Professor and head, Department of Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1977-89. Assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1961-66. Assistant professor of economics, Amherst College, 1960-61. Academic Service Elected Trustee of Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1993. Teaching and Research Teaches courses in law and economics and microeconomics for business.
Research focuses on incentive and constraint effects of property and tort law.
Has served as a consultant to various banks, law firms, and manufacturing firms.