He also served as the president of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business and the International Association for Management Education from October 1996 to June 1998.
In 1991, Alutto was appointed dean of Ohio State's Max M. Fisher College of Business.
He succeeded Barbara R. Snyder as president of Case Western Reserve University on July 1, 2007.
After Karen Holbrook's retirement on June 30, 2007, he assumed as the interim president of Ohio State University.
Alutto is also a director of Nationwide Financial Services, M/I Homes, and United Retail Group.