Frank Spreng, Ph.D.

Education:

         J.D., Saint Louis University
         Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
         M.S., University of Pittsburgh
         M.B.A., Duquesne University
         B.S., Duquesne University

Areas of Interest:

         Law and Economics, Forensic Economics, Labor Economics, 
         Managerial Economics & Decision Making

Publications and Writing:

         Early History of the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange, Master's Degree Thesis, 
         Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1967.

         "Birth of the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange", 
         Westerm Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, January 1975

         The Macro Economics of Sir Ralph Hawtrey: A Mirror Image of British Economic Decline, 
         Ph.D. Thesis, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1976

         "A Policy Contradiction for Supply Side Economics",
          Kentucky Economic Journal, Fall 1982

          Wrote three cases which will be included in the fourth edition, 2004, of 
          Cases in Management Accounting and Control systems.  The cases are 
          Lambeth Custom Cabinets, Blackheath Manufacturing Co. and Blackheath 
          Manfacturing Co. Revisited.  These cases deal with decision making and 
          management control.  The book is to be published by Prentice-Hall.  It is 
          being edited by Professor Mark Haskins of the Dearden Graduate School 
          of Business at the University of Virginia.

          Various book reviews in the Journal of Economic Literature.  Article reviewer at 
          various times for: the Journal of Legal Economics, and the Journal of Forensic
          Economics.

Teaching Career:

         Thirty-eight years of college teaching
         McKendree College (1987 to present)
         Methodist College (1986 - 1987)
         Brescia College (1979-1986)
         Richmond College, London (1978-1979)
         Hampden-Sydney College (1974-1978)
         Pennsylvania State University, Beaver Campus (1967-1974)

Honors & Awards:

         William Norman Grandy Faculty Award, 2006
         Member of the Illinois Bar, 2004
         Phi Kappa Phi, Honor Society, 2004
         Member of the Missouri Bar, 2003
         Order of the Woolsack for high scholastic achievement in the study of law, 2003
         Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society, 2002
         Emerson: Excellence in Teaching Award, 2001
         Certified Public Accountant (Illinois), 1990
         Certified Management Accountant, 1988
         George Washington Honor Medal, for Economic Education, from the Freedoms Foundation at 
         Valley Forge, 1985
         Outstanding Young Men of America, 1978
         Omicron Delta Epsilon, Honor Society for Economics, 1975
         Beta Gamma Sigma, Honor Society for Business, 1967

Hobbies:

         Philately, Toy Trains, Old Movies and Reading

Advisiory Posts:

         Considerable committee work at the college including service, in recent years,
         on: Faculty Affairs Council, Salary, Budget and Fringe Benefits
         Committee, Long Range Planning Committee and the Graduate Council.

         Since 1981 I have consulted with trial lawyers on individual income loss
         and business losses.  As of August 1, 2006 I have been retained 245 times,
         testified 32 times and have been deposed 82 times.  Twenty of these
         cases were commercial in nature.

        Question writer for CPA Examination in the areas of economics and business
        law.

Personal Message:

         My teaching philosophy is that studens need to know, understand and be
         able to apply the fundamental principles of the subjects they are studying.
         This means that students must be active participants in the learning
         process.  I have always applied this concept of  "less is more" to 
         undergraduate teaching and now to MBA teaching.