Geoffrey A. Hirt of DePaul University previously taught at Texas
Christian University and Illinois State University,
where he was chairman of the Department of Finance and Law. At
DePaul, he was chairman of the Finance Department from 1987 to 1997
and held the title of Mesirow Financial Fellow. He developed the
MBA program in Hong
Kong and served as director of international initiatives for the
College of Business, supervising overseas programs in Hong Kong,
Prague, and Bahrain, and was awarded the Spirit of St. Vincent
DePaul award for his contributions to the university. Dr. Hirt
directed the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) study program for
the Investment Analysts Society of Chicago from 1987 to 2003. He
has been a visiting professor at the University of Urbino in Italy,
where he still maintains a relationship with the economics
department. He received his PhD in finance from the University of
Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, his MBA at Miami University of Ohio,
and his BA from Ohio Wesleyan University.
Dr. Hirt is currently on the Dean’s Advisory Board and Executive
Committee of DePaul’s School of Music. He served on the James C.
Tyree Foundation Board and Grant Committee from 2012 to 2016. Dr.
Hirt is past president and a current member of the Midwest Finance
Association and a former editor of the Journal of Financial
Education. He belongs to the Pacific Pension Institute, an
organization of public pension funds, private equity firms, and
international organizations
such as the Asian Development Bank, the IMF, and the European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development.
Dr. Hirt is widely known for his textbook Foundations of Financial
Management, published by McGraw Hill. This book, in its eighteenth
edition, has been used in more than 31 countries and translated
into more than 14 different languages.
Additionally, Dr. Hirt is well known for his textbook Fundamentals
of Investment Management, also published by McGraw Hill and now in
its tenth edition. Dr. Hirt enjoys golf, swimming, music, and
traveling with his wife, who is a pianist and opera coach.
Professor Block is professor emeritus of financial management and
investments at Texas Christian University, where he received the
Burlington Northern Outstanding Teaching Award and the M. J. Neeley
School of Business Distinguished Teaching Award. His research
interests include financial markets, mergers, and high-yield bonds.
He has served as president of the Southwestern Finance Association
and is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Certified Cash Manager.
He enjoys sports and has run in the NYC Marathon. Professor Block
holds a BA from the University of Texas at Austin, an MBA from
Cornell University, and a PhD from LSU. In 2001, his former
students established the Dr. Stan Block $1.5 million Endowed Chair
in Finance at Texas Christian University. He is the first
chairholder of the named chair. In 2006, he was selected as the
university’s outstanding professor.
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