Lucas, Robert E.

Robert Emerson Lucas Jr. was born September 15, 1937, in Yakima, Washington. He received his B.A. in History in 1959 and Ph.D. in Economics in 1964, both from the University of Chicago. He taught at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration at Carnegie-Mellon University from 1963 until 1975, when he returned to the University of Chicago. In 1980, he was named the John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor at University of Chicago. In 1995, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1995 for his work on macroeconomics.

From the guide to the Robert E. Lucas Papers, 1960-2004 and undated, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)