Editorial Projects and Articles

Steve was the author of this brochure used to recruit MBA graduates to S&P. The brochure features introductory comments from S&P’s president, Leo C. O’Neill, and interviews with a diverse collection of S&P employees about the culture and work life of the world’s largest bond rating agency. PDF Download
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American Library Association Presentation Outline: Unscrambling the Bond Market, BRASS Program, ALA Annual Conference, July 8, 1996
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“A Grassroots Strategy to Beat the Feds,” bylined article, Fall 1995.  PDF Download. In 1984, the Reagan Administration determined that Conrail should be privatized by a sale to one of its largest competitors, the Norfolk Southern Corporation. Conrail’s management decided to oppose that decision publicly, and was given permission by its board of directors...
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In 1994, Steve submitted his thesis, Bond Ratings In Cyberspace: A Study Of The Feasibility Of Computer-Supported Rating Committees At Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, as partial fulfillment of the requirements for an MBA from the University of Phoenix. You can download an executive summary of that thesis, which surveyed S&P bond analysts to ascertain their attitudes toward the...
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Standard & Poor’s CreditWeek, 10th Anniversary Cover Story, November 1991 PDF Download. Steve wrote the cover story and much of the historical perspective on the magazine’s first ten years.
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New York Times Sunday Business Section op-ed, June 30, 1991: “Paying the Price for Living on Credit,” written for Leo C. O’Neill, president of Standard & Poor’s.
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Download a PDF document containing speeches written for L. Stanley Crane, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Consolidated Rail Corporation.
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