Golden Gate University

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Professor

Dr. Friedman served at Golden Gate Unversity as vice president for Academic Affairs/Provost in 1997, acting president in 1999 and president in 2000. He has been emeritus since 2007. Dr. Friedman was vice president for Academic Affairs/Provost at Bentley College, Waltham, MA from 1990-1997, and was previously dean of the Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His major scholarly interests include industrial economics, corporate joint ventures, applied econometrics, banking and financial intermediaries, financial markets, econometric history, and management policy. His corporate consulting assignments include Digital Equipment, ITT, Georgia-Pacific, Guilford Mills, United Guaranty, Precision Fabrics, Harbor Investment Group, 1st Home Federal, the US Department of Transportation, and other firms, banks, and financial institutions. He earned his undergraduate degree (BBA) in 1968 in economics and statistics at the City College of New York, Baruch School of Business and Public Administration while working as a writer and statistician for Forbes Magazine. In 1972, he received his PhD in economics, econometrics and economic history from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.