Harold Alonza Black
James F. Smith Professor of Financial Institutions
University of Tennessee

Harold A. Black is the James F. Smith, Jr. Professor of Financial Institutions at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He lectures, consults and publishes extensively in the areas of financial institutions and the monetary system. His articles have appeared in publications including the American Economic Review, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Research and the Journal of Monetary Economics. His consulting clients include major national banks and financial organizations such as Fleet Financial Corporation, Home Savings of America, Chrysler Financial Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration.

His government service includes Deputy Director, Department of Economic Research and Analysis, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Board Member, National Credit Union Administration. He has served as a Director and Chairman of the Nashville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Among his numerous honors, he has received the Department of Treasury's Special Achievement Award, the National Urban League's Outstanding Service Award, and the National Credit Union Administration's Exceptional Service Award.

In addition to being listed in Who's Who Among Black Americans, Prof. Black has recently served as a public interest member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Savings Association Insurance Fund Advisory Committee, Washington, DC. and as a Director of H. F. Ahmanson & Co., Irwindale, California, the parent company of Home Savings of America, one of the nation's largest consumer banking organizations prior to its merger with Washington Mutual Savings Bank. Back