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Kenneth Arrow

American economist (1921-2017) · United States · Academics · Died at 95

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Kenneth Joseph Arrow was an American economist, mathematician and political theorist. He received the John Bates Clark Medal in 1957, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1972, along with John Hicks.

A life in dates

2017Died21 February 20172013John von Neumann AwardAward2009Benjamin E. Lippincott AwardAward2006Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward2004National Medal of ScienceAward1998Kampé de Fériet AwardAward1986John von Neumann Theory PrizeAward1984Honorary Doctor of the Paul Cézanne UniversityAward1977John von Neumann PrizeAward1974Honorary Doctor of Paris Descartes UniversityAward1972Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelAward1959Fellow of the American Statistical AssociationAward1957John Bates Clark MedalAward1951Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAwardFellow of the Institute of Mathematical StatisticsAward1921Born23 August 1921

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Awards

John von Neumann Award2013
Benjamin E. Lippincott Award2009
Foreign Member of the Royal Society2006
National Medal of Science2004
Kampé de Fériet Award1998
John von Neumann Theory Prize1986
Honorary Doctor of the Paul Cézanne University1984
John von Neumann Prize1977
Honorary Doctor of Paris Descartes University1974
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel1972
Fellow of the American Statistical Association1959
John Bates Clark Medal1957
Fellow of the Econometric Society1951
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics1951
Guggenheim Fellowship
Honorary Doctor of the University of Vienna
Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Sibling: Anita Summers

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 2017 · aged 95

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