Curated category
University of Chicago faculty
- Kevin M. MurphyKevin Miles Murphy was born in 1958. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1981.
- Muzaffar AlamMuzaffar Alam was born on the 3rd of February 1947 in India. He began his academic journey at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi.
- Robert Lucas Jr.Robert Emerson Lucas Jr. was born on the 15th of September 1937 in Yakima, Washington. His parents ran an ice creamery there before it failed during the…
- Roger EbertRoger Joseph Ebert was born on the 18th of June 1942 in Urbana, Illinois. He grew up as the only child of Annabel and Walter Harry Ebert.
- Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi was born in Rome, Italy, on the 29th of September 1901. He grew up at Via Gaeta 19 with his parents Alberto and Ida de Gattis.
- Saul BellowSolomon Bellows arrived in the world on the 10th of June 1915, within the quiet streets of Lachine, Quebec. His parents had fled Saint Petersburg, Russia…
- Kenneth PomeranzKenneth Pomeranz was born on the 4th of November 1958. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University in 1980.
- Rudolf CarnapRudolf Carnap was born on the 18th of May 1891 in Wuppertal, Germany. His father rose from being a poor ribbon-weaver to own a ribbon-making factory.
- Friedrich HayekFriedrich August von Hayek was born on the 8th of May 1899 in Vienna to a family that valued scholarship. His father worked as a medical doctor for the…
- Milton FriedmanMilton Friedman was born on the 31st of July 1912 in Brooklyn, New York City. His parents were Jewish working-class immigrants from Beregszász in Carpathian…
- Jan GondaJan Gonda entered the world on the 14th of April 1905 in the Dutch city of Gouda. He would later die in Utrecht on the 28th of July 1991.
- Edward TellerEde Teller was born on the 15th of January 1908, in Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary. He grew up in a Jewish family where his father Miksa worked as an…
- Marshall HodgsonMarshall Hodgson was born on the 11th of April 1922 in Richmond, Indiana. He grew up within a practicing Quaker family that shaped his early worldview.
- Gary BeckerGary Stanley Becker was born on the 2nd of December 1930 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He grew up in a Jewish family within that small coal-mining town.
- Ronald CoaseRonald Harry Coase was born in Willesden, a suburb of London, on the 29th of December 1910. His father worked as a telegraphist for the post office, and his…
- James HeckmanJames Joseph Heckman entered the world on the 19th of April 1944. He grew up in Chicago, Illinois, born to John Jacob Heckman and Bernice Irene Medley.
- Richard ThalerRichard H. Thaler was born on the 12th of September 1945 in East Orange, New Jersey. He grew up in a Jewish family where his mother Roslyn worked as a…
- Bertrand RussellBertrand Arthur William Russell was born at Ravenscroft, a country house in Trellech, Monmouthshire, on the 18th of May 1872.
- James Samuel ColemanJames Samuel Coleman was born on the 12th of May 1926 in Bedford, Indiana. He spent his early childhood there before moving to Louisville, Kentucky.
- Charles RosenCharles Rosen was born in New York City on the 5th of May 1927. His father Irwin Rosen worked as an architect while his mother Anita Rosen acted and played…