Awards & Recognition
★John Bates Clark Medal 1993 - outstanding American economist under 40
★Alan T. Waterman Award 1987 - first social scientist to receive NSF award
★Member of National Academy of Sciences
★Named one of most influential thinkers by Time, Foreign Policy, The Economist
Notable Facts
→71st Secretary of the Treasury under President Clinton (1999-2001)
→27th President of Harvard University (2001-2006)
→Director of National Economic Council under President Obama (2009-2010)
→Chief Economist of World Bank (1991-1993)
→Currently Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard
→One of youngest tenured professors in Harvard history at age 28
→Nephew of two Nobel Prize winners in economics
→Serves on boards of major companies including Square, Citi
→Author of 27 books and numerous academic papers
→Regular TV contributor and economic commentator