Elizabethtown College News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
3/23/05
Contact: Mary Dolheimer, director of marketing and media relations, 717-361-1587, dolheimerm@etown.edu
E-town profs to discuss ‘robber barons of the 1890s and 1990s’
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – Two Elizabethtown College professors will analyze the rich and powerful of the 1890s and 1990s – from Rockefeller and Carnegie to Kozlowski and Lay -- at 11 a.m., April 13, in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. "From Standard Oil to Enron: Robber Barons of the 1890s and 1990s" will be presented by Professor of History Thomas Winpenny and Assistant Professor of Business Law Sean Melvin. Their talk is open to the public free of charge.
Winpenny earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Penn State and a doctorate from the University of Delaware, where he was a Hagley Fellow. He serves as associate editor of "Essays in Economic and Business History" and sits on the editorial board of "Pennsylvania History." His research interests target American business, industry and technology in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Winpenny is author of "A History of the Manhattan Bridge," "Without Fitting, Filing, or Chipping: A History of the Phoenix Bridge Company," "Bending is Not Breaking: Adaptation and Persistence Among 19th Century Lancaster Artisans," and "Industrial Progress and Human Welfare."
Melvin is chair of the Department of Business and Economics at Elizabethtown College. He is the author of more than a dozen articles on business law and tax-related topics and has written four books, including "The Entrepreneur’s Handbook of Business Law" and the 2004 textbook"Cyberlaw and E-Commerce Regulation."
After earning his juris doctorate from Rutgers Law School, Melvin worked for several years as a corporate attorney at the law firm of Fox Rothschild in Philadelphia. He eventually joined a publicly traded software house as vice president and general counsel prior to entering academe. Melvin spent two years teaching business law and international business transactions in the undergraduate and M.B.A. program at West Chester University of Pennsylvania before coming to Elizabethtown.
Melvin’s work has appeared in magazines such as Entrepreneur and Your Money. He has appeared on CNBC’s Power Lunch and has been interviewed by dozens of media outlets, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, on topics ranging from cyber law to international tax and copyright law.
At Elizabethtown College -- central Pennsylvania’s premier small, comprehensive college -- 1800 men and women enjoy personal attention, breadth of curriculum, experiential learning and a commitment to serving others. Elizabethtown has been ranked for 11 consecutive years by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top comprehensive colleges in the North.
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