Smiley Fellowship Winner Announced

Jefferson Decker, a lecturer in history and the Hertog Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University, has become the first Smiley Fellow in economic history. He will study the political history of investment culture and retirement security in the United States during the 1982-2000 bull market in equities. The Smiley Fellowship was created by former NCEO board member Robert Smiley, founder of Benefit Capital Corp., to encourage the study of significant issues related to broad-based employee ownership in American history.