Core Concepts of Personal Finance

Walt J. Woerheide is the Vice-President of Academic Affairs at The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Prior to that, he held faculty and administrative positions at the Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Michigan – Flint, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, and served as a Visiting Scholar with the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in Washington, D.C. He has published in a wide variety of journals, including Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Services Review, Financial Counseling and Planning Journal of Consumer Affairs, Journal of Financial Planning, Journal of Retail Banking, Journal of Institute of Certified Financial Planners, and Real Estate Issues. He has served as President of the Academy of Financial Services and the Midwest Finance Association. Dr. Woerheide’s undergraduate degree is in mathematical-economics from Brown University, and both his M.B.A. and Ph.D. with concentrations in finance are from Washington University in St. Louis.