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Jonathan A. Scott, associate professor of finance

BA, Economics University of Cincinnati
Ph.D., Purdue University
Courses Taught: BBA Introduction to Financial Markets, Seminar in Corporate Finance; MBA Private Equity; EMBA Corporate Finance


Jobs I have had in my lifetime...

  • Installation foreman (Ohio Bell Telephone); assistant professor Southern Methodist University; senior vice president and CFO, Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas; associate dean and acting Dean, Fox School

Movie I can watch over and over...

  • Every Rambo, Rocky and Steven Segal flick (I don't have to think)

Places I have lived...

  • Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Cleveland, Ohio; Buffalo, NY; West Lafayette, Indiana; Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas, South Jersey

Favorite sports teams...

  • Phillies, Cleveland Browns (I have Jimmy Brown's - #32, greatest NFL running back ever - autograph somewhere)

Favorite TV shows...

  • Golf Channel, History (History International), Discovery Science, Comcast Sportsnet

Foreign places I have traveled to...

  • Juarez, Mexico; Tokyo, Japan; Madrid, Spain; Paris and Lyon, France; Helsinki, Finland

Favorite spot on the Jersey Shoreline...

  • Ocean City - it's 50 minutes from my house

Websites I visit daily...

  • Bloomberg.com; espn.com; nyt.com

Favorite foods...

  • Any fresh fish - my wife won't cook it at home

Favorite Philly restaurants...

  • Bistro Romano, The Latest Dish

Favorite things to do outside of work...

  • Bicycling
  • Golf - I took up the game again after a 25 year layoff
  • Building doll houses (currently the San Franciscan Victorian)
  • Hiking/camping with my older sons

Coolest thing I've ever done...

  • Riding my bike over the Ben Franklin bridge during the annual American Cancer Society ride to Mays Landing, NJ
  • Sitting in Alan Greenspan's chair at the Fed Board of Governor's conference room (he wasn't there)

If I could eat dinner with one person, it would be...

  • Not sure about this one, probably Tom Perkins, a Silicon Valley venture capital pioneer
  • If he was still alive, Harry S. Truman

Favorite flavor of ice cream...

  • Lime sherbet in the summer; chocolate chip cookie dough in the winter

Favorite toy as a child...

  • I'm too old to remember.

Book (not textbook!) I am currently reading...

  • An Engine Not a Camera - How Financial Models Shape Markets (Donald McKenzie, a sociologist)
  • Academic Charisma and the Origins of the Research University (William Clark) - the structure of Temple (or any research university) has its roots in 16th century Germany, not England!