2009-2010 Speaker:
The Honorable
David M. Walker
Former U.S. Comptroller General
7 p.m., Monday, October 19, 2009
Jordan Ballroom, Student Union Bldg.
“Day of Reckoning:
America’s Fiscal Future”
As
Comptroller General of the United States and head of the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) from 1998 to 2008 — spanning both Democratic and Republican administrations
— Mr. Walker served as the federal government’s chief auditor. Appointed by President
Bill Clinton and confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate, he was an outspoken,
nonpartisan advocate for addressing the major fiscal and sustainability challenges
facing the country. Today, as President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation,
Mr. Walker is free to work proactively to advocate specific solutions, work to
build strong coalitions, and encourage and engage in grassroots efforts to bring
pressure on Washington to act.
BRANDT PROFESSOR OF FREE ENTERPRISE CAPITALISM
In December 2003 the Brandt Foundation established the first named professorship for a tenured or tenure-track faculty member at Boise State University, selecting Dr. Charlotte Twight to be the Brandt Professor of Free Enterprise Capitalism. As part of that professorship, the Brandt Foundation provides funding to bring important speakers to our campus annually under the auspices of the Brandt Foundation Lectures. Dr. Twight is responsible for selecting the speakers and managing the annual events.
Dr.
Twight (left) received her Ph.D. in economics from the University
of Washington in 1983 with specialties in government regulation/industrial
organization, international economics, and public finance. She received
her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Washington in 1973
and is a member of the Washington State Bar Association. She joined BSU’s economics
faculty in 1986.
Dr. Twight’s research interests center on government regulation of the U.S. economy—its statutory and constitutional basis, its historical evolution, and its economic and political causes and consequences. Her research explores public choice, institutional change, and the growth of government. Her most recent book, Dependent on D.C.: The Rise of Federal Control Over the Lives of Ordinary Americans, was published by Palgrave/St. Martin’s Press in 2002.
