Two Booth Professors Appointed Co-Chairs of Becker Friedman Institute
Two Booth School of Business economists, Lars Peter Hansen and Kevin M. Murphy, have been appointed as co-chairs of the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics. The two economists succeed Gary S. Becker, AM’53, Ph.D.’55, who passed away in May. These appointments are effective immediately.
Hansen, formerly the research director for the Becker Friedman Institute, will become its director. In this new joint role, the Nobel laureate will guide the Institute’s scholarly direction, develop programming and oversee operations. Meanwhile, Murphy, a MacArthur fellow and winner of the John Bates Clark Medal and the George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the Booth School of Business, will focus on the Institute’s outward-facing activities, including public outreach programs and development. Continue reading…
IN MEMORIAM: Booth’s Gary Becker
The University of Chicago and The Booth School of Business lost a member of its family earlier this month when Gary S. Becker, a professor of economics and sociology at the University of Chicago, passed away at 83 years of age. Beck, who won the Nobel Prize in 1992 for his work applying economics to social issues, died Saturday, May 3, after a long illness. Continue reading…
