R. Huefner

   Robert Paul Huefner, Professor of Political Science, previously directed the University of Utah's Governor Scott M. Matheson Center for Health Care Studies after earlier leading the development of the University of Utah's masters degree in public administration. His publications address public finance and budgeting, policy and administrative roles of elected leadership, and health policy.

   Before joining the University of Utah faculty, he worked in city, county, state, and federal governments, being on the personal staffs of Utah governors Clyde and Rampton and (as a White House Fellow) of U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler. He was a member of the Commission on the Operation of the U.S. Senate, and other local, state, and national committees concerned with planning, budgeting, finance, administrative organization, and health. His education includes a U. of Utah civil engineering degree, an M.I.T. masters degree in city planning, and a Harvard Business School doctorate in finance.