Samuelson, Paul A. (Paul Anthony), 1915-2009

Paul A. Samuelson (1915-2009) was a Nobel Prize-winning economist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

From the description of Paul A. Samuelson papers, 1933-2010. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 664246147

• 1915, May 15: Born in Gary, Indiana, son of Russian-born parents Frank Samuelson and Ella Lipton
• 1932: Graduated Hyde Park High School, Chicago
• 1935: B.A., University of Chicago
• 1935 - 1937 : Social Science Research Council Pre-doctoral Fellow
• 1936: M.A., Harvard University
• 1937 - 1940 : Society of Fellows, Harvard University
• 1940 - 1944 : Assistant Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• 1941: Ph.D. (David A. Wells Prize), Harvard University
• 1944 - 1947 : Associate Professor of Economics, MIT
• 1947 - 1966 : Professor of Economics, MIT
• 1948 - 1949 : Guggenheim Fellow
• 1958 - 1959 : Ford Faculty Research Fellow
• 1966 - 1986 : Institute Professor, MIT
• 1970: Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science
• 1971: Albert Einstein Commemorative Award
• 1986 - 2009 : Gordon Y. Billard Fellow, Institute Professor Emeritus, MIT
• 1990: Gold Scanno Prize in Economy, Naples, Italy
• 1991: MIT established Paul A. Samuelson Professorship in Economics
• 1996: Awarded National Medal of Science
• 2009, Dececember 13: Died, Belmont, Massachusetts

From the guide to the Paul A. Samuelson Papers, and undated, 1933-2010, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)