James J. Karam

James J. Karam will be awarded a Doctor of Business Administration. Mr. Karam is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and has been chairman, vice-chairman and a member of the UMD Foundation Board of Directors since 1989. Mr. Karam is vice chairman of the UMass Foundation in Boston and chairman of the Center for Marine Science and Technology Advisory Board. He is president and founder of the First Bristol Corporation, a developer of quality retail shopping centers, multi-family housing and office buildings throughout southern New England. Mr. Karam is a recipient of the Citizens for Citizens "Hubert H. Humphrey Award," was inducted a member of the United Way of Fall River's Lantern Society and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth "Entrepreneur of the Year" Award. He lives in Tiverton, R.I. with his wife, Janis, and four children.