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Retiring Faculty

Dr. Randy Woolridge retires as a Professor of Finance and The Goldman Sachs and Frank P. Smeal Endowed University Fellow after 47 years of service on the Penn State faculty.

Dr. Woolridge earned his PhD in finance at the University of Iowa in 1979. His expertise includes valuation consequences of corporate strategic investment and financial decisions; analysts stock recommendations; and earnings forecasts. His early career publication record includes research published in top finance journals including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Dr. Woolridge served the Smeal College as director of the Rogers Family Trading Room, founder and CEO of the Nittany Lion Fund LLC ($20 million AUM), faculty director of the Wall Street Boot Camp, and faculty director of Leveraged Lion Capital. He taught thousands of Smeal students over his tenure and fundamentally changed the lives of many.

If you’re in Key West, then you can find him at the Green Parrott!