations, marketing

            And finance.  Sponsored by Florida

            International University, Kenneth Leventhal

            And Company, Lodging Hospitality Magazine

            And Robinson, Yesawich and Pepperdine, Inc.

 

Morris Brown College                                                              1992 – 1994

 

            Advisor, Hospitality Program

 

Caribbean Hospitality Training Institute                                     1991 – 1996

 

            Trustee

 

Japan Society of South Florida                                                  1990, 1991

 

            Panel Moderator

 

American Hotel & Motel Association

 

            Educational Institute                                                      1993 – 1996

            Member-Certification Commission

 

            Scholarship and Grant Committee of                             1989 – 1992

            The American Hotel Foundation

 

            Market Research & Feasibility                                      1984 – 1993

            Committee

 

            Quality Assurance Committee                                       1979 – 1981

 

            Research Committee                                                     1977 – 1979

 

International Institute of Glion                                                    1986 – 1994

            Hospitality Management, Co-Director

            Advisory Board

            Glion, Switzerland

 

Barber-Scotia College                                                              1990

            Hospitality Management Program

            Program Advisory Board

            Concord, North Carolina

 

Club Managers Association of America

 

            Advisor to Educational Institute                                     1984 – 1989

            (Responsible for all educational

            programs for the national membership)

 

            Student Development Committee                                  1981 – 1984

 

Wiley College, Hotel & Restaurant                                            1982 – 1984

            Management

            Program Advisory Board

            Marshall, Texas

 

Culinary Institute of America                                                     1986 – 1994

            Program Advisory Board

 

Cornell Society of Hotelmen

 

            President of 3 chapters:

                        South Florida                                                    1976

                        New York (2 terms)                                         1966, 1967

                        Caribbean                                                        1961

 

Florida International University

 

            Residence Hall Project Committee                                1990

 

            Off Campus & Weekend Credit Advisory                     1990

            Committee

 

            Registrars Advisory Committee                                     1988 – 1994

 

            Council on International Affairs                                     1987

 

            University Orientation Committee                                  1986 – 1989

 

            Academic Advisement Task Force                                1983

 

            Salary Task Force                                                        1982

 

            Undergraduate Admissions Committee                          1980 – 1993

 

            Search & Screen Committees:

 

                        University President                                          1986

 

                        Director of Off Campus &                                1989

                        Weekend Credit

 

                        North Miami Vice President                              1989

 

                        Director of Conferences &                                1989

                        Short Courses

 

                        Director of Admissions                                     1989

                        (Chairperson of Committee)

 

                        University President                                          1986

 

 

School of Hospitality and Tourism Management

 

            Graduate Student Assoc. Advisor                                 1991 – 1993

 

            Undergraduate Curriculum Review                                1990

 

            F.I.U. Hospitality Review -                                           1983 – Present

            Member editorial board

 

            Founder of & Advisor to Florida                                   1980 – Present

            International University Hospitality        

            Society (alumni association of the school)

 

            Various Search & Screen Committees

 

State of Florida

 

            Florida Department of Business                                     1990 – 1992

            Regulations – Division of Hotels and     

            Restaurants – Advisory Council

 

            Florida Division of Tourism Ad Hoc                              1989

            Committee – “We’re Glad You’re Here in       

            Florida” (Tourism marketing research)

 

            Hospitality Management Advisory                                 1989 – 1990

            Committee – Level III Program Review –

            Advisory Committee (Review of Florida

            Community College Hospitality Programs)

 

Dade County

 

            Dade County Academy for Tourism                              1988 – 1995

            (High School Magnet Program)

            Program Advisory Committee  

 

            Florida Restaurant Association and                               1992 – 1993

            Dadeland Public Schools Advisor to a

            State funded pilot School-to-Career

            Transition Program for middle schools

 

            Miami Dade Community College                                   1986 – 1988

            Hospitality Program

            Program Advisory Committee

 

Publications

 

            Textbook:

 

Hospitality Today:  An Introduction, with Andrew N. Vladimir; February 1991, Educational Institute, American Hotel & Motel Association.

 

            Manual:

 

Understanding Feasibility Studies, 1985, Educational Institute, American Hotel & Motel Association.

 

            Proprietary Research Projects:

 

                        Study of Profitability of Dominican                                1979 – 1980

                        Republic Hotels (for the World Bank and

                        The Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism)

 

The following projects are a sampling of proprietary research projects conducted while I was on the staff of Laventhol & Horwath (1968 – 1974).

