Allan I. Mendelowitz

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Allan I. Mendelowitz is the former chairman and director of the Federal Housing Finance Board, which regulates the Federal Home Loan Bank System. [1] [2]

Biography

Mendelowitz received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University in 1966 and his master's and Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1971. [3] [4] [5]

In 1980, he was the representative of the Comptroller General on the Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Board. He also has been a Brookings Institution Economic Policy Fellow and was a faculty member of the economics department at Rutgers University. [6]

He served as managing director for International Trade, Finance and Economic Competitiveness of the General Accounting Office from 1981 to 1995. [7] From 1996 to 1998, he was executive vice president of the Export–Import Bank of the United States. [3]

On September 28, 1999, Mendelowitz was named executive director of the Trade Deficit Review Commission by Commission Chairman Murray Weidenbaum. [6] In this position, he directed the staff of the commission and assisted the members in preparing the commission's report on the causes and consequences of trade deficit. [8]

In June 2000, he was nominated to the Federal Housing Finance Board by President Bill Clinton. [9] He served as the board's chairman from December 2000 to June 2001. [2] He was reappointed to the board by President George W. Bush and served for two terms until the board's dissolution. [3] [10]

In 2009, he was co-leader of the Committee to Establish the National Institute of Finance and helped write the legislation to create the Office of Financial Research within the United States Department of the Treasury. [5] [11] [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Waiver of Compliance with the Unsecured Credit Limits of Sections 932.8 and 932.9 until July 2, 2001" (PDF). Federal Housing Financing Agency. February 28, 2001. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Affairs, United States Congress Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban (2002). Nominations of Mark W. Olson, Susan Schmidt Bies, James E. Gilleran, Allan I. Mendelowitz, Franz S. Leichter, John T. Korsmo, Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., and Randall S. Kroszner: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session on Nominations of Mark W. Olson, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Susan Schmidt Bies, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; James E. Gilleran, of California, to be the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision; Allan I. Mendelowitz, of Connecticut, Franz S. Leichter, of New York, and John T. Korsmo, of North Dakota, to be Directors of the Federal Housing Finance Board; Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., of Texas, to be First Vice President and Vice Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; Randall S. Kroszner, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, October 17, 23, and November 15, 2001. U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN   978-0-16-068608-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  4. ↑ "Thank you to our FY17 CCT donors". Columbia College Today. Fall 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  5. 1 2 Lemieux, Victoria (2012-10-20). Financial Analysis and Risk Management: Data Governance, Analytics and Life Cycle Management. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   978-3-642-32231-0.
  6. 1 2 "Press Release 5, September 28, 1999". govinfo.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  7. ↑ Behr, Peter (July 24, 1994). "RAISING THE STAKES AT THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Press Release 15, November 2000". govinfo.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  9. ↑ Reporter, a Wall Street Journal Staff (2000-06-09). "Clinton to Nominate Mendelowitz To Federal Housing Finance Board". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  10. ↑ "Personnel Announcement | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  11. ↑ Tracy, Ryan (2018-02-19). "Washington's $500 Million Financial-Storm Forecaster Is Foundering". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2021-07-14.
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