Edward A. Lehan

Edward Anthony Lehan career in public budgeting spans nearly 60 years. He began his career as a budget supervisor and later effectively CAO in Hartford, CT (1963-1972), National Science Foundation (1972-1973), town manager, North Kingstown (1973-1974), finance director, Cambridge, MA (1974-1978), finance director, Rochester, NY (1978-1979), CAO, New Haven, CT (1980), and finance director, West Hartford, CT (1984-1985). As a consultant since then, he worked on projects for numerous domestic and foreign governments. He received his BA at Hillyer College (1953) and the MA in government at the University of Connecticut (1953). He authored Simplified Governmental Budgeting (1981) and received the 1996 Jesse Burkhead Award for best article in Public Budgeting & Finance. He taught at the University of Connecticut, the University of Rhode Island, Boston University, and Northeastern University.