| Ted Snyder | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1953 |
| Residence | U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Financial economics, education |
| Institutions | Yale University (2011-present) University of Chicago (2001-2011) University of Virginia (1998-2001) University of Michigan (1982-1998) Department of Justice (1978-1982) |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (M.A. and Ph.D.) Colby College (B.A.) |
Edward A. "Ted" Snyder (b. c.1953) is an American economist and the dean and William S. Beinecke Professor of Economics and Management at Yale University's School of Management. He has formerly served as the Dean of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the Dean of the University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, as an associate dean at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and as an economist and consultant for the United States Department of Justice.
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Snyder served as dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business from 2001 until 2010.
Under his leadership, Booth almost doubled its number of endowed professorships and more than tripled its scholarship assistance to students.[1] Snyder oversaw the move to the school’s new Hyde Park campus on time and on budget, expanded the school’s presence in Singapore, and established a new campus in London. In 2008, Snyder announced a $300 million gift from Chicago alumnus David Booth and his family, which was the largest donation in the history of the University of Chicago and the largest gift to any business school in the world. In recognition of this gift, the school was renamed in Booth’s honor.[2] During Snyder’s tenure, the school also successfully completed a capital campaign and more than doubled its endowment.[3]
Snyder was the Dean and Charles C. Abbott Professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business from 1998 to 2001.[4]
At Darden, he directed an expansion of the school’s MBA program, worked to improve the diversity of the student body, significantly increased the school’s executive education offerings, and led highly successful fundraising efforts, including a record gift from a single donor.[5] Snyder first developed a reputation for fundraising at Darden,[6] and later was called a business school turnaround specialist by The Wall Street Journal based on his performance at Darden and Chicago Booth.[7]
Snyder received his MA in public policy in 1978 and PhD in economics in 1984 from the University of Chicago. After a professional start as an economist with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Snyder joined the faculty at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business in 1982.[8] He served as a faculty member and later as Senior Associate Dean, and was also the founding director of the Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, which studies emerging markets.[9]
His research interests include industrial organization, antitrust economics, law and economics, and financial institutions. He has published in many academic journals, and at Chicago Booth he co-taught "Economic Analysis of Major Policy Issues" with fellow economists Gary Becker, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1992, and Kevin Murphy, a 2005 MacArthur Fellow. He serves on the Colby College Board of Trustees.[10]
Snyder's father was a World War II bomber pilot and his mother was a high-school teacher. He is married to Kimberly Snyder and has three children: Alison, Jeffrey, and Kevin.