Thomas M. Hoenig

Thomas M. Hoenig took office on October 1, 1991, as the eighth chief executive of the Tenth District Federal Reserve Bank, at Kansas City. He is currently serving a full term that began March 1, 2001. In 2007, he serves as a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee, bringing his District's perspective to policy discussions in Washington. He is known as an inflation hawk

Dr. Hoenig was born on September 6, 1946, at Fort Madison, Iowa. He earned a B.A. in economics and mathematics from Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Iowa State University.

Dr. Hoenig joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in 1973 as an economist in the banking supervision area. He was named a vice president in 1981 and senior vice president in 1986.

He has served as an instructor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and lectured on the U.S. banking and regulatory system for the People's Bank of China. Dr. Hoenig is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and serves on the boards of directors of Midwest Research Institute and Union Station.

ource

* [http://www.federalreserve.gov/bios/pres10.htm Biography] at the Federal Reserve System Web site.

External links

* [http://www.kc.frb.org/Speechbio/hoenig.htm Kansas City Fed biography]
* [http://www.federalreserve.gov/bios/pres10.htm Federal Reserve Bank biography]