About the Author

Louis Rowitz, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, where he taught for over 40 years. In the 1980s and early 1990s, he served as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs of the school. Before that, Rowitz was a research scientist in the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. As a social epidemiologist, Rowitz was engaged for many years in a number of research activities. He has written over 60 articles, several book chapters, and 5 books. From 1992 to 2012, he was director of the Mid-America Public Health Leadership Institute. He has served as chair of the National Public health Leadership Development Network three times. Rowitz has given numerous leadership workshops all over the United States in the last 25 years.