Stanley Block, CFA is an Emeritus Professor of Finance[1] at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas. He is best known as coauthor with Geoffrey Hirt of numerous books in finance, including Foundations of Financial Management[2] and Fundamentals of Investment Management.[3] The first-mentioned text has sold over a million copies.

Education

Block received his bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1961. He received an MBA from Cornell University in 1964 and a Ph.D. from Louisiana State University in 1967.

Career

He has published articles in such journals as Financial Management, the Journal of Financial Services Research, the Journal of Portfolio Management, the Journal of Accountancy, the Financial Analysts Journal, and the Journal of Finance. He is past president of the Southwestern Finance Association and a former director of the Financial Management Association.

Awards

At TCU he has twice won the award as the outstanding instructor in the MBA Program; the Dean’s Teaching Award; and the Distinguished Teacher Award for the M.J. Neeley School of Business in the year 2002. In 2006, he was selected for the Chancellor’s Award as the University’s Outstanding Professor.

References

  1. ↑ Margolin, Josh (September 19, 2009). "Gov. Corzine's hedge fund investment questioned by GOP". New Jersey On-Line. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Block, Stanley; Danielsen, Bartley. Foundations of Financial Managementanielsen. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9781259194078.
  3. ↑ Block, Stanley; Hirt, geoffrey (2011). Fundamentals of Investment Management. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780078034626.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.