WILLIAM McCLENAHAN, Jr., Senior Lecturer UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND—COLLEGE PARK ROBERT H. SMITH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 3432 VAN MUNCHING HALL COLLEGE PARK, MD 20742 301-­‐405-­‐4111 wmcclena@rhsmith.umd.edu 5824 North 11th Street Arlington, VA 22205 703-­‐534-­‐5042 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Ph.D. History, The George Washington University (1993). Fields of concentration included American History, American and World Business and Economic History, Modern Middle Eastern History, and Public Administration. My dissertation entitled “Orderly Competition: American Government, Business and the Role of Voluntary Export Restraints in United States-­‐Japan Trade, 1934-­‐1972,” was written under the supervision of Professor William H. Becker. J.D., University of Louisville, School of Law, 1974. B.A., University of Louisville, College of Arts and Sciences, 1971. CURRENT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT Senior Lecturer, Business Law and Public Policy (since 1998) with Department of Logistics, Business and Public Policy, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland—College Park. I teach both semesters of business law (undergraduate) and a graduate business law course for the masters program. I have also taught introduction to business and management to undergraduates. OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE Visiting Professor, Department of Logistics, Business and Public Policy, School of Business and Management (1994-­‐1996). Taught graduate courses in business and public policy. Adjunct Professor, The George Washington University, Department of History (1988-­‐1994). I taught the American History survey course, 20th Century American History and the History and Politics of International Oil. Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland, Department of History (1991-­‐1992). I taught Business History. Teaching Assistant, The George Washington University, Department of History (1986-­‐1992) Assisted in both semesters of the American History survey. PUBLICATIONS Eisenhower and the Cold War Economy, with William H. Becker, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. The Market, the State, and the Export-­‐Import Bank of the United States, 1934-­‐2000, with William H. Becker, Cambridge University Press, 2003. Voice of the Marketplace: A History of the National Petroleum Council, with Joseph A. Pratt and William H. Becker, Texas A&M University Press, 2002. Various reviews in scholarly journals. PAPERS PRESENTED “Business, Government and the Post-­‐World War II Practice of Law in Washington, DC: The Early History of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering.” Business History Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2006. “The Role of Historians in Toxic Tort Cases,” International Association of Defense Counsel Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2004. Voluntary Export Restraints and American Foreign Economic Policy, 1956-­‐1969,” Business History Conference, Toronto, Canada, 1991. “Eisenhower and the Voluntary Control of Imports,” Eisenhower Symposium, Gettysburg, PA, 1990. Served as commentator and chair at various academic conferences. HISTORY AND PUBLIC POLICY CONSULTING EXPERIENCE I have been a shareholder in Business History Group since 2001, and a research associate since 1992. In this capacity I researched and conducted lengthy oral interviews during two large oral history projects for Washington laws firms—
Arnold & Porter and Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. Additionally, for the period 1996-­‐
2002, I was an expert witness for the United States Department of Justice, Environmental and Natural Resources Division in numerous Superfund lawsuits involving business-­‐government relations and industry waste disposal practices in the metal, munitions and chemical industries. I did a variety of other history projects for pharmaceutical and consumer products firms. LEGAL EXPERIENCE Between 1974-­‐1986, I was an attorney with the Interstate Commerce Commission (now, Surface Transportation Board), including a period on the personal staff of Chairman Reece H. Taylor, Jr. (1982-­‐1986). RESEARCH INTERESTS These include twentieth century American and world business history and the history of business-­‐government relations, as well as regulatory issues and the role of Washington law firms in development of the 20th century regulatory state.