Personal and Professional Career Information
Personal Information
Born: February 26, 1934, in Frankfurt (Main), Germany
Wife: Dr. Helene Bertrand
Children: Eric, born 1962; Heidi, born 1965
Abitur, Germany, 1954
B.A.,
Economics, Rutgers University, 1958
Ph.D., Economics, Yale University, 1962
Professional Experience
Yale University, Assistant Instructor, 1961-62
Stanford University, Acting Assistant
Professor, 1962-63
University of Chicago, Assistant Professor,
1963-66
University of Pennsylvania, Associate
Professor, 1966-70
Australian National University, Research Fellow, 1969
U.S. Treasury, International Division, Senior Policy Analyst, 1971
Nuffield College, Oxford, Visiting Research Fellow, 1974-75
University of Nairobi, Kenya, CIDA Visiting Professor, 1978-79
University of Cape Town, Visiting Professor, February-June, 1984, April-May 1989
Institute of South East Asian Studies, Singapore, Distinguished Fellow in International Banking and Finance, Fall 1985
Bundesbank Visiting Professor of International Finance, Free University of Berlin, Summer Semester 1990
Member of Parliament of Canada for Capilano-Howe Sound, Ottawa, 20.10.1993-1.6.1997
Simon Fraser University, Professor of Economics, 1972-99, Emeritus after 1999
Agip Chair in International Economics, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna, Italy, Spring semester 2008
David Somerville Chair in Taxation and Finance at Fraser Institute, 1999- 2004
Senior Fellow, The Fraser Institute, 1998 – present;