Jerome Bertram Komisar (born 1937) is an American economist and academic administrator most notable for serving as President of the University of Alaska.

Biography

Komisar was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from New York University in 1957, master's and Ph.D degrees in economics from Columbia University in 1959 and 1968, respectively. His dissertation committee included two winners of the Nobel Prize in economics, Gary Becker and Jacob Mincer.[1] He began at the City College of New York in 1959 and moved to Hamilton College in 1961. In 1966, he joined Binghamton University, where he held a number of faculty and administrative positions, most notably acting Chancellor in 1987 and 1988.[2]

In 1990, he assumed the Presidency of the University of Alaska system, serving in that role for eight years.[3]

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ "Board of Regents Meeting transcript from June 18-19, 1998". Agendas of the Board of Regents Meetings Archive. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska. 1998-06-19. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  2. ^ "BIOGRAPHIES OF CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF", The New York Red Book, Albany, New York: Williams Press, vol. 89, p. 786, 1988, ISSN 0196-4623, OCLC 1642672
  3. ^ "Komisar Resigns University of Alaska Presidency". System News Releases Archives. Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Statewide Office of Public Affairs. 1998-01-07. Retrieved 2010-01-18.[permanent dead link]
Academic offices Preceded byStanley K. Coffman President (acting) of the State University of New York at New Paltz July 1979 – June 1980 Succeeded byAlice Chandler Preceded byClifton R. Wharton, Jr. Chancellor (acting) of the State University of New York February 1, 1987 – July 31, 1988 Succeeded byD. Bruce Johnstone Preceded byDonald D. O'Dowd President of the University of Alaska August 1990 – June 30, 1998 Succeeded byWendy Redman (acting)
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