Featured Researcher: Charles H. Dallara
Charles H. Dallara was elected to the NBER's Board of Directors at its fall 2006 meeting. Dallara, who is a Managing Director of the Institute of International Finance (IIF), will serve as a Director-at-Large.
Prior to joining the IIF, Dallara was a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan & Co. from 1991 to 1993. During the 1980s, he served in a variety of senior financial positions in the U.S. government. He was appointed by former President Bush to the position of Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for International Affairs in May 1989 and served in that position until June 1991.
A native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Dallara earned a B.S. in economics from the University of South Carolina in 1970 and an honorary doctorate from the university in 1991. He did graduate work at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, receiving his M.A. in 1975, an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy in 1976, and a Ph.D. in 1986.
Dallara is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the International Advisory Board of the Instituto de Empresa. He is also a member of the Board of Overseers of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University. He resides in Oak Hill, Virginia with his wife, Peixin, and has three children, Stephen, Emily, and Bryan.
