Public Policy Expert Joins Robinson College Faculty

May 15, 2003 (ATLANTA) - Kevin T. Cronin, J.D., former president and chief executive officer of the International Insurance Council (IIC), has joined the Robinson College of Business as a professor of legal studies in the College's Risk Management and Insurance department. Cronin will teach graduate courses on international risk and insurance and insurance law. In addition, he will conduct research on the federal government's involvement in various insurance issues through the department's Center for Risk Management and Insurance Research. He will also work with the department on its new graduate track in insurance regulation. During his three years at IIC, he advised the U.S. government on a number of trade issues, including China's World Trade Organization (WTO) accession. He was also president of the northern region of the Federation of Latin American Insurance Trade Associations (FIDES). "We could not be more pleased to have someone of Kevin's incredible background and dedication join us," said Harold D. Skipper Jr., RMI Department Chairman. "He will strengthen our public policy educational and research activities, while bringing great depth of understanding to our graduate course offerings." Prior to his work with the IIC, Cronin opened the Washington, D.C. offices of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), serving as the association's Washington Counsel and director of government and international relations. For his participation in creating a federal and international presence for U.S. state regulators, Cronin received the NAIC's highest award in 1996. He also participated in the formation of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), where he served as secretariat/advisor from its inception in 1994 to 1998. Cronin has worked for the U.S. federal government as a senior trial attorney, specializing in U.S. antitrust and international trade issues at the Federal Trade Commission; as an attorney-advisor to the President's Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs; and as a trial attorney for the Internal Revenue Service. In addition, he has lectured on consumer law at the University of Maryland. He graduated with honors from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and obtained his law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston.. ____________________________________ The J. Mack Robinson College of Business is one of the nation's top business schools.  The College's Flex (part-time) MBA program has been listed in the top ten by U.S. News for the past eight years.  Business Week magazine ranked the College's Executive MBA program 20th  in the world and Forbes rated Robinson in the top 20 for return on investment for regional schools.  Success Magazine ranks the College's entrepreneurship program among the top 50 in the nation.  Georgia State University's Robinson College of Business has an enrollment of more than 8000 students and is located in downtown Atlanta.    For more information, contact: Tammy Demel Associate Director, Communications and External Affairs J. Mack Robinson College of Business Robinson College of Business 404/413-7078 404/702-9743 (cell) tdemel@gsu.edu