William N. Kinnard

Who was William N. Kinnard?

William N. Kinnard, Jr. was one of America's leading real estate educators, authors, and experts in the field of appraisal.

Dr. Kinnard was an emeritus professor of finance and real estate at the University of Connecticut. He joined the faculty there in 1955, eventually chairing the Finance Department and serving as Associate Dean and Acting Dean before retiring in 1981. He was also the Director of the Institute of Urban Research and the Founding Director of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics. A real estate scholarship and a Professorship in Real Estate and Finance are sponsored at UConn in his name. He also taught as a Visiting Professor at the University of Florida, UCLA, and Brown.

He received a bachelor's degree with honors in economics from Swarthmore College, an MBA in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and, later, a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught at Wesleyan University before becoming director of Urban Redevelopment for the City of Middletown.

Dr. Kinnard was a president of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association and the founder of the Real Estate Counseling Group of America. The Appraisal Institute annually gives the Kinnard Award in his honor to the leading real estate appraisal educator in the U.S. After his death, the American Real Estate Society and the Appraisal Institute co-published the text Essays in Honor of William N. Kinnard, Jr. as a memorial. Contributing editors and authors constitute a cross-section of the leading real estate appraisal experts in the world.