William N. Kinnard
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William N. Kinnard, Jr. (September 12, 1926 - April 6, 2001) was one of America's leading real estate educators, authors, and experts in the field of appraisal.
Dr. Kinnard was an emeritus professor of finance and real estate at the University of Connecticut. He joined the faculty there in 1955, eventually chairing the Finance Department and serving as Associate Dean and Acting Dean before retiring in 1981. He was also the Director of the Institute of Urban Research and the Founding Director of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics. A real estate scholarship and a Professorship in Real Estate and Finance are sponsored at UConn in his name. He also taught as a Visiting Professor at the University of Florida, UCLA, and Brown.
He received a bachelor's degree with honors in economics from Swarthmore College, an MBA in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and, later, a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught at Wesleyan University before becoming director of Urban Redevelopment for the City of Middletown.
Dr. Kinnard was a president of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association and the founder of the Real Estate Counseling Group of America
. The Appraisal Institute
annually gives the Kinnard Award in his honor to the leading real estate appraisal
educator in the U.S. After his death, the American Real Estate Society and the Appraisal Institute co-published the text Essays in Honor of William N. Kinnard, Jr. as a memorial. Contributing editors and authors constitute a cross-section of the leading real estate appraisal experts in the world.
He was widely regarded as one of the leading authors, lecturers, and experts on the topic of real estate valuation. His text, Income Property Valuation, published in 1971, is still considered a classic in the field. Altogether, he authored or co-authored thirty-five texts and manuals and innumerable refereed journal articles, manuscripts, and essays starting in 1956 and continuing actively until his death in 2001.
Dr. Kinnard was awarded professional designations from the Society of Real Estate Appraisers, the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, the American Society of Appraisers, the Institute of Property Taxation, the American Institute of Corporate Asset Management, and the National Association of Realtors. He was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma
, Pi Gamma Mu
, and Phi Kappa Phi
honor societies. He was awarded the Armstrong/Kahn Award from the Appraisal Journal in 1999 and the James A. Graaskamp Award from the American Real Estate Society in 1995, among numerous other honors. He was a Fellow of the Homer Hoyt Institute.
Dr. Kinnard was an emeritus professor of finance and real estate at the University of Connecticut. He joined the faculty there in 1955, eventually chairing the Finance Department and serving as Associate Dean and Acting Dean before retiring in 1981. He was also the Director of the Institute of Urban Research and the Founding Director of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics. A real estate scholarship and a Professorship in Real Estate and Finance are sponsored at UConn in his name. He also taught as a Visiting Professor at the University of Florida, UCLA, and Brown.
He received a bachelor's degree with honors in economics from Swarthmore College, an MBA in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and, later, a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught at Wesleyan University before becoming director of Urban Redevelopment for the City of Middletown.
Dr. Kinnard was a president of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association and the founder of the Real Estate Counseling Group of America
Real Estate Counseling Group of America
The Real Estate Counseling Group of America was founded in 1970 by William N. Kinnard, a former president of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, who sought to bring together a small group of top U.S...
. The Appraisal Institute
Appraisal Institute
The Appraisal Institute is a global membership association of professional real estate appraisers, with more than 25,000 members and 91 chapters throughout the world. Its mission is to advance professionalism and ethics, global standards, methodologies, and practices through the professional...
annually gives the Kinnard Award in his honor to the leading real estate appraisal
Real estate appraisal
Real estate appraisal, property valuation or land valuation is the process of valuing real property. The value usually sought is the property's Market Value. Appraisals are needed because compared to, say, corporate stock, real estate transactions occur very infrequently...
educator in the U.S. After his death, the American Real Estate Society and the Appraisal Institute co-published the text Essays in Honor of William N. Kinnard, Jr. as a memorial. Contributing editors and authors constitute a cross-section of the leading real estate appraisal experts in the world.
He was widely regarded as one of the leading authors, lecturers, and experts on the topic of real estate valuation. His text, Income Property Valuation, published in 1971, is still considered a classic in the field. Altogether, he authored or co-authored thirty-five texts and manuals and innumerable refereed journal articles, manuscripts, and essays starting in 1956 and continuing actively until his death in 2001.
Dr. Kinnard was awarded professional designations from the Society of Real Estate Appraisers, the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, the American Society of Appraisers, the Institute of Property Taxation, the American Institute of Corporate Asset Management, and the National Association of Realtors. He was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma or ΒΓΣ is an honor society for business students and scholars. Founded in 1913 at the University of Wisconsin, it has over 650,000 members, selected from over 500 chapters in AACSB-accredited business schools...
, Pi Gamma Mu
Pi Gamma Mu
Pi Gamma Mu or ΠΓΜ is the oldest and preeminent honor society in the social sciences. It is also the only interdisciplinary social science honor society. It serves the various social science disciplines which seek to understand and explain human behavior and social relationships as well as their...
, and Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Kappa Phi
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is an honor society established 1897 to recognize and encourage superior scholarship without restriction as to area of study and to promote the "unity and democracy of education"...
honor societies. He was awarded the Armstrong/Kahn Award from the Appraisal Journal in 1999 and the James A. Graaskamp Award from the American Real Estate Society in 1995, among numerous other honors. He was a Fellow of the Homer Hoyt Institute.