A List 2/12/01 HORWITZ APPOINTED SLU ASSOCIATE DEAN OF THE FIRST YEAR CANTON -- Associate Professor of Economics Steven Horwitz has been appointed to a three-year term as associate dean of the first year at St. Lawrence University, effective May 26. Horwitz replaces Associate Professor of Government Valerie D. Lehr in the position; her term as associate dean will expire in May. A graduate of the University of Michigan, with a master's degree and Ph.D. from George Mason University, Horwitz has been on the faculty at St. Lawrence since 1989. A specialist in monetary theory and history, macroeconomics and political economy, he is the author of the 1992 book Monetary Evolution, Free Banking, and Economic Order and the 2001 book Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective. Horwitz delivered the 1999 Frank P. Piskor Faculty Lecture at St. Lawrence, and has published extensively on economics and public policy in scholarly journals. He has also taught in the University's First-Year Program for several years.-30- Back To News Releases Back to St. Lawrence Homepage