Professor Richard Halberg, CFP
Professor of Business
Hoselton Chair of Private Enterprise and Ethics (2008-2011)

BA, Houghton College, 1971; MBA, University of Akron, 1976; CFP.

Experience: Professor Halberg has taught at Houghton since 1975 and served as department chair from 1989 through 1999. He held the Hoselton Chair of Private Enterprise & Ethics in 1989-91, 1999-2002, and 2005-2010. Teaching and research have taken him to Hungary, Russia, China, Cambodia, Croatia, and several Western European countries. As one of the founding members of the Christian Business Faculty Association, he has served as chair of its board and was the first recipient of the CBFA Barnabas Award for service and leadership. His participation on committees at Houghton has included the Finance Council, Rank and Tenure, and the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees. For fourteen years, he served as assistant men's soccer coach and, with Head Coach Doug Burke, began the Houghton College soccer camp. Professor Halberg maintains an active financial planning practice and is a member of the Financial Planning Association.

Prior to joining the Houghton faculty, Professor Halberg worked in insurance sales and Christian school administration. He has conducted marketing and product research for HSBC Bank in Buffalo and consults for small businesses on an ongoing basis.

In 1994, he co-founded the Houghton Development Group, which built and now operates The Inn at Houghton Creek, a seventeen-room hotel at the entrance to Houghton College.

Professor Halberg is a member of the local Houghton Wesleyan Church. There, he has served on the Board of Elders and the Board of Trustees.

Professor Halberg and his wife, Ginny, have two married children, Philip and Jill. In his free time, he enjoys tennis, golf, racquetball, and woodworking.