Presentation
PERSONAL:
Born: April 29, 1940 Marital Status: Married Children: Two
EDUCATION:
Yale University, B.A. summa cum laude, 1960 (Mathematics) M.I.T., Ph.D., 1963 (Economics)
HONORS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS:
Social Science Research Fellow, 6/65-12/65 Guggenheim Fellow, 1/66-9/66, 9/82-6/83
National Science Foundation Research Grants, 1965 to 2011 Fellow, Econometric Society, elected 1968
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 1978 Mahalanobis Memorial Award, 1980
Member, National Academy of Sciences, elected 1984
Founding Member, National Academy of Social Insurance, 1988 Nemmers Prize, 1994
Fulbright Fellow, University of Siena, 2000 Distinguished CES Fellow, 2000
Killian Award, MIT, 2003-4
Samuelson Award from TIAA-CREF, 2003 Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize, 2005
Robert M. Ball Award, 2008
Doctor Honoris Causa, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 2010
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 2010 Honorary Member, Bilim Akademisi – The Science Academy, Istanbul, Turkey, elected 2013
EMPLOYMENT:
M.I.T., Associate Professor, 1966-70; Professor, 1970-88; John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor, 1989-91; Paul A. Samuelson Professor, 1992-97; Institute Professor, 1997-2011; Head, 1985-86
University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor, 1963-65; Acting Associate Professor, 1965-66