17 Facts About Greg Hess

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Gregory D Hess was born on August 6,1962 and is an American economist, business executive, and former academic administrator.

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Greg Hess now serves as President and CEO of IES Abroad.

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Hess served as a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and was an economist for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, DC Hess was later appointed as the Dean of Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Claremont McKenna College, where he was named James G Boswell Professor of Economics in 2011.

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Greg Hess was then installed as the 16th President of Wabash College in July 2013.

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Greg Hess serves as book review editor of the journal Macroeconomic Dynamics.

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Greg Hess served as co-editor of a book, Intranational Macroeconomics; two editions have been published.

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Greg Hess is a member of the Shadow Open Market Committee and a fellow at the Center for Economic Studies.

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On July 1,2013, Hess was inaugurated as 16th president of the college, following the departure of Patrick E White.

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Greg Hess proposed a strategic planning process and in doing so created four new co-curricular initiatives called Liberal Arts Plus: Wabash Democracy and Public Discourse initiative, Global Health Initiative, Center for Innovation, Business, and Entrepreneurship, and Digital Arts and Human Values.

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Greg Hess formalized an partnership between Wabash and Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan on future health research and projects.

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Greg Hess presided over a campus master planning process intended to guide capital works projects at the college and join the Board of Directors of the Montgomery County Economic Development Council.

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On November 4,2013, Greg Hess joined the Freedom Indiana coalition in opposition to Indiana HJR-3 with DePauw University President Brian Casey.

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On September 17,2014, Greg Hess organized and hosted Celebrating the Liberal Arts, a national conference which highlighted the work of the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College and the results of the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education.

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On March 10,2020, Greg Hess announced he would be stepping down as President of Wabash College at the end of the academic year.

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Greg Hess's resignation followed widespread criticism from students and alumni regarding his administration's communication, particularly in light of a decision to end the 187-year practice of distributing sheepskin diplomas to college graduates.

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However, Greg Hess denied the impact of these concerns in an exit interview with a student newspaper, noting:.

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In March 2020, Greg Hess was named as the next President and CEO of IES Abroad.