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Bernanke on board

School board, that is. Our friends at the New York State School Boards Association passed along this little tidbit that will be appearing in their upcoming issue of On Board.

Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, served two terms as a member of the Montgomery Township (N.J.) Board of Education. According to a colleague, Bernanke?s school board experience was formative for him:

?I think the best thing that ever happen to Ben ? Chairman Bernanke ? is he served on the school board in Princeton, New Jersey. And I?m very serious about that . . . What allows him to run a meeting the way he does, with harmony and results, I think, was that training on the school board. I ran for the United States Senate. I?ve negotiated with the U.S. Congress on behalf of the president ? twice. That?s a piece of cake compared to being on a school board.?

? Richard Fisher, president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke during a May 28, 2008 speech to the Commonwealth Club of California. To listen to the address, go to http://www.commonwealthclub.org/
archive/08/08-05richardfisheraudio.html. The relevant portion of Fisher?s remarks occurs about 40 minutes into his 60-minute speech.

Thanks to Eric Randall of NYSSBA for sending this our way!

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on August 14, 2008 (boomark / email).