Personal
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Born: May 7, 1933, Bozeman, Montana.
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Married: July 24, 1971, Linda Ann Mabus.
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Children:
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May 28, 1973, Eric Mabus Jorgenson,
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June 7, 1975, Kari Ann Jorgenson.
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Grandchildren:
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April 2, 2011, Amelia Kirsten Beausang.
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May 2, 2015, Liam James Beausang.
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May 16, 2021, Dalia Jorgenson.
Education
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Harvard University, A.M., 1957; Ph.D., 1959.
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Reed College, B.A., 1955.
Professional Societies
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American Economic Association.
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American Statistical Association.
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Econometric Society.
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Royal Economic Society.
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Conference on Research in Income and Wealth.
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International Association for Research in Income and Wealth.
Academic Appointments
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Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Harvard University, 2002 to date.
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Chairman, Department of Economics, Harvard University, 1994-97.
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Frank William Taussig Research Professor of Economics, Harvard University, 1992-94.
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Director, Program on Technology and Economic Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1984-2005.
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Frederic Eaton Abbe Professor of Economics, Harvard University, 1980-2002.
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Professor of Economics, Harvard University, 1969-80.
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Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1963-69.
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1961-63.
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1959-61.
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Visiting Professor of Economics, Stanford University, 1973.
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Visiting Professor of Statistics, Oxford University, 1968.
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Visiting Professor of Economics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1967.
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Ford Foundation Research Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, 1962-63.
Other Employment
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Member, Science Advisory Committee, General Motors Corporation, 1996-2002.
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Consulting Editor, North-Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1970-99.
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Consultant, Data Resources, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts, 1969-85.
Honors, Awards, Lectureships, and Fellowships
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Doctor of Economics (honorary), University of Valencia, 2016.
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Kotak Family Distinguished Lecture on India, Columbia University, 2016.
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Colin Clark Lecture, University of Queensland, Australia, 2014.
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Maddison Master Class, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 2012.
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CER-ETH/KOF Lecture, ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), 2012.
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Shaw Foundation Distinguished Lecture, Singapore Management University, 2011.
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Theodore W. Schultz Lecture, Association for Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2010.
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Julius Shiskin Award, Washington Statistical Society, 2010.
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Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Kansai University, 2009.
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Richard and Nancy Ruggles Memorial Lecture, Portoroz, Slovenia, 2008.
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Doctor of Social Science (honorary), Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007.
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Doctor of Economics (honorary), Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, 2007.
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Laurea Honoris Causa, University of Rome, Italy, 2006.
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Barcelona Lecture, CREA, Barcelona, Spain, 2006.
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Adam Smith Award, National Association for Business Economics, 2005.
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Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University of Mannheim, Germany, 2004.
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Bohm-Bawerk Lecture, University of Innsbruck, Austria, 2004.
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TIGER Lecture, Leon Kozminski Academy, Warsaw, Poland, 2004.
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Doctor of Business and Commerce (honorary), Keio University, Japan, 2003.
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Oswald Lecture, University of Kansas, 2003.
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Astra Zeneca/Ericsson Lecture, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm, Sweden, 2002.
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Institute Lecture, Institute of Industrial Economics, University of Toulouse, 2001.
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Member, American Philosophical Society, 1998.
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Simon Kuznets Lectures, Yale University, 1994.
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Outstanding Contribution Award, International Association of Energy Economists, 1994.
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Miguel Sidrauski Lecture, Latin American Meeting, Econometric Society, 1993.
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Donald Gilbert Lecture, University of Rochester, 1993.
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Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University of Oslo, Norway, 1991.
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Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Uppsala University, Sweden, 1991.
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Foreign Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1989.
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Erik Lindahl Lectures, Uppsala University, Sweden, 1987.
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Walter Krause Lectures, Reed College, 1986.
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John R. Commons Award, Omicron Delta Epsilon, International Honor Society in Economics, 1983.
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Chung-Hua Lectures, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Taiwan, 1983.
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Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1982.
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Bernard T. Fain Lecture, Brown University, 1980.
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Frank Paish Lecture, Association of University Teachers of Economics Conference, U.K., 1980.
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Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1978.
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Fisher-Schultz Lecture, Third World Congress, Econometric Society, 1975.
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Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1975.
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Shinzo Koizumi Lecture, Keio University, Japan, 1972.
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John Bates Clark Medal, American Economic Association, 1971.
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Carl M. Snyder Lectures, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1971.
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Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1969.
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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1968-69.
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Member, Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, 1967.
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National Science Foundation Senior Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Netherlands School of Economics, Rotterdam, 1967-68.
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Fellow, American Statistical Association, 1965.
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Fellow, Econometric Society, 1964.
Professional Activities
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Member, Advisory Committee, Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2000-present; Chairman, 2004-2011.
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Member, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, National Research Council, 1991-98; Chairman, 1998-2006.
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Chairman, Section 54, Economic Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, 2001-03.
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President, American Economic Association, 2000; Past President, 2001; President-Elect, 1999.
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Member, Environmental Economics Committee, Science Advisory Board, Environmental Protection Agency, 1998-2001.
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President, Econometric Society, 1987; Past President, 1988; First Vice President, 1986, Second Vice President, 1985.
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Member, Board of Syndics, Harvard University Press, 1984-88.
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Member, Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences, National Research Council, 1978-79.
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Executive Committee, Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, 1969-72; Chairman, 1971-72.
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Co-Editor, Bell Journal of Economics, 1970-76.
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Chairman, Program Committee, Second World Congress, Econometric Society, 1970.
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Associate Editor, Review of Economics and Statistics, 1969 to 2003.
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Managing Editor, Contributions to Economic Analysis, 1969-99.
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Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1969-89.
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Council, Econometric Society, 1968-73, 1985-88.
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Editor, American Economic Review, 1967-69.
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Member, Economics Panel, Survey of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, National Research Council and Social Science Research Council, 1967-69.
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Council, American Statistical Association, 1964-66.
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American Editor, Review of Economic Studies, 1963-67.
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Chairman, Program Committee, North American Winter Meeting, Econometric Society, 1963.
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Associate Editor, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 1962-65.