Peter W. Bacon, Professor and Chair of the Department of Finance and Financial Service Peter announced his retirement effective June 1, 2004, ending a 35-year career on Wright State's business faculty. During his tenure he helped guide the college through many milestones, including the establishment of the Financial Services major and AACSB re-accreditation.

Highpoints during his time at Wright State include having his department earn a program excellence award from the State of Ohio in 1990, being named Outstanding Faculty Member by the WSU M.B.A. Association in 1995, and garnering two Outstanding Teacher Awards from the College of Business, one in 1976 and the other in 1981. He cites having a WSU team earn finalist status in the AMEX Personal Financial Planning Competition in 2004 as the perfect way to cap off his career at Wright State.
  
With a teaching focus on financial management and personal financial planning, Bacon has authored numerous journal articles and presented papers at conferences throughout the country. His article, “Lump Sum Beats Dollar-Cost Averaging” (1993), which he co-authored with Richard Williams in 1993, has just been selected by the Journal of Financial Planning as one of the best articles of the past twenty-five years and will be republished in a special anniversary edition.  Dr. Bacon has also served as a consultant for a variety of business firms and nonprofits such as Bank One, Robbins and Myers, Inc., IDS, City of Dayton, and City Wide Development Corporation.  In addition, Dr. Bacon served on the Board of Examiners for the International Board of Standard and Practices of Certified Financial Planners.

"What’s kept me energized during my career has been the opportunity to work with and be challenged by outstanding students.  The best students at Wright State are as good as the best students at any top business school in the country."  

The Peter W. Bacon Scholarship Fund has been established to honor Dr. Bacon and provide scholarships for Finance and Financial Services students. To give a gift to the scholarship fund, simply click on
https://www.wright.edu/php-bin/foundation/online.html