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Dr. Chimerine a director of Franklin since April 2002 has served as President of his own economic consulting firm Radnor International Consulting Inc. since 1990. From 1993 to 2000 he was also the Managing Director and Chief Economist of the Economic Strategy Institute in Washington D.C. From 1979 to 1987 Dr. Chimerine served as Chairman and CEO of Chase Econometrics and from 1987 to 1990 served as Chairman and CEO of the WEFA Group both of which provide economic consulting services. He was the Manager of Economic Research for the IBM Corporation from 1965 to 1979 as well as the Senior Economic Advisor at Data Resources a subsidiary of McGraw - Hill Inc. from 1991 to 1994. He has served and is currently serving as a director of Sanchez Computer Associates Inc. and on the advisory boards of several private corporations. Dr. Chimerine has served on several governmental advisory committees and has testified before major U.S. Congressional Committees. He has made numerous economic presentations to businesses and organizations throughout the United States and internationally and has made several guest appearances on various financial and business news telecasts. Dr. Chimerine received a B.S. in Mathematics from Brooklyn College and a Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University. | 