August 3, 2009
Economist Who Downsized a College Is Chosen to Lead It
Ned Hill, dean of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State U.
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Ned Hill, dean of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State U.
Some middle-school boys dream of playing professional baseball. Or steering a rocket ship to the moon.
Edward W. (Ned) Hill, who was named dean of Cleveland State University's Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs on June 24, dreamed of becoming a regional economist.
It was the economics of his own hometown, Derby, Conn., a manufacturing center, that inspired the youngster's career choice.
"When you're in a town that has 22-percent unemployment, you get very
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