Jerome B. Komisar

Jerome Bertram Komisar (born 1935) is an American economist and academic administrator most noted for serving as President of the University of Alaska.

Komisar was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from New York University in 1957, master's and Ph.D degrees in economics from Columbia University in 1959 and 1968, respectively. He began at the City College of New York in 1959 and moved to Hamilton College in 1961. In 1966, he joined the State University of New York at Binghamton, where he held a number of faculty and administrative positions, most notably Acting Chancellor in 1987 and 1988.

In 1990, he assumed the Presidency of the University of Alaska system, serving in that role for eight years.

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NAME=Komisar, Jerome B.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=President of the University of Alaska
DATE OF BIRTH=1935
PLACE OF BIRTH=Brooklyn, New York
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