Biographical Information
J. R. Clark earned the Ph.D. in Economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute
under the Nobel Laureate James Buchanan. He
holds the Probasco Chair at The University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga,
and is the author of six books and numerous academic articles published
in
the United States, Japan,
Italy, Canada, France, India and Russia. Prior to coming to UTC, Clark was with the Joint
Council on Economic Education in New York, chaired a large economics department
in New Jersey, held the Hendrix Chair, and was a research fellow at Princeton
University. In 1996, he was inducted
into the Mont
Pelérin Society and elected to its board of directors in 2006. Currently
he serves as Secretary/Treasurer for both the Southern Economic Association
and The
Association for Private Enterprise Education.
His consulting experience
includes Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, universities, and publishing
firms as well as performing litigation support for law firms in personal injury,
wrongful death, business evaluations and matrimonial cases. He has received significant grants in entrepreneurship
from the J. Howard Pew Freedom Foundation Trust, is Past President of The
Association of Private Enterprise, and held seats on the boards of the Palmer
R. Chitester Fund and William B. Cockroft Foundation. Clark holds an Airline Transport Pilot's rating
and currently flies light corporate class aircraft.