George Pinches is Professor Emeritus; his specialty is financial management, which he taught at the undergraduate, MBA, Executive MBA, and doctoral levels. He published 35 scholarly articles with appeared in journals such as Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Financial Management, and Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. His research was also published in top journals in other fields including Accounting Review, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Strategic Management Journal, and Journal of the Academy of Management. He wrote six books, one of which went through five editions and another is being revised for a fourth edition. He served as Vice President-Program and then as President of the Financial Management Association, as well as serving as president of three of the five regional academic finance organizations — the Midwest Finance Association, the Southern Finance Association, and the Southwestern Finance Association.
After completing his B.S. and MBA degrees at Oklahoma State University, Dr. Pinches received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He was a faculty member at Oklahoma State University, University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Kansas (Wagnon Professor of Finance), and University of Missouri-Kansas City (Arvin Gottleib/Missouri Chair in Business Economics and Finance).
He recently retired and now makes his home in Ardmore, Oklahoma.