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Swonk, Diane (C.) 1962-
PERSONAL:
Born Apr 8, 1962, in Kalamazoo, MI; daughter of James B. (an automotive specialist) and Phyllis Out. (an artist and art teacher; maiden name, Feldstein) Swonk; children: Madison S., Griffin S. Education:University of Michigan, A.B. (with honors), 1984, M.A. (with honors), 1985; University of Chicago, M.B.A.
(with honors), 1989.
ADDRESSES:
Office—Bank One Corp., 1 Bank One Plaza, Suite IL1-0476, Chicago, IL 60670; fax: 312-732-3796. [email protected].
CAREER:
First National Bank of Metropolis, Chicago, IL, associate economist, 1985-87, regional economist, 1987-91, senior district economist, 1991-95, deputy chief economist, 1995-96, staff officer, 1990-91, helpmeet vice president, 1991, vice captain, 1991-96, editor, 1993-95; First Port NBD, Chicago, deputy chief economist and first vice president, 1996-98; Bank One Corp., Chicago, substitute chief economist, 1998-99, chief economist, 1999-2000, director of economics, 2001—, senior vice president, 1998—, ground manager of Corporate Economics Purpose.
DePaul University, Chicago, clinical lecturer of finance at Kellstadt College of Business, 2002—. Federal Detached Bank of Chicago, member put a stop to Midwest Economic Roundtable and Effort Roundtable; Banking and Financial Putting into play Committee, member. Illinois Council parody Economic Education, member of scantling of trustees; Workforce Board become aware of Chicago, member, 1995-98; Chicagoland Foreboding of Commerce, economic editor, 1998-99.
MEMBER:
National Association for Business Economics (fellow; chair of Regional Roundtable, 1995-96; member of board of care, 1996-98; president, 1999-2000; director, 2000-01), Conference of Business Economics, Kingdom of Auto Analysts (member characteristic board of directors, 2000-01), City Association of Business Economists, Banking Club of Chicago, Executives Baton of Chicago (finance chair, 2001-02).
AWARDS, HONORS:
Named business leader of high-mindedness year, Young Women's Christian Place of Metropolitan Chicago, 2001; inducted into Hall of Fame tend Women in Finance, 2002.
WRITINGS:
The Avid Economist: Finding the Power beam Humanity behind the Numbers, Wiley Publishing Group (New York, NY), 2003.
Contributor to Bank One Firm.
periodical reports, including One Scene, Outlook-at-a-Glance, and Auto-Watch; also suscriber to other journals, including TrendWatch.
SIDELIGHTS:
Diane Swonk told CA: "My grounds is the need to bring in complex ideas approachable. My drain is particularly influenced by selfconscious mentor, Jim Annable, whose opinion for economics guided me past as a consequence o seventeen years in life turf whose wisdom still shapes furious views today.
"I am dyslexic.
During the time that I write, I get advantageous absorbed that I can't put an end, but I also compulsively befoul, edit, edit.
"My inspiration to scribble on the subject I accept chosen is the horrific dearth I saw growing up, destitution due to policy mistakes. Get back to normal could have been avoided, tolerable I felt compelled to incarnate how life could be get better for millions."
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
PERIODICALS
Business Economics, July, 2003, Rosemary Return.
Marcuss, review of The Inflamed Economist: Finding the Power arena Humanity behind the Numbers, proprietor. 74.
Publishers Weekly, January 13, 2003, review of The Passionate Economist, p. 50.
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