David A. Dodge
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David A. Dodge, OC (born Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1943) is a Canadian economist. He is a former Governor of the Bank of Canada. He was appointed to that position on February 1, 2001 for a term of seven years. His term ended January 31, 2008. He was succeeded by Mark Carney.[1] On May 2, 2008, he was elected as incoming chancellor of Queen's University, with that position to begin on July 1, 2008. [2]
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[edit] Education
David Dodge attended Ridley College, a private boarding school in St. Catharines, before proceeding to study at Queen's University, where he was awarded an honours degree in economics. He received his Ph.D in economics in 1972 from Princeton University.
[edit] Career
He was Assistant Professor of Economics at Queen's University, Associate Professor of Canadian Studies and International Economics at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, Senior Fellow in the Faculty of Commerce at the University of British Columbia, and Visiting Professor in the Department of Economics at Simon Fraser University. He has also served as Director of the International Economics Program of the Institute for Research on Public Policy. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance in 1992. In 1998, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Health before becoming Governor of the Bank of Canada. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2007.
[edit] Chancellor of Queen's University
Dodge was elected as the 13th chancellor of Queen's University on May 2, 2008, succeeding A. Charles Baillie, who has held the position since 2002. The appointment is effective July 1, 2008. The position was unanimously endorsed by the Queen's University Council. [3]
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