Please join the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Alumni Club of Seattle in welcoming Professor Aliber as he gives his economic insights. Aliber is professor emeritus of international economics and finance at the Booth School of Business. He has written extensively about exchange rates, international financial, banking relationships and policy problems.

Where

Meridian Capital, LLC
Suite 1209
1809 Seventh Avenue
Seattle, WA

Cost

$20 per person online
$35 per person with a copy of the book, “Manias, Panics, and Crashes”
$25 per person at the door / $45 with the book

Program

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM: Networking reception
7:00 PM – 7:30 PM: Presentation
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM: Q & A

Registration

Register Online

Cocktails and appetizers (by Blue Acre Seafood) will be served.
Deadline: 5/29/2012

Questions

Nick Waltner, ’90
206.972.1456

Speaker Profiles

Robert Z. Aliber (Speaker)
Professor Emeritus of International Economics and Finance, Chicago Booth

Bob Aliber received a Ph.D degree from Yale University in 1962 and a Bachelors Degrees from Williams College and Cambridge University. He joined the faculty of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago in 1965 and retired in 2004 as Professor of International Economics and Finance. Prior to joining the Chicago faculty, Aliber was Senior Economic Advisor, Agency for International Development, Department of State.

Bob was the National Westminster Professor of International Finance at the London Business School in 1978, the Bundesbank Professor at the Free University of Berlin in 1997, and a visiting Professor at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in the early 1980s and again in 2004; he was also a visiting professor at Brandeis University and at Williams College. Bob was the Houblon-Norman fellow at the Bank of England in 1996. He was the JPMorgan Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin in 2003 and a visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington in 2004. Aliber has been a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and a consultant to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and a various think tanks in Washington and London.

Aliber has written extensively about international financial issues, including changes in cross-border capital flows and changes in currency values; and the efficiency of the currency market. His publications include The New International Money Game, The Multinational Paradigm was published in 1991, he brought out the fifth edition of Manias, Panics, and Crashes in 2005; the previous editions were authored by Charles P. Kindleberger—the sixth edition was released in 2011. In the early 1980s, he wrote a book on personal finance, Your Money and Your Life; a much more comprehensive book on personal finance. He is the co-editor of a collection of papers and reports that were published prior to the Iceland’s financial crisis.

Bob founded Dorchester Capital Management in 1991, which provides asset management and financial planning services

Cost: $10 (includes admission and hors d’oeuvres; cash bar will be available); admitted students FREE.

RSVP here.

On Wednesday, June 6, 2012, Seattle, Washington will join more than 75 locations around the world in celebration of the Columbia Business School global alumni network during the sixth annual Worldwide Alumni Club Event.

We are pleased to welcome Kathryn Harrigan, Henry R. Kravis Professor of Business Leadership at Columbia Business School.  Join Professor Harrigan as she discusses how testing for Corporate Advantage can help you make critical decisions.  She will explore the following scenario: If two different firms were courting a smaller company with the objective of buying it, how might you, the CEO of the smaller company, decide which one would make the better “corporate parent”?  Is the difference between the two suitors so great as to overcome a simple comparison of the price each is willing to pay?

For more information please contact Scott Shapiro ’99 at SShapiro99@gsb.columbia.edu.

Last month’s new format for our monthly happy hour was a hit. We’ll do the same thing this month as we move to the Seattle-side. So let’s run down the new format:

First, in order to keep it at the Black Bottle (in Belltown) this month, we need to get together on Wednesday instead of our normal Thursday.

Second, we are charging a nominal fee that will go toward the Club providing a variety of appetizers.

Third, RSVPs are required unless you want to pay extra. See below.

Come network with fellow Wharton alumni as well as alumni from the Seattle Business School Alliance member schools. Stop by for drinks/apps, meet with old friends and make new ones. Don’t forget your business cards.

Date: Wednesday, May 9th
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Black Bottle Seattle
Address: 2600 1st Avenue (at Vine), Seattle, WA
Phone: 206.441.1600
Cover for dues paying members: FREE / $10.00 at the door
Cover for everyone else: $10.00 payable online / $20.00 at the door
Free appetizers / Cash bar

Dues paying members RSVP here.
Everyone else RSVP here.

See you there!

Please join us for the upcoming Seattle WIL Spring Potluck at Uyen’s Houseboat. This is a great opportunity to regroup with fellow Seattle WIL members and network while enjoying some delicious food and wine. Please bring your favorite appetizer, side dish, entree or dessert. Guests are welcome too. We look forward to seeing you there!

Join Seattle Women in Leadership on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/seattlewil
Register: http://seattlewilspring.eventbrite.com/

Register here.

Our apologies for the inconvenience.