Bryce inherited his gregariousness from his father, certainly not from me, his grandfather on his mother’s side. Sadly from me he inherited FSHD. While Bryce’s mother suffers from Acioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD) more than I do, Bryce suffered from it the most. It was from the doctor’s examination of his stooped shoulders and weak arms that we discovered that we all had it.
In April 2010 he traveled with me to London and Kenya. I am so grateful for that time we had together. While working in the Central Bank of Kenya in Nairobi during the day, I insisted that Bryce not leave our hotel. I had been told that the slang word for white people walking around town translated to “money” in English. We went out in the evenings for dinner and to visit friends. Before we left for our safari through the Masia Mara National Reserve Bryce knew and was friends with everyone working in the Hotel. When I returned from the Bank in the afternoon, anyone I asked, “where is Bryce” would tell me immediately. We traveled with a car and driver provided by the Central Bank and when we overnighted in the Reserve Bryce immediately joined the local tribe in its celebration of something or other. While our little safari let us see all the Big Five (lions, elephants, buffalos, leopards, and rhinos), Bryce’s favorite animal encounter was with a friendly Cheetah at the Nairobi Zoo. His smile and enthusiasm will be, and is, much missed.
I specialize in advising central banks on monetary policy and the development of the capacity to formulate and implement monetary policy. I joined the International Monetary Fund in 1975 from which I retired in 2003 as Assistant Director of the Monetary and Financial Systems Department. While at the IMF I led or participated in missions to the central banks of over twenty countries (including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Croatia, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgystan, Moldova, Serbia, Turkey, West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Zimbabwe) and was seconded as a visiting economist to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (1979-80), and to the World Bank's World Development Report team in 1989. After retirement from the IMF I was a member of the Board of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority from 2003-10 and of the editorial board of the Cayman Financial Review from 2010-2017. Prior to joining the IMF I was Assistant Prof of Economics at UVa from 1970-75. I am currently a fellow of Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise. In March 2019 Central Banking Journal awarded me for my “Outstanding Contribution for Capacity Building.” My recent books are One Currency for Bosnia: Creating the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina; My Travels in the Former Soviet Union; My Travels to Afghanistan; My Travels to Jerusalem; and My Travels to Baghdad. I have a BA in Economics from the UC Berkeley and a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago. My dissertation committee was chaired by Milton Friedman and included Robert J. Gordon. I live in National Landing Va 22202
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