NBER profile: Charles H. Dallara.

• Position: National Bureau of Economic Research - Brief article

Charles H. Dallara was elected to the NBER's Board of Directors at its Fall 2006 meeting. Dallara, who is a Managing Director of the Institute of International Finance (IIF), will serve as a Director-at-Large.

Prior to joining the lie Dallara was a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan & Co. from 1991 to 1993. During the 1980s, he served in a variety of senior financial positions in the U.S. government. He was appointed by former President Bush to the position of Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for International Affairs in May 1989 and served in that position until June 1991.

A native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Dallara earned a B.S. in economics from the University of South Carolina in 1970 and an honorary doctorate from the university in...