After eight years as Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Professor Joseph F. Quinn has returned to the Department of Economics as the department's fourth endowed chair: the James P. McIntyre Chair, formerly held by his predecessor, the late dean Robert Barth, S.J.
Joe Quinn joined the Boston College faculty in 1974 and earned the Ph.D. from MIT in 1975. He was promoted to Professor in 1985 and served as chair of the department from 1988 to 1994, leading the department during a period of recruitment of many of today's notable colleagues. His research has been in labor economics, the economics of aging and Social Security reform. Joe has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Social Insurance since 2002 and is currently Vice President of the Academy. He is affiliated with the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College and the Boston College Center on Aging and Work.
We are delighted to have Joe among us again as a colleague. After a sabbatical this fall, he will return to the classroom next spring teaching Micro Theory and the always-popular Micro Public Policy Seminar.