Burt Malkiel
Burt Malkiel is the Chemical Bank Chairman’s Professor of Economics at Princeton University. He has been a popular teacher of generations of Princeton students and is responsible for a revolution in the field of investment management. Malkiel is also one of the country’s leading investor advocates who has received lifetime achievement awards from professional investment organizations. During his career, Malkiel has published at least 12 books and more than 150 articles in addition to numerous op-ed columns and book reviews.
Burt Malkiel Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chemical Bank Chairman's Professor of Economics
Academic History
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PhD, Economics and Finance
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MBA
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B.A. in Economics, Phi Beta Kappa
- After a three-year tour as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Finance Corps, he began his investment banking career at Smith, Barney & Co.
- He has served on government advisory committees and on several corporate boards of directors.
- He has served as president of the American Finance Association.
- He is also a fellow of the American Philosophical Society.
- He is a past appointee to the President’s Council of Economic Advisors.
His numerous corporate board memberships have included Prudential Financial, the American Stock Exchange, and the Vanguard Group.
He helped the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission review its disclosure rules.
- He assisted the Chartered Financial Analysts Institute set up its guidelines for investor education.
He has served on the investment committees for several charitable foundations.
- He has published in a number of areas including:
- stock market
- optimal investment management
- international monetary arrangements
- tax and expenditure policy
- money and banking
- alternative investment markets
- emerging economies
- Malkiel has also been an active University citizen:
- He has twice chaired the Department of Economics and Princeton’s Financial Research Center.
- He has served on a number of University committees, including the Faculty Advisory committee on Appointments and Advancements.
- He chaired the committee that established University policy on investing in South Africa and was a key member of the committee that established Princeton’s endowment spending policy.
- He also chaired the steering committee that planned Princeton’s 250th-anniversary celebration.