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Trinity College and Chapter One in the Story of Financial Economics: |
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Distinguished Trinity Economics Professor Ward S. Curran Discusses the College’s Pioneering Role
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Trinity College was one of the first liberal arts colleges to offer a course in finance within the economics curriculum. Curran’s lecture will present the story of how finance developed into financial economics, and the challenges faced in gaining recognition from members of the economics profession that something which was once solely part of the business school curricula was now also an integral part of the study of economics. Curran will also discuss the future of financial economics and Trinity’s continued leadership among liberal arts colleges in the field.
The Ward S. Curran Distinguished Professorship in Economics was established in 2006 by Peter and Jill Kraus in recognition of the extraordinary career of Professor Curran and his service to Trinity College for more than 45 years. Curran will occupy the chair named in his honor until his retirement. Peter Kraus is currently chair of the Investment Committee and a former Trustee of the College (1998-2006). |
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Thursday, October 19, 2006, at 4:30 p.m. |
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McCook Auditorium on the Trinity College campus |
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Ward S. Curran received his B.A. from Trinity College in 1957 and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1958 and 1961, respectively. He began teaching at Trinity in 1960. His fields of interests include corporate finance, financial regulation, and investment theory and practice. He has taught a course at Yale University for almost 30 years and has also taught at the University of Connecticut School of Law and Wesleyan University. In addition, he was a consulting economist to the Minary Nine, which later became the Consortium on Financing Higher Education, and served as director of institutional planning during the administration of Theodore Lockwood, Trinity’s 15th president. Among Curran’s many publications are the books, Principles of Financial Management and An Economic Approach to the Regulation of the Securities Markets. Currently, Curran is working on a chapter, “Principles of Financial Regulation,” in a book entitled, Companion to Economic Regulation. He is currently a member of the American Economic Association, American Finance Association, and Financial Management Association. |
For more information, call (860) 297-2485. This lecture is free and open to the public.
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