Richard Vietor is the Senator John Heinz Professor of the Environment at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration where he teaches courses on the regulation of business and the international political economy. He received a B.A. in economics from Union College (1967), an M.A. in history from Hofstra University (1971), and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Pittsburgh (1975). He was appointed Professor in 1984, and is currently Senior Associate Dean for Executive Education. Before coming to the Business School in 1978, Professor Vietor held faculty appointments at Virginia