1926, Feb. 13Born in Pullman, Washington (the day Francis Ysidro Edgeworth,
the great economist, died), son of F. W. Clower (Professor of Economics at
Washington State University) and Mary V. Clower1943Graduated from Pullman High School, 52nd out of 54 on academic
honors list1943Joined army. Thirty-one months of army service1946, Jan. 7Married Frances Hepburn (of Aberdeen, Scotland) in Wiesbaden,
Germany1946Returned to the U.S. and entered Washington State Univ. at
Pullman as a freshman in summer session, 19461948, AprilFather died1948Graduated B.A. Economics with highest honors from Pullman.
Elected Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi scholastic honors. Began teaching
economics at Pullman in senior year following the death of his father19481949Completed MA in Economics at Pullman19491952Took up residence in Oxford as Rhodes Scholar. Researched
under John R. Hicks. Earned Bachelor of Letter, Economics, Oxford University,
1952 (retitled Master of Letters, 1978) 19501952Assistant Tutor, New College, Oxford19521957Assistant Professor of Economics, Washington State
University1954Publication of "Price Determination in a Stock-Flow Economy"
(with D. W. Bushaw),
Economometrica July 195419541956Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Punjab, Lahore,
West Pakistan1957Publication of
Introduction to Mathematical Economics with D. W.
Bushaw19581964Chairman, Department of Economics, Northwestern
University1960Publication of "On the Invariance of the Demand for Cash and
Other Assets" with M. L. Burstein,
Review of Economic Studies, October,
196019611962Director, Economic Survey of Liberia1962Visitor to Faculty of Economics, Cambridge University,
Michaelmas Term19631966Editorial Board,
The American Economic Review1965Publication of "The Keynesian Counter-Revolution: A
Theoretical Appraisal," in
The Theory of Interest Rates (Hahn
and Brechling, eds.)1965, SummerVisiting Professor of Economics, Makerere College, Kampala,
Uganda19651966John Maynard Keynes Visiting Professor of Economics,
University of Essex1966Publication of
Growth Without Development, an Economic
Survey of Liberia1967, DecemberPublication of "A Reconsideration of the Microfoundations of
Monetary Theory" (
Western Economic Journal)19681969Dean, School of Social Studies and Professor of Economics,
University of Essex19711986Professor of Economics, UCLA1972Visiting Professor, Monash University, Summer1972Microeconomics, (an intermediate
textbook) with J. F. Due1973, OctoberVisiting Professor, Bank of Italy Research Staff Seminar,
Perugia, Italy19731980Managing Editor,
Economic Inquiry1974, MarchVisiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Vienna,
Austria19741977, FallVisiting Professor, University of Western Ontario1976Legally separated from first wife Frances (Hepburn)
Clower19781980Adjunct Professor, Washington State University1978Honorary Fellow, Brasenose College, Oxford1979?Married Georgene (?)19811985Managing Editor,
The American Economic Review1982, SummerVisiting Professor, University of Canterbury (Christchurch,
N.Z.)1985, MarchVisiting Professor, University of Siena1985, SpringBenedict Distinguished Visiting Professor, Carleton
College1986Hugh C. Lane Professor of Economic Theory, University of South
Carolina1987, JuneVisiting Professor, University of Orleans (France)1987Professor Emeritus, UCLA1999, Feb. 24Death of first wife Frances Hepburn ClowerFrom the guide to the Robert W. Clower Papers, and undated, circa 1916-2000, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)