Richard B. Edelman

Dr. Richard B. Edelman is Professor Emeritus of Finance at the American University in Washington, District of Columbia, where he also served as the Senior Professor of Finance and the Chairman of the Department of Finance and Real Estate. Formerly, he was the Director of Financial and Regulatory Research at Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT). Dr. Edelman served on the faculties of the University of Maryland and the University of Hawaii, and has received numerous research grants from these universities and awards for Professor of the Year and for Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Professional Contributions at the American University. Dr. Richard Edelman has discussed financial and economic issues during appearances on various national and international news networks, newspapers, radio talk shows, and magazines. His financial research has appeared in numerous scholarly journals, such as the Financial Analysts Journal, Financial Review, and the Southern Business Review. Dr. Edelman currently serves on the editorial review board of the Journal of Forensic Economics and won the American Association of Individual Investors Award for Best Paper in Investments. As a financial advisor to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, he is qualified as an expert witness before the U.S. Congress and in numerous jurisdictions in the U.S. district courts, superior court, and circuit courts for the Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia area. Dr. Edelman received a Doctor of Business Administration in Financial Economics from the University of Maryland.