A. Gabriel Esteban is now the 20th president of Seton Hall University, in South Orange, N.J. He is the first Filipino American president of an American university. He had been the provost at Seton Hall University since 2007.
Seton Hall broke from its tradition of only having Roman Catholic priests as presidents in order to appoint Esteban.
Esteban has a doctorate in business administration from the University of California, Irvine, a Master of Science in Japanese Business Studies from Chaminade University in Honolulu, and a master’s in business administration from the University of the Philippines. ♦