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

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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)

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