- Date: Saturday, June 1, 2013
- Length of Ceremony: About 1-1/2 hours
- Time: Saturday, June 1 at 10 AM
- Location: Chabot College Grand Court
(If RAIN, Chabot College
Performing Arts Center)
- Student Information
President Leroy M. Morishita
Leroy M. Morishita began his term as the fifth president of California State
University, East Bay. He was appointed to the position in
January 2012 by the CSU Board of Trustees, after taking office
on in 2011, following 29 years of senior administrative
experience at San Francisco State University, where he served as
Executive Vice President for Administration and Finance and
Chief Financial Officer.
A native California, Dr. Morishita earned a Bachelor's Degree
in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley
and a Master's Degree in Counseling from San Francisco State
University, and a Doctorate in Administration, Planning and
Social Policy from Harvard Graduate
School of Education.
Dr. Morishita has been a Commissioner of the Western
Association for Senior Colleges and Universities since 2007, and
has served on a number of California State University system and
state committees ob budget, investment, human resources, and
other policy issues. He is currently a member of the California
State University President's Council on Underserved Communities
and the Presidential Coordinator of the Asian American/Pacific
Islander Initiative.
Locally, Dr. Morishita is a a trustee and former chair of
the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley. He is a founding
member of the Chabot Space and Science Center Leadership Council
and serves on the board of the Bay Area Council and the Contra
Costa Council. Regional memberships include the East Bay
Economic Development Alliance, East Bay Green Corridor, and
Silicon Valley Leadership Group, A former board member of the
Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California,
he is former president and board member of Oakland's Asian
Community Mental Health Services. Since 2001, he has been a
board member of the JACL Health Benefits Administrators.
Dr. Morishita and Barbara Hedani-Morishita, live in the East
Bay and have two sons.
