John Thomas Madden

Who was John Thomas Madden?

John Thomas Madden A.M., C.P.A., Ph.D. was an educator and business leader who served as the dean of NYU School of Business, introduced much of the modern procurement process, and served as president of Theta Nu Epsilon from 1926-1932 and Beta Alpha Psi, the finance, accounting and information systems fraternity from 1930-1932.

Dean Madden was born to a New York City family, and was raised in the Protestant church. He was educated at Yale and New York University and worked both as an instructor and administrator at the latter while he was engaged in business as an accountant; he was also a member of Alpha Kappa Psi professional business fraternity.

From 1927-1940, Madden was dean of New York University's business school, serving as a professor through the thirties until 1947, while rendering procurement training to the military in World War II. Dean Madden started an early form of inmate education using his faculty at Sing Sing. Dean Madden is quoted as saying "This idea is a mighty fine one, especially at this time. There are many men here who would not have been here five years ago. They committed no strange offenses.