Anthony F. Herbst is Professor of Finance and holds the Charles R. and Dorothy S. Carter Chair at the University of Texas, El Paso. Prior to earning a Ph.D. in Economics at Purdue University, he was manager of operations research for the National Bank of Detroit, and previously had held positions as an industrial engineer for Koppers Corporation and Ford Motor Company. From 1982 through 1998 he served as founding editor of the "Journal of Financial Engineering" (now merged with the "Journal of Derivatives"), where he is now an associate editor. He is also a member of the editorial boards fo...