Charles E. Bishop

Charles E. Bishop, former director of economics at Marathon Oil Co., will serve as The University of Findlay’s Dana Chair for the 2007-08 academic year.

Each year, the University chooses a distinguished executive to serve as the Dana Chair, a position funded by the Dana Corporation. The Dana Chair serves as a mentor for a chosen group of Dana Scholars who work as a group for the year. They take a class together, work on group projects and visit many local industries where they interact with top-level executives.

Bishop is a member of the Governor’s Economic Advisory Council for the state of Ohio and the General Committee on Economics and Statistics at the American Petroleum Institute. He also serves on the Bluffton University Board of Directors as chairman of the finance committee.

A native of Philadelphia, Pa., Bishop joined Marathon Oil Co. in 1969 and retired in 2007. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Bluffton University, and a master’s degree in economics from Bowling Green State University.

Bishop has been a member of the National Economists Club, the International Association for Energy Economics and the National Association for Business Economics. He has served on the economic advisory committees of the American Petroleum Institute, the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

Bishop resides in Findlay with his wife, Sharon.