Dr. Neal E. Cutler, an expert on the multiple inter-connections between gerontology – the study of aging and age-related processes and events – and business and finance, has been named associate director of the Gerontology Program at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. Cutler’s hiring is a major addition to the dual degree program between the MBA and Gerontology Programs.

Cutler comes to UNCG with more than 30 years of experience in gerontology. He is the author of four books and over 200 publications and his work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, CBS News and NPR's "All Things Considered."

Cutler is vice president and dean of educational programs of the American Institute of Financial Gerontology (AIFG), a partnership with the American Society on Aging and UNCG where AIFG is located. AIFG provides specialized gerontological education to qualified financial professionals who work with mature consumers and their families.

“UNCG’s Gerontology Program is one the top notch programs in North Carolina and America,” said Beverly Perdue, North Carolina Lieutenant Governor. “Adding a faculty member with the background in gerontology and business will add to UNCG’s already excellent reputation in this area.”

“Dr. Cutler is a leader of our national Aging and Business Education Initiative and is working to strengthen the education of business managers for an aging society,” noted Dr. Harry R. Moody, director of academic affairs at AARP in Washington.

Prior to UNCG, Cutler held the Boettner/Gregg Chair in Financial Gerontology at Widener University in Chester, Penn. There he directed Financial Literacy 2000, a research program focusing on the impact of aging on issues of finance, health, retirement and families. From 1973 to 1989 he held a dual appointment as professor of political science and professor of gerontology at the University of Southern California, and he was associate director of the Andrus Gerontology Center's Institute for Advanced Study in Gerontology and Geriatrics.

Cutler received a PhD in political science from Northwestern University. In Washington, Cutler served as director of survey research for the National Council on the Aging. He was also a staff member of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. Cutler is the recipient of the 2006 Gloria Cavanaugh Award for Excellence in Education and Training in Aging.

For further information on the dual degree, visit http://www.uncg.edu/gro/degrees/.

-October 2006