Washington and Lee University
H. Parker Willis Lecture
The H. Parker Willis Lecture series, started by John M. Gunn ’45, emeritus professor of economics at W&L, was to honor the first dean of the School of Commerce at W&L, H. Parker Willis (1874-1937) Willis made many important contributions as economic advisor to Congressman Carter Glass of the 6th District of Virginia, and was often called the “father of the Federal Reserve System.” Willis also was consultant to the House Banking and Currency Committee in 1912-1913, while the creation of the Federal Reserve System was being considered. After it was created, Willis was its founding secretary. Previous H. Parker Willis lecturers have been Dr. Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Dr. Robert McTeer, chancellor of the Texas A&M University System and at the time, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and Dr. Ben S. Bernanke, President of the Federal Reserve System.
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Year |
Speaker |
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2002 |
Robert Ferguson, Board of Governors |
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2003 |
Bob McTeer, President, Dallas Fed |
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2004 |
Ben Bernanke, Board of Governors |
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2005 |
Marvin Goodfriend, Senior VP and Policy Advisor, Richmond Fed |
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2006 |
None |
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2007 |
Al Broaddus, former President, Richmond Fed |
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2008 |
Frederic S. Mishkin, Board of Governors |
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2009 |
None |
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2010 |
William C. Dudley, President, New York Fed |
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2011 |
Gary Stern, former President, Minneapolis Fed |
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2012 |
Allan Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University |