James Carter Van Horne (born 1935) is an American economist and finance academic.
In 1965, he began teaching at Stanford, subsequently promoted to Professor, and later serving as director of the MBA program and as Associate Dean.
He was deputy assistant secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury from 1975 to 1976.
In 1982, he received the school’s inaugural MBA Distinguished Teaching Award, and in 1997, he became the first two time recipient.
[5] he was the 1998 recipient of the Robert T. Davis Award for extraordinary faculty contributions.