Business Professor Strong Cited for Teaching Excellence
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ORONO — UMaine professor of finance Bob Strong has received the Maine Business School’s 2009 Outstanding Teacher of the Year award, bestowed annually upon a faculty member who has demonstrated exceptional dedication and accomplishment in teaching.
Strong, also the University of Maine Foundation Professor of Investment Education and the UMaine NCAA faculty athletic representative, was the recipient of the University of Maine General Alumni Association’s 2005 Distinguished Maine Professor award and also was the Carnegie Foundation’s selection as Maine’s 2007 Professor of the Year.
“Professor Strong has consistently and quietly pursued excellence both in and out of the classroom,” says John Mahon, dean of the College of Business, Public Policy and Health and director of the Maine Business School. “He challenges students to think and holds them accountable for their analysis and recommendations. He personifies excellence in teaching by performance year in and year out.”
Strong has been on the UMaine faculty since 1983.
Strong holds a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, a master of science degree in business administration from Boston University, and a Ph.D. in finance from Penn State. He has been a visiting professor of finance at Maine Maritime Academy and at Harvard University. A chartered financial analyst, Strong also advises the student investment club SPIFFY at UMaine.
Strong is the author of three textbooks on investments, portfolio management and derivatives.~The books are used at more than 100 universities across the globe, and two have been translated into Chinese.
Strong’s consulting focuses on risk management and asset valuation. Among the organizations for which he has consulted are Eastern Maine Healthcare, Bangor Hydro Electric Company, Maine Public Service Company, the Maine State Police, the Maine Forest Service, Heritage Bank of Schaumberg, Texas Instruments, and the CFA Institute. He is frequently an expert witness and has been a conference speaker for the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade and the American Stock Exchange.
Strong is past president of the Northeast Business and Economics Association, the Bangor Rotary Club and the Maine Security Analysts Society. He also serves on the boards of directors for Bangor Savings Bank, Bangor Savings Bank Foundation, the James W. Sewall Company, John Bapst Memorial High School, the Maine CFA Society and the Maine Conference of the United Church of Christ.