Raymond Horton

Professor Horton teaches the popular elective course Modern Political Economy. A member of the Columbia Business School faculty since 1970, he served two years while on leave from the School as Executive Director of the Temporary Commission on City Finances during the New York City fiscal crisis, and later served 15 years as Director of Research and President of the Citizens Budget Commission. His publications on municipal finance and public and nonprofit management include 14 books, numerous journal articles and policy studies. In 1981, he founded the Public and Nonprofit Management Program at the School. In 2000, that program morphed into the Social Enterprise Program and later the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise. Since 2009, he has also served as Faculty Director of Programs in Social Enterprise in the School's Executive Education division.

Professor Horton received his B.A. from Grinnell College, his J.D. from Harvard Law School, and his Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. He resides in Brooklyn, New York with his wife Jacqueline Dinan.

Education

• Honorary PHD Grinnell College (2002 — 2002)
• Honorary JD New York Law School (1997 — 1997)
• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Columbia University in the City of New York (1965 — 1971)
• Doctor of Law - JD Harvard Law School (1962 — 1966)
• Bachelor's degree Grinnell College (1959 — 1962)

Companies

• Faculty Director, Social Enterprise Programs in Executive Education Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia University (2009)
• Founder of the Social Enterprise Program Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia University (1981)
• Frank R Lautenberg Emeritus Professor of Ethics & Corporate Governance Columbia Business School (1970)
• President Citizens Budget Commission (1981 — 1998)
• Co Director of Setting Municipal Priorities Project Columbia University in the City of New York (1977 — 1990)
• Executive Director, New York City Temporary Comission on City Finances The City of New York (1975 — 1977)