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Dr. Elizabeth Hoffman
Biography
History and Economics
B.A., Smith College, 1968
M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1969
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1972
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1979 Elizabeth Hoffman is the Executive Vice President and Provost at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. She also holds the title of Professor of Economics with tenure. From 2000 to 2005, Hoffman served as the 20th President of the University of Colorado (CU) system. As CU President, she worked extensively with students, faculty, and staff at each of the system's three campuses as well as with Colorado's business and civic leaders. She also held a tenured faculty position as Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado at Boulder and taught in the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. Throughout her career, she held academic and administrative positions at the University of Florida, Northwestern University, Purdue University, the University of Wyoming, and the University of Arizona. From 1993 to 1997, she served as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University, the university to which she recently returned. In 1997, she joined the University of Illinois at Chicago faculty as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. She held concurrent appointments as professor of economics, history, political science, psychology, and professor in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs. While serving as Provost, Hoffman managed a $1 billion budget and led the nation's third largest health sciences center, which included the country's largest medical school. She has received numerous distinctions, including the Ronald H. Coase Prize for excellence in the study of law and economics, Colorado Biz magazine's 25 most powerful people (2004), and recognition as one of 100 women making a difference in Today's Chicago Woman (1999). She has served on more than 40 academic advisory councils, boards, and committees. She is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Marsico Capital Management. Hoffman has authored or co-authored three books and dozens of articles. Elizabeth Hoffman was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and received her B.A. in history from Smith College. She continued studying history at the University of Pennsylvania, earning an M.A. in 1969 and a Ph.D. in 1972. She earned a Ph.D. in economics at the California Institute of Technology in 1979. Her academic interests include applied microeconomics, experimental economics, public choice, economic history, law and economics, and public policy. Hoffman was appointed to the National Science Board in 2002. August 2008
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