I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Storr and his wife (also Dr. Martin) a couple years back in Inidianapolis, Indiana and it was a real treat. Two impressive people.

According to his biography at his web site:

"Virgil Storr is a Senior Research Fellow and the Director of Graduate Student Programs at the Mercatus Center, a Research Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, George Mason University and the Don C. Lavoie Fellow in the F.A. Hayek Program in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Mercatus Center, George Mason University. He holds a Ph. D. in Economics from George Mason University (Fairfax, Va.) where he studied with Don Lavoie and Peter Boettke. He did his undergraduate work at Beloit College (Beloit, Wis.) where he studied with Emily Chamlee-Wright and Jerry Gustafson.

"Virgil’s book on the Bahamas’ economic culture, Enterprising Slaves & Master Pirates, was published by Peter Lang. In it, he argues that two ideal typical entrepreneurs dominate the economic life in the Bahamas: the enterprising slave (encouraging Bahamian businessmen to work hard, to be creative and to be productive) and the master pirate (demonstrating how success is more easily attained through cunning and deception).  His Understanding the Culture of Markets, published by Routledge, explores how culture shapes economic activity and describes how social scientists (especially economists) should incorporate considerations of culture into their analysis.

"His writings in political economy have been published or are forthcoming in Small Business Economics, Public Choice, Rationality & Society, the Journal of Urban Affairs, the Cambridge Journal of Economics, the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, the Review of Austrian Economics and several other scholarly publications.

"Prior to joining Mercatus/GMU, Virgil was the Chief Information Officer for TSD Communications, a communications strategy firm specializing in crisis communications, speechwriting, media training and communications technology.

"Born and raised in the Bahamas, Virgil now lives in Manassas, VA, with his wife Nona Martin."

Check out his web site here… If you don't feel proud of this impressive man, and happy for his success, you need to have your pulse taken.