<p>A Swattie is currently serving as President of the World Bank after having served in numerous capacites at the Treasury Department, State Department, and Fannie Mae under both Presidents Bush:</p>
<p>[Office</a> of the President - Biography](<a href=“http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/ORGANIZATION/EXTPRESIDENT2007/0,,contentMDK:21394208~menuPK:64822289~pagePK:64821878~piPK:64821912~theSitePK:3916065,00.html]Office”>http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/ORGANIZATION/EXTPRESIDENT2007/0,,contentMDK:21394208~menuPK:64822289~pagePK:64821878~piPK:64821912~theSitePK:3916065,00.html)</p>
<p>I would say that another Swattie, Jerome Kohlberg, has left a mark on the world of finanance. His firm, Kohlberg, Kravitz, Roberts is considered to be the pioneer of leveraged buyouts and private equity investing.</p>
<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Kohlberg,_Jr[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Kohlberg,_Jr</a>.</p>
<p>Swarthmore’s reputation for Economics was largely built by Bernie Saffran, who passed away unexpectedly a few years ago.</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Price Theory and its Applications (9781858986104): Bernard Saffran, F. M. Scherer: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Price-Theory-Applications-Bernard-Saffran/dp/1858986109]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Price-Theory-Applications-Bernard-Saffran/dp/1858986109)</p>