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CURRICULUM VITAE
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Ph.D., History, The George
Washington University (1993).
Fields of concentration included
American History, American and
World Business and Economic
History, Modern Middle Eastern
History, and Public
Administration. My dissertation
entitled "Orderly Competition:
American Government, Business
and the Role of Voluntary Export
Restraints in United
States‑Japan Trade, 1934‑1972,"
was written under the
supervision of Professor William
H. Becker.
J.D., University of Louisville
School of Law, 1974.
B.A., History, University of
Louisville College of Arts and
Sciences, 1971.
Graduate business courses (21
hours) at American University
and George Mason University
1975‑1983.
PUBLICATIONS
The Market, The State and the
Export‑lmport Bank of the United
States, 1934‑2000. with William
H. Becker. Cambridge University
Press, 2003. A history of the
United States official export
credit agency from its
foundation in 1934 to the
present; its role in American
foreign economic policy; and its
relationship with the private
sector.
The Voice of the Marketplace: A
History of the National
Petroleum Council. with Joseph
Pratt and William H. Becker.
Texas A&M University Press,
2002. A history of the federal
advisory committee for the
petroleum and natural gas
industries from its
establishment in 1946 to the
present.
"The Growth of Voluntary Export
Restraints and American Foreign
Economic Policy, 1956‑1969,"
Business and Economic History.
2d series 20 (1991): 180‑190.
Review (forthcoming), Mira
Wilkins’ The History of Foreign
Investment in the United States,
1914-1945, Journal of American
History.
Review, Wyatt Wells Antitrust
and the Formation of the Postwar
World, June 2003 Journal of
American History. Vol. 90, No.1:
279-280.
Review, Jonathan Bean, Big
Government and Affirmative
Action: The Scandalous History
of the Small Business
Administration, 2002, for EH.NET
(www.eh.net).
Review, Paul Wolman, Most
Favored Nation: The Republican
Revisionists and U.S. Tariff
Policy. 1897‑1912,December 1995
Journal of American History, pp.
1248‑1249.
Review, Kaufman, Zacharias and
Karsohn, Managers vs. Owners:
The Struggle for Corporate
Control in American Democracy,
May 1997 The Annals of the
American Academy of Political
and Social Science, Vol. 551:
252‑253.
Review, David Vogel, Trading Up:
Consumer and Environmental
Regulation in a Global Economy,
September 1997 The Annals of the
American Academy of Political
and Social Science. Vol. 553:
233‑234.
Review, Edward S. Kaplan,
American Trade Policy.
1923‑1995, Winter 1996 Business
History Review. Vol. 70:
612‑614.
PAPERS PRESENTED
“The Role of Historians in Toxic
Torts Cases,” International
Association of Defense Counsel
Conference, San Juan, Puerto
Rico, February 2004.
Chair, "Elusive Links: The Role
of Experts in American
Business‑Government Relations,"
Business History Conference,
Columbus, Ohio, March 1996.
Commentator, "Commercial
Internationalism Reconsidered,"
Society for Historians of
American Foreign Relations,
Annapolis, Maryland, June 1995.
"Voluntary Export Restraints and
American Foreign Economic
Policy: 1956‑1969," Business
History Conference, Toronto,
Canada, March 1991.
"Eisenhower and the Voluntary
Control of Imports," Eisenhower
Symposium, Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, October 1990.
CURRENT PROJECTS
I am presently completing a
manuscript that is a revised
version of my doctoral
dissertation entitled "Orderly
Competition: American
Government, Business and the
Role of Voluntary Export
Restraints in United
States‑Japan Trade, 1934‑1960."
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professorial Lecturer (full time)
in Business Law and Public
Policy, University of
Maryland, Robert H. Smith
School of Business, 1997 to
present. Teaching both
sections of undergraduate
Business Law. My course load
has between seven and eleven
courses a year.
Visiting Assistant Professor of
Transportation, Business and
Public Policy, University of
Maryland, College of
Business and Management,
1994 ‑‑ 1996. I taught the
required graduate Business
and Public Policy course.
