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Austan Goolsbee
Fall Members' Meeting
The Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center Fall Members' Meeting took place on Tuesday,
October 20, 2009 in Philadelphia. This year's meeting dealt with the general economy,
the various regulatory programs affecting real estate, and developments in the capital
markets. The Farash lecturer was Austan Goolsbee, member of the Council of Economic
Advisers and staff director and chief economist of the President's Economic Recovery
Advisory Board. View the agenda. Attendees:
Kindly complete an online evaluation of the meeting.
Peter Linneman
Prof. Peter Linneman Receives Graaskamp Award
The Pension Real Estate Association's biennial James A. Graaskamp award was
presented to Peter D. Linneman at the 2009 PREA Fall Conference on October 28 in
Beverly Hills, Calif. Linneman has requested that the $10,000 scholarship that
accompanies the Graaskamp Award be divided between Wharton's Zell-Lurie Real
Estate Center for an undergraduate or graduate real estate student, and his alma
mater, Ashland University. "It is a great honor receiving this award from
PREA, and the generous scholarship will help deserving students at these
institutions," says Prof. Linneman. According to PREA, Linneman's "body
of work embodies the very spirit of the Graaskamp Award, which is given to
recognize those persons who contribute to the common body of knowledge some
practical insights gained through significant research." The award
highlights and encourages high-quality research in institutional investment in
real estate, and is named in memory of the late Dr. James A. Graaskamp, a
distinguished professor of real estate at the University of Wisconsin, and a
champion of research of immediate use to investment decision makers.
Larry Summers
Spring Members' Meeting
Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council for President Barack Obama; Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; and Secretary of the Treasury under President Clinton, will be the dinner speaker at the Spring Meeting of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center on Tuesday, April 27, 2010.
Thomas Barrack
Barrack Launches Schlager Lecture Series on Real Estate Entrepreneurship
Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Colony Capital, LLC, was the speaker at the first Eric and Beth Schlager Lecture Series on Real Estate Entrepreneurship, Wednesday, September 30, 2009, holding the rapt attention of a roomful of students, faculty and members of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center. For more information about this event or to learn about membership of the Center, please contact Janice Leberman at 215.898.3824 or lebermaj@wharton.upenn.edu.
Housing Finance in Changing Global Environment Program Registration is Open
The International Housing Finance Program 2010—"Housing Finance in a
Changing Global Environment," with workshops on Mortgage Bond and
Securitization—will be held on the University campus Monday, June 7
through Saturday, June 19, 2010. Initiated in 1986, the program is a
comprehensive housing finance program educating senior officials and CEOs,
particularly from emerging economies, in the institutional, policy, financial,
managerial, and mathematical aspects of housing finance, and offers consulting
services in housing finance and housing policy development. So far, the program
has trained nearly 2,000 public and private sector officials from more than 70
countries. Under the direction of Drs. Marja Hoek-Smit and not sponsored by any
special interest group, the program provides the most objective, comparative,
and analytical education in the field of international housing finance. For more
information, go to http://ihfp.wharton.upenn.edu/index.htm.
Spring Members' Meeting 2009 – Summary
The Spring Members' Meeting took place on April 28-29, 2009 at the Rittenhouse Hotel,
Philadelphia. Our dinner speaker on Tuesday, April 28, was Fareed Zakaria,
foreign affairs analyst and editor of Newsweek International.
The speaker on Wednesday, April 29 was William McNabb of The
Vanguard Group. View the meeting agenda. Members may
access audio clips of the Spring Meeting. Please contact
Ron Smith for more information. Thank you.
Alumni
Now available: Online Alumni Resume Book.
In addition, be sure to
visit our alumni section with news of alumni, special events and an alumni directory.
November 2009 Newsletter
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Ballard Luncheon with Amachie Ackah, Cedar Hill Real Estate Partners-Open to students only
December 14
Zell/Lurie Real Estate Career Fair at Wharton
January 22
Ballard Luncheon with Michael Kercheval, International Council of Shopping Centers-Open to students only
January 28
Ballard Luncheon with David Helfand, Helix Funds -Open to students only
February 23
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