| | 1 | Name: | Dr. William J. Baumol | | | Institution: | New York University & Princeton University | | | Year Elected: | 1977 | | | Class: | 3. Social Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 302. Economics | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1922 | | | Death Date: | May 3, 2017? | | | | | | |
Economist William J. Baumol was born in 1922 in New York City. He received his B.S. from the College of the City of New York in 1942 and his Ph.D. from the University of London in 1949. Dr. Baumol was affiliated with Princeton University since 1949 as an assistant professor, associate professor, full professor and, senior economist and professor emeritus. He was also Harold Price Professor of Entrepreneurship and Academic Director of the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at New York University's Stern School of Business. The author of more than 35 books and over 500 articles, Dr. Baumol was celebrated as an economic theorist, constructor of econometric models and business consultant. His honors and awards include eleven honorary degrees and membership in the British Academy, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1977. The eleventh edition of his book (with A. Blinder) Economics: Principles and Policy was published in 2011. His book The Cost Disease: Why Computers Get Cheaper and Health Care Doesn't was published in 2012. Dr. Baumol died May 3, 2017, at the age of 95. | |
| 2 | Name: | Dr. Reinhard Bendix | | | Institution: | University of California, Berkeley | | | Year Elected: | 1977 | | | Class: | 3. Social Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 301. Anthropology, Demography, Psychology, and Sociology | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1916 | | | Death Date: | 2/28/91 | | | | |
| 3 | Name: | Lord Ralf Dahrendorf | | | Institution: | House of Lords | | | Year Elected: | 1977 | | | Class: | 3. Social Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 301. Anthropology, Demography, Psychology, and Sociology | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1929 | | | Death Date: | June 17, 2009 | | | | | | |
An outstanding figure in sociological theory, Lord Dahrendorf is also noted for his abilities as an academic statesman and scholarly administrator. Born in Hamburg, Germany in 1929, he studied at Hamburg University, becoming a doctor of philosophy and classics in 1956. He served as professor of sociology at Hamburg, Tübingen and Konstanz between 1957 and 1969, when he became a member of the German Parliament. In 1970 he became a Commissioner in the European Commission in Brussels. With the exception of another stint in Konstanz as professor of social science from 1984-86, he has spent much of his time in the United Kingdom since 1974, when he was appointed director of the London School of Economics. He subsequently became a governor of the school in 1986 and from 1987-97 served as warden of St. Anthony's College at Oxford University. Having adopted British nationality in 1988, Lord Dahrendorf was granted a life peerage and was created Baron Dahrendorf of Clare Market in the City of Westminster by Queen Elizabeth II in 1993. He sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher. | |
| 4 | Name: | Dr. William H. McNeill | | | Institution: | University of Chicago | | | Year Elected: | 1977 | | | Class: | 3. Social Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 303. History Since 1715 | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1917 | | | Death Date: | July 8, 2016 | | | | | | |
Primarily known for his outstanding general histories, Canadian historian William Hardy McNeill was a highly qualified scholar of original mind and synthetic power. His most popular book, The Rise of the West, explored world history in terms of the effect that different civilizations have had upon one another over time, especially the dramatic effect of the west on others over the past 500 years. He had also written extensively on Europe's eastern frontier and on the history of European epidemics and their social effects. Among his other distinguished works are America, Britain and Russia, 1941-46 (1954); Europe's Steppe Frontier (1964); Venice, the Hinge of Europe, 1081-1797 (1974) and The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History, which he published with his son, the historian J.R. McNeill, in 2003. A member of the faculty of the University of Chicago since 1947, Dr. McNeill held the title of Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor of History Emeritus. He was an Erasmus Prize and National Book Award recipient, one of eight 2009 National Humanities Medalists, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1997. William H. McNeill died on July 8, 2016, at the age of 98. | |
| 5 | Name: | Margaret Mead | | | Year Elected: | 1977 | | | Class: | 3. Social Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1902 | | | Death Date: | 11/15/78 | | | | |
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