Professorial Lecturer, The George
Washington University,
Summer 1994. Taught History
of the Politics of
International Oil.
Professorial Lecturer, University
of Maryland College Park,
College of Business and
Management, Summer 1994 and
1993. I taught graduate
Business and Public Policy
courses.
Professorial Lecturer, The George
Washington University,
School of Business and
Public Management, Spring
1994. Taught undergraduate
Business Environment.
Professorial Lecturer, The George
Washington University, Fall
1993. I taught Undergraduate
History Research Seminar
(The Home Front in the Great
War‑‑Britain and the United
States, 1914‑1920).
Professorial Lecturer, The George
Washington University,
Summer 1993. Courses taught
included Contemporary
American History from 1941
to the Present and History
of the Politics of
International Oil.
Lecturer, The George Washington
University, Department of
History, Summers 1992 and
1988‑1990. Courses taught
include American History
from 1876 to the Present and
Contemporary American
History From 1941 to the
Present.
Lecturer, University of Maryland
College Park, Department of
History, Spring 1989 and
1988. I taught Modern
Business History.
Lecturer, University of Maryland
College Park, University
College, Fall 1989. Taught
Modern Business History.
Teaching Assistant, The George
Washington University,
Department of History, Fall
1986‑‑Spring 1991. Assisted
in courses in American
History to 1876 and American
History from 1876 to the
Present.
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Attorney, Rail Section, Office of
Proceedings, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1986.
Attorney, Office of Chairman Reese
H. Taylor Jr., Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1982‑
1986.
Attorney, Office of Commissioner
Robert Gresham, Interstate
Commerce Commission, 1978‑
1982.
Attorney, Section of Finance,
Office of Proceedings,
Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1974‑ 1978.
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
District of Columbia, 1977 to
present.
Kentucky, 1974 to 1991 (eligible
for reinstatement).
ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Business History Conference,
Arlington Heritage Alliance,
Western Front Association,
Friends of the Woodrow
Wilson House.
HISTORY AND PUBLIC POLICY CONSULTING
EXPERIENCE
Business History Group, Inc.,
partner since 2001 and research
associate 1992-2001. Conducted
oral interviews and drafted a
corporate history for an
international joint venture in
the pharmaceutical industry.
Also researched and conducted
oral interviews for a history
project for a major Washington,
DC law firm (Arnold & Porter).
Co‑authored, with Joseph Pratt
and William H. Becker, a history
of a postwar federal advisory
committee (National Petroleum
Council). Co‑authored with
William H. Becker, a history of
the Export‑lmport Bank of the
United States, the United
States' official export credit
agency. Researched and assisted
in the preparation of expert
testimony in product liability
lawsuits for law firms in
Washington, D.C. and Kansas
City, MO. Currently undertaking
a major oral history project for
a large Washington law firm.
Expert Witness, United States
Department of Justice,
Environment and Natural
Resources Division between
1995-2000, and more recently for
the United States Attorney's
Office for the Southern District
of New York in 2001. Researched
and/or prepared analyses (expert
reports) for Superfund
litigation concerning 20th
century business government
relations and business history
in five proceedings. These
included (1) manganese, copper
and zinc mining during World War
l; (2) bauxite mining, alumina
and aluminum production during
World War Il; (3) chemicals and
related products, ammunition,
and aviation fuel during World
War I and II; (4) lead and zinc
mining and smelting during World
War l; and (5) copper smelting
and refining during World War
II. Gave depositions in two of
these proceedings.
Guide, Woodrow Wilson House,
Washington, DC 1996 ‑1998.
Interpreted the career of
Woodrow Wilson and his
post‑presidential home for
visitors.
Researcher, George Washington
University, 1994. Researched the
recent history of George
Washington University (since
1950), focusing on student life,
for a university publication.
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
Graduate Fellowship and Teaching
Assistant, The George Washington
University, Department of
History, 1986‑1991.
Research grant, Hagley Museum and
Library, Fall 1990.
Research grant, John F. Kennedy
Library Foundation, Spring 1989.
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