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Merlin Simpson

Simpson3B. S., International Business, University of San Francisco, 1964
M.B.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 1967

D.B.A., Golden Gate University, San Francisco, 1995


Dr. Simpson has been a full-time member of the faculty of the School of Business since 1998, before which he was a systems and programs engineer at Loral  Corporation and Ford Aerospace in California, managing systems development programs for government and corporate customers.

After graduating from the University of San Francisco he was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force, and completed an active duty career of 24 years, including senior command and staff assignments in Norway, Germany and Greece.

Dr. Simpson’s teaches in both the undergraduate and graduate programs of the School of Business; his teaching interests are services marketing and marketing research. He has also taught the BBA strategic management capstone course and other management courses. His research interests focus on services marketing, with particular interest in international airline service quality and the internationalization of services. He has been the advisor to the University chapter of the American Marketing Association since 2000.

His outside interests include Irish heritage, travel and photography.