Stanley Block, CFA is an

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of Finance at

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(TCU) in

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. He is best known as coauthor with Geoffrey Hirt of numerous books in finance, including ''Foundations of Financial Management'' and ''Fundamentals of Investment Management''. The first-mentioned text has sold over a million copies.

Education

Block received his bachelor's degree from the

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in 1961. He received an

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from

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in 1964 and a Ph.D. from

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in 1967.

Career

He has published articles in such journals as ''

Financial Management Financial management is the business function concerned with profitability, expenses, cash and credit, so that the "organization may have the means to carry out its objective as satisfactorily as possible;" the latter often defined as maximizin ...

'', the ''Journal of Financial Services Research'', the ''

Journal of Portfolio Management ''The Journal of Portfolio Management'' (also known as JPM) is a quarterly academic journal for finance and investing, covering topics such as asset allocation, performance measurement, market trends, risk management, and portfolio optimization. ...

'', the '' Journal of Accountancy'', the ''

Financial Analysts Journal The ''Financial Analysts Journal'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering investment management, published by Routledge on behalf of the CFA Institute. It was established in 1945 and , the editor-in-chief is William N. Goetzmann. ...

'', and the ''

Journal of Finance ''The Journal of Finance'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Finance Association. It was established in 1946 and is considered to be one of the premier finance journals. The editor-in-chief ...

''. 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

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