‘Remembering Henry,’
Dr. Henry Cassia PhD, Economics.
Biographic Sketch
by Jardean St. James B.A., M.Ed.
10/18/2007
I remember Henry, being one of his Rochester Institute of Technology freshmen economics students during the early 70’s. At RIT, he collaborated closely with the Xerox Corporation, on one of the world’s earliest word-processors.
His father was a renowned composer, part of Julliard Music School professorate and important Italian government guest; while Henry was a World War II ‘Battle of Dunkirk’ veteran. Retired Professor Emeritus from R.I.T., Professor Cassia is multi-lingual conversationalist. He concentrates and converses effortlessly in fluent Italian.
Henry claims to be a ‘near-scratch’ golf instructor and to have golf-caddied for many rich business people and famous New Yorkers. Henry is a popular first hand contemporary, to numerous influential people from the world of economics. Professor John Kenneth Galbraith, CEO Jack Welch of GE notoriety, Arthur Burns and Alan Greenspan were some of his shoulder-rubbing contemporaries.
His renowned mentor, ‘Management-dean' and business theorist Peter Drucker professes 'socialization-time importance, empirical-experience and personalization-benefits,’ to overall operating efficiency.’ Henry is a business-economics school protégé, holding an NYU ‘chair and specializing in international finance strategy and in marketing analysis.
Ex-chairman elect to the International Chamber of Commerce, he accurately analyzes system significance issues, for utilities or any other components economics is famous for. He emphasizes use of sound principle and fundamentalism in planning and analysis. Henry is a champion economics analyst with incomparable depth of understanding, advice and co-author of Principles of Marketing, a text book that went out of print in 1987.
Henry’s hypothetical economics lemma;
The professor is a learned expert, knowledgeable, experienced, authoritative and informative source of creative strategy, concerning contemporary economic issues. He has been a tireless economist, stalwart social-ally, business, economics, finance and marketing advocacy professor. Henry instantiated ‘sound economic principles’ and maintained that ‘understanding principle’ to be pivotal to such purposes as progressive, profitable scientific research. He believes that psychological perception is the critical key to market success. Quite the ‘wellspring’ himself, professor Cassia effortlessly reflects, recounting the issues and components concerning ‘supply and demand, money velocity effects, production possibility boundaries, production-consumption market prices, or Kondratieff, Engel and Phillip’s curves, standard deviation, derivatives, Giffen-goods or Edgeworth-boxes.’
Now he is engaged in speculative marketing research and international lecturing. He analyzes upcoming IPO enterprises, according to their respective potentials; in ‘contributive economic benefits and overall benefits to mankind.’ Dr. Cassia is a resourceful mentor and educational ‘watershed’ with great personal experience, as well. For instance, he inspired my own continuing education. He encouraged my BA degree and then successfully re-inspired my MEd pursuits. Drawing on his authentic experience, he champions ‘challenging, corrective, real-time instruction and arch-realism combined with constructive-criticism, within the classroom.’
Retired RIT professor emeritus is also well versed in formal musical theory, classical music understanding and topics. The professor believes cultural high-arts contexts hold the keys to all social value and enrichment. A well-rounded generalist, he proffers a healthy knowledge of the classical arts and culture. He demonstrates detailed and in-depth musical knowledge, with fond remembrance toward all great classical composers.
He’s a staunch community service enthusiast and a regular religious volunteer, as well. With firm direction, concept and a ‘thought for the day,’ he is a fine friend of great warmth and personal inspiration.
According to him;
“May you be surrounded, with love.
May your faith sustain you.
May your hopes encourage you.”
Now retired, he is a ‘big-wheel’ traveler and a ‘big-board’ private market investor. Everyone loves and admires his dedication and style.
Keep Henry’s apothegm in mind,
“BUY when the canons are firing,
SELL when the trumpets are playing.” Thanks Henry.