Charles G. Thalhimer Family 2009 Scholar-in-Residence

Nationally renowned real estate expert Susan Wachter, Richard B. Worley Professor of Financial Management and Professor of Real Estate and Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, visited the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business on Oct. 1 and 2 as the Charles G. Thalhimer Family 2009 Scholar-in-Residence.

Wachter participated in several events during her two days in Richmond. Wachter's activities included a speech at Willow Oaks Country Club on "How ... or Can Another Crisis be Avoided;" a student-led discussion with Rho Epsilon members, real estate majors, other students and guests; a lecture to a real estate finance class on "Asset Bubbles: Real Estate Pricing Across Space and Time;" a research seminar, "Subprime Lending and Housing Volatility;" and a seminar for Ph.D. students and junior faculty on "Building Your Career, Ethics and the Repeated Game."

The Thalhimer Family Endowment was established in 1984 by Charles G. Thalhimer, Sr.  to support VCU. This fund and the Thalhimer family continue to underwrite important programs at VCU and especially programs at the VCU School of Business.

In addition to the Thalhimer Scholar-in-Residence program, the Thalhimer Family Endowment sponsors the annual Thalhimer Executive-in-Residence program and provides a full tuition scholarship for two outstanding School of Business students each year.