Biographical Information:

F. STEB HIPPLE, PH.D.
P.O. Box 70686
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN 37614
Voice: (423) 439-5304
Fax: (423) 439-8583
E-Mail: Hipples@ETSU.edu
Website: http://faculty.etsu.edu/hipples

F. Steb Hipple is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, Finance, Geography, and Urban Studies at East Tennessee State University, and a Research Associate with the ETSU Bureau of Business and Economic Research.

Dr. Hipple was raised in Houston, Texas, and graduated with honors from high school in 1958. Attending Trinity University (San Antonio) under a National Merit Scholarship, he received the B.A. (economics and finance) in 1962 and the M.A. (economics) in 1964. Dr. Hipple was awarded the Ph.D. in economics in 1972 by Southern Methodist University (Dallas), where he specialized in international economics and industrial organization.

After teaching several years at the University of Dallas, he was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship in 1974 at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., under the sponsorship of the Ford Foundation. In 1975, Dr. Hipple joined the senior policy staff of the U.S. Department of Commerce and worked with Cabinet level officials and Congressional oversight committees during the Ford, Carter, and Reagan Administrations.

In 1982, Dr. Hipple joined the College of Business at East Tennessee State University, accepting a dual appointment as BBER Director and Professor of Economics. After 13 years with the Bureau, he returned to full time teaching in 1996. He currently teaches in the both the undergraduate Economics major and the graduate MBA programs, while continuing to prepare the popular business conditions reports for the Bureau. He has authored two books and has published scholarly articles in leading academic journals. He continues to write and speak extensively in the Tri-Cities area on regional, national, and international business topics.

Dr. Hipple and his family reside in Johnson City. His wife Linda is a Registered Nurse, receiving her nursing degree from ETSU in 1985. She is employed by the University as a rural health care coordinator. They have four children who all attended Johnson City public schools and ETSU.