William F.Sharpe is presently the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance at Stanford University,and is also Chairman of the Board of Financial Engines,Incorporated,a firm that provides electronic investment advice for individual retirement savings,He has published articles in a number of professional journals,including Management Science,Journal of Business,Journal of Finance,Journal of financial Economics,Journal of Financial and Quantitaive Analysis,Journal of Portfolio Management,and the Financial Analysts Journal,Dr.Sharpe is patst President of the American Finance Association,and in 1990 received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.He received his Ph.D.,M.A.,and B.A.in Economics form the University of California,Los Angeles.