Chief economist for the National Federation of Independent Business since
1971, William C. Dunkelberg is an internationally respected authority on small
business, entrepreneurship, consumer behavior, consumer credit and
government policy.
Most recently, he was Professor of Economics at the School of Business and
Management, Temple University, where he served as Dean from 1987 through
1994 and as Director of the Center for the Advancement and Study of
Entrepreneurship.
His prior economics teachings were at the Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue
University; the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; and the Survey Research
Center at the University of Michigan, where he graduated from with B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees
in Economics.
Dr. Dunkelberg has also served as an adviser to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, was a member of
the Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve System in 1989 for a two-year term, and,
according to The New York Times, was on the short list for vice president of the Federal Reserve
Board.