Former UCSD Economist Helps Rebuild A New Orleans University

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Published September 18, 2007 at 10:02 AM PDT

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

Michael Bernstein spent many years teaching economics and helping to run UCSD. Now, he's helping guide New Orleans biggest private employer and academic powerhouse: Tulane University. We'll find out h

Tom Fudge: Given the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, why would any person in San Diego, who's doing well in his profession, move to New Orleans? That's actually a good question to put to Michael Bernstein. Michael is a professor of history and economics who was a dean at UCSD.

Now he's provost at Tulane University in New Orleans. Tulane was established in the 19th century and, like all of New Orleans, it's still recovering from the flooding of Hurricane Katrina.

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Michael Bernstein , provost and senior vice president of academic affairs for Tulane University, where he's also a professor of history and economics. Michael is a former professor and former dean of arts and humanities at UCSD.