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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2001
7:30 - 9:00 a.m. at the UCSD Faculty Club (map) "Inside the California Economy"
Liam McGee
Where is California's economy heading? Liam McGee ought to know! As President of Bank of America, California, he leads the operations of the state's largest bank. February 13th is a homecoming day of sorts for McGee. He was a University of San Diego undergraduate. We're happy to welcome him back to town, this time at UCSD. At Bank of America, in addition to overseeing nearly 40,000 associates, McGee is responsible for nearly $200 billion in loans and deposits and a statewide delivery network that includes 960 banking centers and 5,000 ATM's. McGee serves on the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, USD and the Anderson School of Management at UCLA. |
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2001
7:30 - 9:00 a.m. at the UCSD Faculty Club (map) "California Electricity Markets: What Went Wrong? Where Do We Go From Here?"
Severin Borenstein
Where will we be when the lights go out? Severin Borenstein knows the answer! He'll share it with us on April 11th. Dr. Borenstein is the E.T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the University of California Energy Institute. He received his A.B. from UC Berkeley in 1978 and Ph.D. from MIT in 1983. Borenstein currently serves on the Board of Governors of the California Power Exchange and on the California Attorney General's Gasoline Price Task Force. |
TUESDAY, JULY 17, 2001
7:30 - 9:00 a.m. at the UCSD Faculty Club (map) "Monetary Policy Enters the 21st Century" Laurence H. Meyer What's ahead for the US economy? Laurence Meyer is uniquely qualified to answer that question as a leading economic forecaster and policy maker. Dr. Meyer has a decisive role in steering the economy as a Governor of the Federal Reserve System. Before steering the economy, Dr. Meyer was on other side of the desk; tracking the economy at his consulting firm Lawrence H. Meyer and Associates. Dr. Meyer took office, under Chairman Alan Greenspan, as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on June 20th, 1996. Prior to assuming office he was Professor of Economics at Washington University, St. Louis, and president of Laurence H. Meyer and Associates, economic consultants specializing in macroeconomic forecasting and policy analysis. Dr. Meyer is widely recognized as one of the nation's leading economic forecasters. He has been honored by Business Week as top forecaster of the year and by the prestigious Annual Forecast Award for most accurate forecaster on the panel for the Blue Chip Economic indicators. |
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2001
7:30 - 9:00 a.m. at the UCSD Faculty Club (map) "Inside San Diego High-Tech: The SAIC Story"
Robert Beyster
As SAIC's founder, chief executive officer and chairman of the board, Dr. Robert Beyster has committed the past 31 years to building his company on the tenets of employee ownership and technical excellence. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is the nation's largest employee-owned high-technology research and development firm with over 41,000 employees and annual revenues of $5.5 billion. Please join us as Dr. Beyster takes us for an inside look at both the challenges and the triumphs of this San Diego based high-tech success story. |
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| The UCSD Department of Economics gratefully acknowledges the 2001 UCSD
Economics Roundtable Steering Committee for their support:
Paul Drake, Dean of Social Sciences
Alan N. Nevin, Chief Economist
Rick F. Hall, President and CEO
Grace Evans Cherashore, CEO
Bill Nelson, Chairman of the Board
Jack White, Chairman
Ross Starr, Professor of Economics
Mary Walshok, Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor
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