MORRIS W. OFFIT, A&S 1957, founder of OFFITBANK, a private investment bank now a Wachovia company, is currently CEO of Offit Hall Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Offit is a University trustee and chairs the SAIS Board of Advisors. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Hopkins in 1996, when he stepped down as chairman of the Board of Trustees. The Baltimore native also chaired the very successful Campaign for Johns Hopkins in the 1980s.
In 1998, he was honored as Philanthropist of the Year by the Greater New York Chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives. The award honored Mr. Offit's longtime leadership at Johns Hopkins, as well as his service at a broad range of New York area civic, religious, educational, and preservationist organizations, including the Jewish Museum, Columbia University Teachers College, and the Union Theological Seminary.
Mr. Offit's sons Ned Offit, A&S 1987, SAIS 1993 (M.A.), and Daniel Offit, Nanjing 1994, SAIS 1995 (M.A.), are graduates of the Nitze School.
GORDON M. BODNAR, the Morris W. Offit Professor of International Finance, joined the International Economics Department at SAIS in 1999 and is an instructor in the Wharton Executive M.B.A. Program. The winner of four excellence in teaching awards, he previously served as visiting scholar to the International Monetary Fund. His fields of interest include international finance, the valuation of foreign operations, corporate finance, exchange-rate risk management, and macroeconomics. His articles on international economics, finance, and accounting have appeared in such publications as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Monetary Economics, and The Accounting Review.
MORRIS W. OFFIT, A&S 1957, founder of OFFITBANK, a private investment bank now a Wachovia company, is currently CEO of Offit Hall Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Offit is a University trustee and chairs the SAIS Board of Advisors. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Hopkins in 1996, when he stepped down as chairman of the Board of Trustees. The Baltimore native also chaired the very successful Campaign for Johns Hopkins in the 1980s. 
GORDON M. BODNAR, the Morris W. Offit Professor of International Finance, joined the International Economics Department at SAIS in 1999 and is an instructor in the Wharton Executive M.B.A. Program. The winner of four excellence in teaching awards, he previously served as visiting scholar to the International Monetary Fund. His fields of interest include international finance, the valuation of foreign operations, corporate finance, exchange-rate risk management, and macroeconomics. His articles on international economics, finance, and accounting have appeared in such publications as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Monetary Economics, and The Accounting Review.