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

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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

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. He began at the

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in 1959 and moved to Hamilton College in 1961. In 1966, he joined

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, where he held a number of faculty and administrative positions, most notably acting Chancellor in 1987 and 1988. In 1990, he assumed the Presidency of the

system, serving in that role for eight years.

Selected publications

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Komisar, Jerome B. 1935 births Living people Economists from New York (state) Binghamton University faculty City College of New York faculty Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Hamilton College (New York) faculty New York University alumni People from Brooklyn Chancellors of the State University of New York Presidents of the University of Alaska System