Alan C. Hess
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Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
M.S., Carnegie Mellon University
B.S., Purdue University
Alan Hess is the Stephenson Endowed Professor of Finance and Business Economics at the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.
Dr. Hess’s research and teaching interests encompass all aspects of financial markets and financial institutions, including risk management, the valuation of financial institutions, and the design of financial instruments.
Dr. Hess has worked at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and in the Federal Reserve System. His consulting activities include expert testimony on lost profits and unjust enrichment; patent, copyright and trademark infringement damages; valuation of closely held firms, banks, loan portfolios, and complex securities and derivatives; risk management; cost of capital estimation; securities fraud; and antitrust liability and damages. He is the past president of the Western Finance Association and an advisor to a pension fund.
Dr. Hess has won numerous teaching awards including the University of Washington’s Distinguished Teaching Award; the M.B.A. Association’s Distinguished Professor Award, the Executive MBA Program’s Excellence in Teaching Award, the Burlington Northern Distinguished Teaching Award, and the Wells Fargo Outstanding Teaching Award.
