Richard Sylla wears many hats. He is the Henry Kaufman professor of the History of Financial Institutions and Markets and a professor of economics, entrepreneurship, and innovation at New York University Stern School of Business where he teaches multiple courses. He is the author of several books, including co-authoring an industry classic, A History of Interest Rates. His writing has appeared in numerous publications. He is on the editorial board of many publications and he is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of American Finance, a must see museum located at 48 Wall Street in the old Bank of New York building, the bank founded by the nation’s first Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, who is the focus of his next project.