Lincoln (Neb.) - Oct. 7, 1997 - The power of ideas in the international market will be Richard L. Weill's theme Oct. 10 when he delivers the John T. Connor Distinguished Lecture Series in Accountancy and Finance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Weill, president of MBIA Insurance Inc. in Armonk, N.Y., will speak from 10:30-11:25 a.m. in the auditorium (Room 143) of the College of Business Administration Building, 12th and R streets. His speech is free and open to the public.
MBIA is the largest financial guarantee insurance company and provider of investment management and municipal services to the public sector. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a component company of the Standard and Poor's 500.
Weill joined MBIA in 1989 and is on the corporation's board of directors. Before joining MBIA, Weill was a partner in the Omaha-based law firm of Kutak Rock for more than 20 years, specializing in municipal and corporate finance transactions and financial guarantee insurance matters. From the inception of the concept of municipal bond insurance in the late 1980s, he was involved with the entrepreneurial group that created MBIA and its predecessors.
Weill earned his bachelor's degree with high distinction in business administration at Nebraska (1964). He was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma honorary society and the Innocents Society. He attended New York University Law School as a Root-Tilden Scholar and was an editor of the Law Review. He graduate with honors in 1967.
He is a member of the American, New York and Nebraska bar associations and is a trustee of the University of Nebraska Foundation.
The Connor lecture series focuses on issues of interest to
chief financial officers, professional accountants, educators and
students. It is endowed by John T. Connor, chairman and chief
executive officer of Transcrypt International Ltd. in Lincoln. It
is presented by the finance department and the School of
Accountancy in the UNL College of Business Administration.
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