Rockefeller Center Director Appointed to Newly Established Dartmouth Endowed Chair in Economics | Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy at Dartmouth

Sandra and Arthur Irving A’72, P’10 Professorship of Economics

Professor of Economics Andrew A. Samwick is currently in his seventh year as director of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth. He studies financial markets, managerial behavior, pensions and social security, saving, and taxation. Samwick’s current research focuses on household saving behavior in the presence of the multiple motives for saving that take place over a household's life cycle.

In recognition of Arthur and Sandra Irving’s generous support of the Undergraduate Business Initiative, the College created the professorship in their name to recognize and reward a member of the faculty whose teaching is true to the highest standards of Dartmouth’s educational mission and whose scholarship has contributed significantly to the advancement of interdisciplinary knowledge. Read more...