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AUGUSTUS B. WELLER DISTINGUISHED CHAIR OF ECONOMICS
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DR. IRWIN L. KELLNER
AUGUSTUS B. WELLER DISTINGUISHED CHAIR OF ECONOMICS
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
Dr. Irwin Kellner holds the Augustus B. Weller Distinguished Chair of Economics at Hofstra University, and is the author of Hofstra University's Economic Report. Dr. Kellner also serves as chief economist for North Fork Bancorporation and for MarketWatch.com, the leading interactive financial news Web site.
Widely quoted in the print media as well as the author of many articles dealing with economics, business and banking, Dr. Kellner frequently addresses groups of business people and community leaders, and appears regularly on Cablevision's News 12 Long Island, as well as on other programs both here and abroad.
Dr. Kellner is on the board of the North Shore Health System. In the public sector, he served a term as chairman of Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi's Council of Economic Advisers. Previously, he was a member of New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall's Economic Advisory Committee, New York City's Economists Roundtable, the New York District Advisory Council of the Small Business Administration Region II, and the Long Island Regional Transportation Advisory Committee of the New York State Senate.
Dr. Kellner also belongs to several professional organizations. A past president of the Forecasters Club of New York and governor of the Money Marketeers, he also was president of the New York Association of Business Economists – the largest economic organization in New York. Among his other professional memberships are the American Economic Association, American Statistical Association, and the National Association for Business Economics.
A native New Yorker, Dr. Kellner received his B.A. and M.A. in economics from Brooklyn College and his Ph.D. in economics from The New School for Social Research. He also has a Doctor of Humane Letters bestowed by Hofstra University and a Doctor of Laws conferred by St. Joseph's College. In addition, he is a recipient of the Distinguished Leadership Award from Touro College, the Human Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee, the Humanitarian Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and the Diabetes Research Institute, the Gary Sherman Humanitarian Award from the North Shore Health System and the Champion of Liberty Award from the Anti-Defamation League.
Dr. Kellner is one of the few to have been named an Honorary Alumnus of Hofstra University, and recently was named one of the 100 most influential Long Islanders by Long Island Business News. He resides in Port Washington, NY, where he has been a member of the Village Planning Board since 1972.
Dr. Kellner can be reached via E-mail.