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Faculty Details
Michael R. Gordinier

Senior Lecturer in Management


Area of Expertise:

Econometrics, Asset Pricing, Decision Analysis, Statistics/Econometrics

Research Interests:

Statistics, management science, financial planning, investments, insurance


Selected Publications:

  • "Nuclear Fusion Power", Elsevier Science Ltd. / Robert A. Meyers ed., 1987
  • "Creative Uses of Life Insurance in Estate Planning: Irrevocable & Charitable Remainder Trust", , with S. Laiderman, 1995
  • "Understanding the Investment Potential of Variable Universal Life", , with S. Laiderman, 1995

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Academic/Professional Activities:

  • Licensed insurance representative, National Life Insurance Co.
  • Financial Planner, Premier Financial Partners
  • Investment Representative, Royal Alliance


Awards/Honors:

  • Beta Gamma Sigma, 1990
  • Sigma Xi, 1977
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 1975
  • Pi Mu Epsilon, 1974
  • Reid Teaching Award (15 times), Olin Business School, Washington University


Personal Interests:

Professor Gordinier enjoys golf, competitive and defensive firearms, antique furniture, short-wave radios, and discussing the proper roles for and authority of the federal government.
Michael R. Gordinier

Professor Gordinier has been a lecturer at the Olin School since 1990 and has taught graduate level physics at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Dr. Gordinier's unique approach to quantitative business education and his financial/ estate planning consulting business reflect his training as a physicist where the use of quantitative techniques are stressed. He brings over 15 years of practical experience to the classroom with such diverse organizations as the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, McDonnell Douglas Corp., U.S. Dept. of Energy, and National Life Insurance Co.

Michael R. Gordinier's Home Page
Email: gordinier@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-8745

Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) &and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) 1995, The American College
MBA 1990, Washington University in St. Louis
PhD 1980, University of Wisconsin
MS 1977, University of Wisconsin
BA 1975, St. Louis University