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R. Clayton Emory Chair in Real Estate and Infrastructure

Carey Business School

Established in 2016

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For the first time in its history, the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School has received an endowment to create a named faculty chair, the R. Clayton Emory Chair in Real Estate and Infrastructure. Professor Ko Wang is the inaugural recipient of this chair.

CLAY EMORY, founder of Emory Properties, established the chair in support of his personal commitment to real estate education. Emory is a 1956 graduate of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins and a 2012 recipient of the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association’s Heritage Award. For many decades, Emory has been a successful real estate developer throughout the United States. He has also served as an advisor to the Real Estate and Infrastructure program at the Carey Business School.

Held by Ko Wang

WangKoProfessor KO WANG (right) joined the Carey Business School in 2014 and leads the Edward St. John Real Estate Program. His work is published widely in real estate and finance journals, and he co-authored a book for the Oxford University Press on real estate investment trusts. He is the founding executive editor of the International Real Estate Review and co-executive editor of the Journal of Housing Studies. Wang earned his PhD in real estate and finance, MBA with a real estate concentration, and MS in community and regional planning at the University of Texas at Austin.