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Mr. Siegel is the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School at the University of Philadelphia.

Mr. Siegel received his Bachelor’s Degree from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971. In 1972, he became a professor at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago, where he stayed until his appointment at the Wharton School.

During his tenure, Mr. Siegel has won numerous awards including: Best Business School Professor in worldwide ranking, Business Week, 1994; Lindback Award (outstanding university teaching), 2002; Helen Kardon Moss Anvil Award (outstanding MBA teaching),1996, 2005; David W. Hauck Award for Outstanding Teaching (Wharton Undergraduate); Best Article, Graham and Dodd Award, Financial Analysts Journal, 1993; Best Article, Peter Bernstein and Frank Fabozzi Award, The Journal of Portfolio Management, 2000; and the prestigious Nicholas Molodovsky Award by the Chartered Financial Analysts Institute to “those individuals who have made outstanding contributions of such significance as to change the direction of the profession and to raise it to higher standards of accomplishment” in May 2005.