George Stigler
Economist, Academic
1911 – 1991
Who was George Stigler?
George Joseph Stigler was a U.S. economist. He won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1982, and was a key leader of the Chicago School of Economics, along with Milton Friedman.
Stigler was born in Seattle, Washington, of German descent. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1931 with a B.A and then spent a year at Northwestern University from which he obtained his M.B.A in 1932. It was during his studies at Northwestern that Stigler developed an interest in economics and decided on an academic career.
Due to a tuition scholarship that he received from the University of Chicago, Stigler enrolled at the university in 1933 to study economics and went on to earn his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago in 1938. His teaching experience began in 1936 at Iowa State College where he taught until 1938. He spent much of World War II at Columbia University, performing mathematical and statistical research for the Manhattan Project. He then spent one year at Brown University. He served on the Columbia faculty from 1947 to 1958.
While at Chicago, he was greatly influenced by Frank Knight, his dissertation supervisor. Friedman, a friend for over sixty years, comments upon it as remarkable since only three or four students ever managed to complete their PhD dissertation under Knight in his 28 years at Chicago. Jacob Viner and Henry Simons also influenced him and, among his students, W. Allen Wallis and Milton Friedman.
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- Born
- Jan 17, 1911
Renton - Also known as
- George J. Stigler
- George Joseph Stigler
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, University of Chicago
Economics
( - 1938) - University of Washington
- Northwestern University
- PhD, University of Chicago
- Employment
- University of Chicago
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- Chicago
(1958 - 1991/12/01)
- Chicago
- Died
- Dec 1, 1991
Chicago
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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