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James Ramsey became president of the University of Louisville on Nov. 14, 2002, after serving as acting president since Sept. 2, 2002. Prior to becoming president, he had served as senior policy advisor and state budget director for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, as well as senior professor of economics and public policy at U of L since 1999. Ramsey has held numerous academic positions, including serving as vice chancellor for finance and administration at both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Western Kentucky University. He has been associate dean, assistant dean and director of public administration in the College of Business Administration at Loyola University and a research associate for the University of Kentucky’s Center for Public Affairs. He has served on the faculties of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Western Kentucky University, the University of Kentucky, Loyola University and Middle Tennessee State University, in addition to U of L. Ramsey also has held a number of positions in state government, including interim commissioner of the Office of the New Economy and special advisor to the chairman of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. A frequent national speaker and writer on economic issues in the public sector, he received the Outstanding Public Service Award from the National Governor’s Association in 2001 and was named Kentucky’s Distinguished Economist of the Year in 1999. A
Kentucky native, he holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration
from Western Kentucky University and master’s and doctoral degrees
in economics from the University of Kentucky. |