 

                        An Interim Strategy for the Tourist Sector                     1974

                        Of New Brunswick, Canada (co-author)

 

                        Feasibility Study for a 500-Room Luxury Hotel in         1973

                        New York City (A real estate development company)

 

            Proposed Resort Hotel, St. Marteen,                                        1972

            Netherlands Antilles (An investment company)

 

            Comparison of Food Service Catering                                      1972

            Contact Proposals – (A major New York bank)

 

            Survey of Restaurant Operation, (A major                                 1972

            Restaurant in Washington, D.C.)

 

            Proposed 260-room hotel, Harlem, New York                         1972

 

            Survey of Food Service Operation,                                           1971

            SUNY, Binghamton, New York

 

            Survey of Food and Beverage Controls                                     1971

            (A New Jersey resort hotel)

 

            Proposed 800-room hotel in Rio Grande,                                  1970

            Puerto Rico (U.S. conglomerate)

 

            Feasibility of a 1200-room hotel in San Juan,                             1970

            Puerto Rico  (Major Japanese company)

 

            Survey of United Nations Cafeteria Practices                            1968

 

Presentations

 

            Presentation at the Conference of                                              October 1992

            Hospitality Personnel Offices in Reno,

            Nevada.  One of four Hospitality Deans asked to

            Present to forty Vice Presidents of Human Resources

            Of the major Hotel and Food Service Companies

 

            Master of Ceremonies at Dinner Honoring                                 September 1992

            Dean Robert A. Beck of Cornell University,

            Waldorf Astoria, New York

 

            “Approaches to Assessment in Hospitality                                 July 1992

            Management Programs”

                        Presented at a meeting of the Council on

                        Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education

 

            “Service and Quality Control – the Keys to                               June 1992

            Success in a Competitive World”

                        Moderator and presenter

                        Caribbean Hotel Association

 

            “Your Future in the Hospitality Industry”                                   June 1991

                        Commencement Address at the graduation       

                        Of the Aruba Hotel School

 

            “Managing in a Weak Economy”                                               November 1990

                        Presented at a meeting of the National

                        Association of Catering Executives –

                        Broward Chapter, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

 

            “Reaching the Japanese Market”                                               November 1990

                        A presenter and moderator for the afternoon

                        Session – “What ‘The Japanese’ Needs Are”,

                        Japan Society of South Florida

                        Miami, FL

 

            “Developing Higher Standards of                                              October 1990

            Hospitality Education”

                        Presented at a meeting of the Caribbean

                        Heads of the Hotel Schools Conference,

                        Paradise Island, Bahamas

 

            “Transfer Opportunities, Articulation                                         July 1989

            Agreements”    

                        Council on Hotel, Restaurant and

                        Institutional Education Conference

                        Washington, D.C.

 

            “The Myths About Economic Feasibility Studies”                      June 1988

                        10th Annual National Hospitality           

                        Industry Investment Conference

                        New York, New York

 

            “Facts About Economic Feasibility Studies”                              June 1986

                        Presented to consulting staff of

                        KMG Main Hurdman, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

 

            “The State of the Hospitality Industry”                                       June 1986

                        Presentation at a meeting of the            

                        Key West Hotel and Restaurant           

                        Association, Key West, FL

 

            “Resort Site Selection”                                                              August 1981

                        Time Sharing Conference

                        Niagara Falls, New York

 

            “Financial Management For Hotels”                                          July 1981

                        Seminar for the American Hotel                       

                        & Motel Association    

                        Washington, D.C.

 

            “Operating Controls for Private Clubs”                                      September 1978

                        Club Managers Workshop

                        Scottsdale, AZ and Washington, D.C.

 

            “Organization of the Hotel Industry”                                          April 1978 &

                        Workshop for American Express                                  August 1979

                        Vice Presidents, New York, New York

 

            “Cash Budgeting for Hotels”                                                     April 1977

                        Intercontinental Hotels Managers’

                        Meeting – Maui, Hawaii

 

Teaching

 

Courses Taught

 

            HFT 3000 – Introduction to Hospitality Management

 

            HFT 3263 – Restaurant Management

 

            HFT 3453 – Operations Control for Hospitality Industry Management

 

            HFT 4276 – Resort Management

 

            HFT 5476 – Feasibility Studies for the Hospitality Industry

 

            HFT 6296 – Seminar in Hospitality Management

 

            HFT 6456 – Operations Control

 

Courses Developed

 

            HFT 5476 – Feasibility Studies for the Hospitality Industry

 

            HFT 4276 – Resort Management

 

            HFT 3453 – Operations Control for Hospitality Industry Management

                                    (Co-developed with an associate)