Famed Economist To Lecture

At WestConn

DANBURY — Dr Robert H. Frank, author of the 1995 New York Times Notable Book of the Year, The Winner-Take-All Society, will address “Does Rising Inequality Harm the Middle Class?” for the President’s Lecture Series at WestConn. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, November 10, in the Student Center Theater on the university’s Midtown campus.

The lecture will be free and open to the public. “Dr Frank is a most uncommon economist,” WestConn President James Schmotter said. “He is one of the few economists who transcend jargon and quantitative analysis to confront complex issues that matter to us all, such as ambition, greed, social responsibility, public accountability, trust, and community.”

Dr Frank holds a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from the Georgia Institute of Technology. His master’s in statistics and doctorate in economics are from the University of California at Berkeley. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Nepal from 1966 to 1968, chief economist for the Civil Aeronautics Board from 1978 to 1980, and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in 1992 and 1993.

Most recently, Dr Frank served as the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy in Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences from 1991 to 2001.

A prolific writer, Dr Frank also is the author of Luxury Fever: Money and Happiness in an Era of Excess; Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of the Emotions; Choosing the Right Pond: Human Behavior and the Quest for Status; and What Price the Moral High Ground: Ethical Dilemmas in Competitive Environments.

For more information, call the Office of Public Relations at 837-8486 or the Office of the President at 847-8460.