Background
Born in 1949, Lusch "grew up in Arizona" and in 1975 he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Born in 1949, Lusch "grew up in Arizona" and in 1975 he received his Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Robert Lusch graduated with his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1975 and started his academic career at the University of Oklahoma.
After working at the University of Oklahoma for 26 years, including 5 years as the Dean of its business school (1987 to 1992), Lusch became the Dean of the Michael Jackson Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University in 2000. By that time, Lusch had written 14 books and published 150 articles in a variety of professional journals. Lusch"s research has been published in the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, Journal of Retailing, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Sloan Management Review, Organizational Dynamics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Intelligent Systems, Journal of Operations Management, International Business Machines Corporation Systems Journal, and Behavioral Science.
In 2004, Lusch became the head of the "marketing department at the University of Arizona"s business school." Lusch current serves as the Executive Director of the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Arizona and holds the James and Pamela Muzzy Chair in Entrepreneurship.
Professor Lusch has served as Vice President of Education, Vice President of Finance, Vice President of Publications, Chairperson of the American Marketing Association, and trustee of the American Marketing Association Foundation. He has advised and consulted with Adolph Coors, Arvest Bank, Cotter & Company, Household Finance, Ford Motor Company, Fleming Companies, National Association of Wholesalers, National Retail Hardware Association, Retail Floor Covering Institute, TG&Y, True Value, and Winn’s Stores.
The National Retail Hardware Association awarded him the Hardware Industry Service Award (1976). The Academy of Marketing Science awarded him in 1997 its Distinguished Marketing Educator Award, and the American Marketing Association has twice (1997 and 2005) presented him the Harold Maynard Award for contributions to marketing theory, and he is also the recipient of the American Medical Association Louis Stern Award for contributions to the Marketing Channels" literature (2002).
The Marketing Management Association has honored him with the Creative Contributions in Marketing award (2006).
In February 2013 Lusch was presented the American Medical Association/Irwin/McGraw-Hill Distinguished Marketing Educator Award.