The Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics is pleased to announce that professor Michael D. Goldberg will be awarded the Todd H. Crockett Professor of Economics on Friday, Feb. 15. Dean Daniel Innis cordially invites the entire UNH community to come and celebrate Goldberg’s award and achievements.  

Goldberg has been on the business school faculty since 1991 and is a senior research associate at the Institute for New Economic Thinking. He is co-creator, along with Roman Frydman, of Imperfect Knowledge Economics. His columns on asset-price fluctuations and policy reform have been published by leading newspapers in more than 50 countries. His bestselling books, “Imperfect Knowledge Economics: Exchange Rates and Risk” (Princeton University Press, 2007) and “Beyond Mechanical Markets: Asset Price Swings, Risk, and the Role of the State” (Princeton University Press, 2011) both co-authored with Frydman have been translated into multiple languages.  

Todd H. Crockett ’95 earned a bachelor of arts summa cum laude in economics from the University of New Hampshire, and a master of business administration from the University of Chicago in 2003. He was one of the department’s most outstanding graduates, having held senior positions with J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Banc of America Securities and with the State of Massachusetts as a policy advisor to Gov. Mitt Romney. Crockett passed away in 2011. The Economics department and the Paul College are honored to establish a new professorship in his name. It is also deeply grateful to Bruce and Chris Crockett, his parents, for making the Todd H. Crockett Professor of Economics at the college a reality with their generous financial gift.  

The ceremony will take place on Feb. 15, at 4 p.m. in Huddleston Hall. A cocktail party will follow the ceremony. All welcome.