March 17, 2008
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Author Martin Fridson to Speak at Brinson Lecture at the WSU College of Business
PULLMAN, Wash. – The College of Business at Washington State University is hosting the 7th annual Gary P. Brinson Distinguished Lecture In Finance on Friday, April 4, 2008. The lecture, presented by the Department of Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate, will feature finance writer Martin Fridson in a speech titled “The Road to Excess.” The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held on the Pullman campus in Todd Hall 276 from 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.
Martin Fridson is "perhaps the most well-known figure in the high yield world," according to Investment Dealers' Digest. Over a 25-year span with brokerage firms including Salomon Brothers, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch, he became known for his innovative work in credit analysis and investment strategy. His writings focus on political economy, investments, and the history of financial markets and include works aimed at popular audience and others at professional and academic readers.
Fridson’s works include Unwarranted Intrusions: The Case Against Government Intervention in the Marketplace, Financial Statement Analysis, How to Be a Billionaire, It Was a Very Good Year, and Investment Illusions. He received his Bachelors of Art cum laude in history from Harvard College and his Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He has been a guest lecturer at the graduate business schools of Babson, Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Fordham, Georgetown, Harvard, MIT, New York University, Notre Dame, Rutgers, and Wharton, as well as the Amsterdam Institute of Finance.
The Brinson Lecture Series was established by Gary P. Brinson, CFA (’68 MBA). The founder and retired chair of Brinson Partners Inc., Brinson is a nationally-recognized authority on global investing. In 1999, he received the Award for Professional Excellence from the Association for Investment Management Research. After his retirement in 2000, the Brinson family created The Brinson Foundation, a philanthropic organization.
The WSU College of Business is accredited at the baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral levels by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The college spans the four campuses of WSU with the largest campus in Pullman and urban campuses located in Spokane, Vancouver, and the Tri-Cities area. The college conducts scholarly and applied research, and offers degree programs in a variety of business disciplines, and in hospitality business management, supplementing face-to-face offerings through innovative online learning and international programs. For more information, visit the college’s Web site at www.business.wsu.edu.