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L. William Seidman is an American economist
Economist

An economist is an expert in the social science of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy....
 and financial
Finance

The field of finance refers to the concepts of time, money and risk and how they are interrelated. Banks are the main facilitators of funding through the provision of credit, although private equity, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other organizations have become important....
 commentator.

Born April, 29, 1921 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 197,800. It is the county seat of Kent County, Michigan, Michigan....
. Wife Sally Seidman. Six children.

Seidman received his undergraduate education at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private university, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, New Hampshire. Incorporated as "Trustees of Dartmouth College,"...
, his law degree from Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
, and his MBA from the University of Michigan
University of Michigan

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan is a public university research university located in the state of Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes two regional campuses in University of Michigan-Flint and University of Michigan-Dearborn....
's Ross School of Business
Ross School of Business

The Ross School of Business is the business school of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.It offers renowned Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, and Doctorate Academic degree, as well as an executive education program....
. Seidman began working in United States government as an economic advisor to President Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974....
 from 1974 to 1976, and later in a related capacity to President Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....
 from 1982-1984.






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L. William Seidman is an American economist
Economist

An economist is an expert in the social science of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy....
 and financial
Finance

The field of finance refers to the concepts of time, money and risk and how they are interrelated. Banks are the main facilitators of funding through the provision of credit, although private equity, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other organizations have become important....
 commentator.

Born April, 29, 1921 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 197,800. It is the county seat of Kent County, Michigan, Michigan....
. Wife Sally Seidman. Six children.

Seidman received his undergraduate education at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private university, coeducational university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, New Hampshire. Incorporated as "Trustees of Dartmouth College,"...
, his law degree from Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
, and his MBA from the University of Michigan
University of Michigan

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan is a public university research university located in the state of Michigan. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes two regional campuses in University of Michigan-Flint and University of Michigan-Dearborn....
's Ross School of Business
Ross School of Business

The Ross School of Business is the business school of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.It offers renowned Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, and Doctorate Academic degree, as well as an executive education program....
. Seidman began working in United States government as an economic advisor to President Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974....
 from 1974 to 1976, and later in a related capacity to President Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....
 from 1982-1984. In 1985, he became the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a :Category:Government-owned companies in the United States created by the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933....
 and served until 1991, working extensively during the American savings and loan crisis
Savings and Loan crisis

The savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s was the failure of 747 savings and loan associations in the United States. The ultimate cost of the crisis is estimated to have totaled around United States dollar160.1 billion, about $124.6 billion of which was directly paid for by the U.S....
 to restore solvency to the failing savings and loan sector of American banking. He was the first chairman of the related agency, the Resolution Trust Corporation
Resolution Trust Corporation

The Resolution Trust Corporation was a United States Government-owned asset management company charged with liquidating assets that had been assets of savings and loan associations declared insolvent by the Office of Thrift Supervision, as a consequence of the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s....
, which was created specifically to address issues arising from the savings and loan crisis, from 1989 until his retirement from active government in 1991.

He currently works as a chief financial commentator for the CNBC network, as well as an occasional speaker at various financial conferences worldwide. Seidman also joined SecondMarket, Inc. in December 2008 and serves as a senior advisor to the firm. In 2005, he debated former Vice-President Al Gore
Al Gore

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. is an United States environmentalism activist who served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President of the United States Bill Clinton....
 on economic matters at one such conference.