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Urban
Politics & Policy Series
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Ferdinand
von Prondzynski |
Ferdinand
von Prondzynski
President of Dublin City
University
Vision 2025 Series Speaker
Public Address: "Fuelling the Celtic Tiger for the Next Decade"
March
14, 2007
The Riley Institute
at Furman, in partnership with Greenville Forward and the Greenville
Chamber of Commerce, welcomed Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski
to Furman as part of the Vision 2025 Series. He spoke at a breakfast
on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 8 a.m. in Younts Conference Center
on Furman's campus.
In July 2000,
Professor von Prondzynski was appointed President of Dublin City
University. Previously he was Professor of Law and Dean of the Law
School, University of Hull, England (1990 1997), and Dean of the
Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Hull (1997-2000).
Professor von Prondzynski was also a Director of the British-American
Business Council.
A graduate
of Trinity College, Dublin (BA and LLB), and the University of Cambridge
(PhD), Professor von Prondzynski has achieved international status
as an authority on employment law and industrial relations. He is
also an expert on European Union matters and on competition (antitrust)
policy; he lectured at the School of Business Studies at Trinity
College, Dublin before his appointment as Professor of Law at Hull;
and worked for Dresdner Bank AG, Germany and Cadbury Schweppes Ltd.
Professor von
Prondzynski grew up in Mullingar, County Westmeath, where his family
moved when he was 7. He is married to Dr. Heather Ingman. Dr. Ingman
is an author of both novels and academic texts and is a Lecturer
in Literature at Trinity College. They have two sons, Sebastian,
17 and Theo, 15.
If you would
like to learn more about Dublin City University, click
here.
Secretary Riley introducing Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski |
Professor von Prondzynski addressing the group |
Professor von Prondzynski |
Professor von Prondzynski explaining how the Irish "Economic
Miracle" can be sustained |
Professor von Prondzynski |
Professor von Prondzynski |
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