1 | Name: | Dr. Burton G. Malkiel | |
Institution: | Princeton University | ||
Year Elected: | 2001 | ||
Class: | 3. Social Sciences | ||
Subdivision: | 302. Economics | ||
Residency: | Resident | ||
Living? : | Living | ||
Birth Date: | 1932 | ||
Burton Malkiel is one of the world's leading academic analysts of the financing of private firms and public enterprise. His research has provided new insights, new analytic methods and important applications for theory and practice. He is sought after in academia, government and private business. In addition, he has wide ranging interests in the arts, in genealogy and in a variety of other fields. Dr. Malkiel earned his M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1955 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1964. He taught at Princeton from 1964-81, chairing the economics department from 1974-75 and 1977-81, before moving to Yale University to become dean of the Yale School of Organization and Management and William S. Beinecke Professor of Management Studies. In 1988 Dr. Malkiel returned to Princeton as Chemical Bank Chairman's Professor of Economics. |