Robert F. Bruner is University Professor at the University of Virginia, Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and Emeritus Dean at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. His areas of teaching, research, and writing have been corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, investing in emerging markets, financial crises, business history, presidential leadership, and innovation. His latest book, The "Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm," with Sean D. Carr, was published in 2007. "Deals from Hell," published in 2005, focuses on failure in mergers and acquisitions. Also he is the author of "Applied Mergers and Acquisitions," a comprehensive text on the subject, which was published in 2004. His "Case Studies in Finance" was published in seven editions, most recently in collaboration with Kenneth Eades and Michael Schill. Bruner's research has been published in various scholarly journals. Industrial corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies have retained him for counsel and training. He has been a member of the faculty of the Darden School since 1982, and has been a visiting professor at various schools including Columbia, INSEAD, and IESE. Formerly he was a loan officer and investment analyst for First Chicago Corporation. He holds degrees from Yale and Harvard Universities. He has served the Darden School, professional groups, and community organizations in various positions of leadership. Copies of his papers and essays may be obtained from his website, http://faculty.darden.virginia.edu/brunerb/.Bob Bruner enjoys cooking, kayaking, hiking, bicycling, reading history, listening to all kinds of classical music (especially opera) and humor ranging from Mark Twain to Jerry Seinfeld.