REMINDER/New York City Official To Speak at Commencement of University of Chicago.Business Editors/Education Writers REMINDER...for Sunday (June 15) CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2003 Andrew Alper, president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation Overview New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) is a non-profit local development corporation that promotes economic growth across New York City's five boroughs. , will speak at the commencement ceremony at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Recruiters also voice a strongly positive opinion of students. According to BusinessWeek's biannual MBA rankings: "Chicago's grads were hands-down favorites in our survey of companies that hire MBAs. , Sunday, June 15. Also speaking will be Richard Thaler, a behavioral economics expert and faculty member at the school. M.B.A. degrees will be conferred on 667 graduates at the ceremony, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Alper is responsible for revitalizing New York's economy in the aftermath of the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Before being appointed to the position by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, Alper had a 21-year career at Goldman Sachs including serving as chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of the investment banking division and co-head of the financial institutions group. In addition to his role at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Alper also serves as chairman of the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Industrial Development Agency and director of the United Nations Development Corp. and Queens West Development Corp. Thaler THALER. The name of a coin. The thaler of Prussia and of the northern states of Germany is deemed as money of account, at the custom-house, to be of the value of sixty-nine cents. Act of May 22, 1846. 2. is the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at Chicago GSB GSB Graduate School of Business (Stanford) GSB Graduate School of Business (Chicago) GSB Government of the Student Body (Iowa State University, Ames, IA) and director of the school's Center for Decision Research. He is an expert on behavioral economics and finance as well as the psychology of decision- making. Thaler is considered a leader in applying insights from those disciplines to daily life. Thaler and Shlomo Benartzi developed the "Save More Tomorrow" plan, which allows employees to allocate a portion of their future salary increases toward retirement savings. The commencement ceremony will take place on the University's Harper Quadrangle quadrangle Rectangular open space completely or partially enclosed by buildings of an academic or civic character. The grounds of a quadrangle are often grassy or landscaped. , 1116 E. 59th Street, Chicago. The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business is one of the oldest and largest business schools in the world. It offers five full-time and part-time M.B.A. programs in addition open enrollment executive education, custom corporate education, and a Ph.D. program. Many of the world's leading executives are graduates of the school, including Philip Purcell, chairman and chief executive of Morgan Stanley, James Kilts, chairman and chief executive of The Gillette Company and Joseph Neubauer, chairman and chief executive of ARAMARK Corp. |
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