William M. Tsutsui is an American academic, author, economic historian, Japanologist, university administrator, and Godzilla expert.
[1] In 1988, Oxford University’s Corpus Christi College, where he was a Marshall Scholar, awarded him a Master of Letters in Modern Japanese History.
[4] Tsutsui served as Dean of Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas from 2010 to 2014.
He has served on the boards of directors of the World Affairs Council of Dallas-Fort Worth, the Conway (AR) Area Chamber of Commerce, EIIA, and the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, and was a member of the National Advisory Committee of the Japan-America Student Conference and the NCAA Division III Presidents Council.
[8] On July 1, 2021, Tsutsui began as President and CEO of Ottawa University, a comprehensive, not-for-profit educational institution, serving more than 4,000 students through its residential campuses in Ottawa, Kansas, and Surprise, Arizona, and adult campuses in Overland Park, Kansas; Phoenix, Arizona; Brookfield, Wisconsin; and online.