Lawrence Strauss Receives
Excellence in Investor Education Award

Barron’s mutual funds editor Lawrence Strauss has received the Excellence in Investor Education Award in recognition for his work in investor education and his ongoing contributions to helping people understand mutual funds. The award was presented by the Mutual Fund Education Alliance (MFEA), the industry trade association for mutual fund marketers and distributors, as part of its 2007 STAR Awards celebration held at The Mid-America Club in Chicago . Established in 1996, The STAR Awards has become the premier fund industry awards competition, recognizing mutual fund companies for excellence in communications, marketing and education programs for shareholders and the investing public. (See separate press release.)

Strauss joined Barron’s online in 1988, writing and editing the “Weekday Trader” column. His duties included overseeing the weekly Electronic Q&A, an interview featuring fund managers. He was promoted to senior editor in 1999. He joined Barron’s magazine as mutual fund editor in 2003 and is responsible for asset-management coverage. He is a long time advocate of mutual fund reporting that helps investors understand mutual funds so they can utilize them to reach their investment goals.

In presenting the Award to Strauss in Chicago , MFEA Managing Director Michelle Smith commended Lawrence for his commitment to the investor, communicating financial information with clarity and depth—and the simplicity required to reach all investors.

In accepting the award, Strauss noted, “I’m always amazed at how much work remains to improve financial literacy in this country. We’ve certainly made some strides, thanks partly to some hardworking people in the mutual-fund industry, various financial journalists and thoughtful advisers, but we still have a long way to go. To all of those people doing the good work, keep it up. It’s an extremely important and worthy goal.”