U. of Missouri Finally Fills Chair Named for Enron's Kenneth Lay

Nearly a decade after receiving a gift of 23,000 shares of Enron stock, the University of Missouri at Columbia has finally filled its Kenneth L. Lay Chair in Economics. Joseph H. Haslag, a specialist in monetary policy who has taught at Missouri since 2000, will hold the post, the university announced this week.

Mr. Lay, a Missouri alumnus, donated the stock to the university in 1998 and 1999, two years before the corporation he led collapsed amid scandal. (Wisely or luckily,

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