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Philip Shaak Obituary
AGE: 90 • Brielle
Dr. Philip C. Shaak, 90 of Brielle passed away on Friday June 24 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Dr. Shaak, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers, The State University retired in 1988 from the Rutgers Business School, having earned both his Bachelor of Science Degree and Master of Business Degree at Rutgers. In 1960 Professor Shaak was awarded the Doctor of Business Administration Degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business, where he held two Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowships. Dr. Shaak was on the Rutgers faculty for 35 years. He served at various times as a Professor, a founding faculty member and Director of the Executive MBA Program, and Associate Dean. He was a contributing author to four management text books. His field of interests included strategy and policy, and organizational behavior. For over 30 years he was a Director of the Kuehne Company and for many years maintained a practice as a management consultant, traveling throughout the United States and Europe. At one time he was a partner with Dr. Richard Feathers in Resource Associates, specialists in management development. Their clients included nationally recognized companies in a wide variety of industries. He was on the faculty of the Stonier School of Banking for a number of years. Dr. Shaak was also a veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific Ocean as radioman on the U.S.S. APc 29. Professor Shaak was a Sunday School Teacher and Superintendent, Deacon and Elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Belmar. He headed the fund raising drive for the Adams organ, which was built in the 1970's, and was co-chairperson of the fund campaign for the Christian Education building. Dr. Shaak was co-founder of the Endowment Fund of the Church. He was honored by being awarded the Christian Leadership Award by his church. Active in the Presbytery of Monmouth, he was a member of the Congregational Strategies and Development Working Group and was elected by the Presbytery to be a Commissioner to the 2004 General Assembly.
Dr. Shaak is survived by his wife, Barbara Anne (Milne) Shaak and three children, John Carl Shaak, his wife Lisa and their three children Audrey, Allie, and Andrew, living in Newnan, Georgia; Timothy Arthur Shaak, his wife Cheryl and daughter Alexis; and Anne Elizabeth Henrichs, her husband Mark and their son Andrew, all living in Brielle.
A memorial service will be held 4 pm at First Presbyterian Church of Manasquan, 16 Virginia Avenue, Manasquan on Sunday July 10, 2016. Memorial gifts may be made to Brielle First Aid 710 Old Bridge Road Brielle, NJ 08730. Arrangements are under the care of Orender Family Home for Funerals, Manasquan. To send condolences to the family please go to www.orenderfamilyhome.com.
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July 10, 2016
Not only did Professor Shaak create the Rutgers Executive MBA program, but he set the "tone" for it---the "tone" that future directors like the late Prof. Giles Mellon, Prof. Don Mccabe and myself, have adopted. Phil reminded us all that the students came first, and that Compassion and Kindness and Dignity were the key driving forces of any program such as this.
Today, we stand on the shoulders of this giant, as we bring in world-class EMBA rankings. We are simply finishing work that Phil had begun.
Prof. Farrokh Langdana, Director, Rutgers Executive MBA Program
July 6, 2016
The battle is over. The victory is won. RIP, Phil
William J. Carroll
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July 4, 2016
This was the person that interviewed me and in spite of my checkered academic history told me he was convinced I could succeed and he admitted me to the program.
He was truly a visionary educator by founding the EMBA Program.
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