Alan Hess
Professor Emeritus of Finance and Business Economics at Foster School of Business
Schools
- Foster School of Business
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Biography
Foster School of Business
Education
- PhD Carnegie Mellon University (1969)
- MS Carnegie Mellon University (1967)
- BS Purdue University (1963)
Academic Expertise
- financial markets
- risk management
Current Research
- Value added by financial markets to savers and investors, Risk management using derivatives, Sources of financial risk, Effects of transaction costs, Information costs, Regulations on financial markets
Positions Held
- At the University of Washington since 1967
- Visiting professor, University of California-Berkeley
- Visiting professor, University of Chicago
- Visiting professor, University of Maryland
- Visiting professor, University of Virginia
- Visiting professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Visiting scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1982
- Economics fellow, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1976-1978
Honors and Awards
- Undergraduate Professor of the Quarter for Finance for Winter, 2009
- Undergraduate Professor of the Quarter for Finance for Autumn, 2008
- Undergraduate Professor of the Year for Finance, 2006
- Undergraduate Professor of the Quarter for Finance for Winter, 2006
- EMBA Excellence in Teaching Award, 1987
- Burlington Northern Foundation Teaching Achievement Award, 1985
- University Distinguished Teaching Award, 1976
Academic Service
- Advisory board, Center for the Study of Banking and Financial Markets, 1983-present
- Director, Center for the Study of Banking and Financial Markets, 1986-1990
- Program chairman, Western Finance Association, 1987-1988
- President, Western Finance Association, 1988-1989
- Secretary/treasurer, Western Finance Association, 1990-1994
- Program chair of the Pacific Northwest Finance Conference, 1998
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