Education:

• Ph.D., Ed. Admin., Economic Education, Purdue University,1971
• M.A., Economic Education, Purdue University, 1968
• M.A., Education, Oregon State University, 1965

Teaching Interests:

• Economic Education
• Entrepreneurship
• Family Business

Activities and Honors:

• President, Delaware Council on Economic Education, 1985-present
• Public Service Fellow, Higher Education, State Development Partnership, 1985-86
• Director, Masters of Arts in Economics and Entrepreneurship, University of Delaware, 1983-present
• President, Society of Economic Educators, Delaware Council on Economic Education
• Member: Advisory Board, Center for Entrepreneurial Education; Kauffman Foundation; Steering Committee, State Council Directors; Advisory Committee for Social Studies, State Department of Public Instruction; Mastery Testing Steering Committee, State of Delaware;  National Association of Economic Educators; Society of Economic Educators
• Leon and Margaret Slocomb Professional Excellence Award
• Bessie B. Moore Service Award, National Council on Economic Education
• George Washington Honor Medal, Freedoms Foundation
• Honor Society Membership, Phi Delta Kappa
• Leavy Foundation Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education, Freedoms Foundation
• Forbes Award for Excellence in Economic Education
• First State Savings Star Award, 2008
• Lerner College of Business and Economics Outstanding Educator Award, 2008

Recent Publications:

• "Training Teachers in Economics Within and Outside the United States," Economics & Business Association of the U.K., 1996.
• "A Brief History of the Rationale for Economic Education," (with J. Brenneke), An Economy at Risk: Does Anyone Care?, J. Brenneke (ed.), Georgia State University Business Press, 1992.
• "DEEP Across the State," (with B. Meszaros), Effective Economic Education in the Schools, Washington, D.C. National Education Association, 1991.
• "Challenge for Economic Education in Ireland: Historical Overview of Ireland," abstract, Journal of Private Enterprise, Fall 1990