Awards & Recognition
★Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2013)
★Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics (2005)
★Morgan Stanley American Finance Association Award for Excellence in Finance (2007)
★Onassis Prize in finance (2009)
★Nicholas Molodovsky Award from CFA Institute (2006)
★Fred Arditti Innovation Award from Chicago Mercantile Exchange (2007)
★Chaire Francqui (Belgian National Science Prize) (1982)
★First elected fellow of American Finance Association (2001)
★Fellow of Econometric Society and American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Notable Facts
→2013 Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences
→Known as the 'father of modern finance' and creator of efficient market hypothesis
→Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor at University of Chicago Booth School
→Board member of Dimensional Fund Advisors since 1982 ($786B AUM)
→Published over 100 academic articles and ranked 9th most influential economist of all time
→Has been at University of Chicago since 1963, nearly 60-year career
→One of most cited researchers in economics