Gary S. Becker

American economist (1930-2014) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 83

Gary Stanley Becker was an American economist who received the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was a professor of economics and sociology at the University of Chicago, and was a leader of the third generation of the Chicago school of economics.

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2014Died3 May 20142007Presidential Medal of FreedomAward2004John von Neumann AwardAward2003Hayek MedalAward2000National Medal of ScienceAward1999Honorary Doctor of the Paul Cézanne UniversityAward1995Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAward1992Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelAward1991Adam Smith AwardAward1967Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAwardJohn Bates Clark MedalAward1965Fellow of the American Statistical AssociationAward1930Born2 December 1930