EDUCATION

Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1970

M.B.A., University of Michigan, 1965

B.S., Miami University (Ohio), 1963

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Professor of Finance (tenured), College of Business Administration, Bowling Green State University, 2003-present.

Dean, College of Business Administration, Bowling Green State University, 2003-2005.

Frank R. Day/MBA Chair of Banking and Professor of Finance (tenured), School of Business Administration, The University of Mississippi, 1995-2003.

Director, Mississippi Bankers Association School of Banking, 1995-2003.

President, Eastern Finance Association, 2002-2003; Chairman, Board of Trustees 2003-2004.

Chair, Finance Faculty, School of Business Administration, The University of Mississippi, 1998-2000.

Mississippi Bankers Chair of Banking and Professor of Finance, School of Business Administration, The University of Mississippi, 1995-2003.

Mississippi League of Savings Institutions Chairholder and (tenured) Professor of Finance, School of Business Administration, The University of Mississippi, 1989-1995.

Chair, Finance Faculty (1974-78) and Associate Professor of Finance (tenured), College of Business and Management, University of Maryland, 1974-1989.

Assistant Professor of Finance, Krannert Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Purdue University, 1970 - 1974.

Teaching Associate, College of Business Administration, Ohio State University, 1967 - 1970.

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

M. Athavale and R. O. Edmister, 2004, “The Pricing of Sequential Bank Loans” Financial Review, 39: 231-253.

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M. Athavale and Robert. O. Edmister, 2003, “Fixed or Variable Rate Choice in The Commercial Bank Business Loan Market,” Journal of Applied Business Research 19 4: 49-58.

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R. O. Edmister, 1999, "Incidence of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act," Managerial Finance, Vol 25 No. 7: 19-30