Background
Flexner, Kurt Fisher was born on September 26, 1915 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1928. Son of Otto Gerard and Wilhelmine (Fisher) Flexner.
Flexner, Kurt Fisher was born on September 26, 1915 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1928. Son of Otto Gerard and Wilhelmine (Fisher) Flexner.
Bachelor of Science in Economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Columbia University, 1954.
From assistant professor to professor economics New York University Graduate School Arts and Sciences, University College and School Commerce, 1946-1959. Chief economist, deputy manager The American Bankers Association, 1959-1966. Adjunct professor banking and finance New York University, 1965-1966, professor, chairman department economics, 1968-1978.
Professor economics University Memphis, 1978-1987, professor emeritus, from 1987. Consultant United States Savings and Loan League, 1955—1959, New York State Savings and Loan League, 1955—1959. P. K. Seidman visiting distin. professor Christian Brothers University, Memphis, 1990—1994.
Lecturer intergenerational seminars Bard College, Annandale on the Hudson, New York, from 1987, Center for Life Studies, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York, from 1995. Chief finance institutions advisor United States Agency for International Development, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1966—1968. Speaker in field; advisory committee to Chancellor Franz Vranitzky Prime Minsister of Austria, 1991—1993.
Guest lecturer Institute United States of America and Canada Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1991—1995. Advisor to council President Mikhail Gorbachev, 1990—1991, President Boris Yeltsin, 1991—1994. With United States Army, 1944-1945.
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Trustee M. L. Seidman Town Hall Memorial Lecture Series, 1968—1987. Member Governor Alexander's Action Team, 1980—1985. Member of Economic Club Memphis (executive director 1973-1985, president 1985-1992).
Married Josephine Moncure, December 20, 1942. Children: Thomas Moncure, Peter Wallace.