George J. Stigler Ph.D., M.B.A.
George J. Stigler Ph.D., M.B.A.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1982
The President’s National Medal of Science – Behavior and Social Science 1987
Name: George Joseph Stigler
Birth: 17 January 1911, Renton, WA, USA
Death: 1 December 1991, Chicago, IL, USA
Institution: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Award: “for his seminal studies of industrial structures, functioning of markets and causes and effects of public regulation”
Subject: industrial organization
Portion of Cash: 1/1
Contribution: Fundamental contributions to the study of market processes and the analysis of the structure of industries.
Ph.D., M.B.A.: Ph.D. Mentor: Frank H. Knight, powerful, skeptical philosopher, faculty in Chicago for 28 yrs. Under him, only 3 or 4 students completed dissertation. M.B.A. Northwestern University 1932.
Ph.D., Thesis: History of production and distribution theories from 1870 to 1952. University of Chicago, 1938.
Chicago Economics Department intellectual ferment – intense intellectual atmosphere; captivated him.
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Nat’l Medal – Behavior and Social Science
Title: Professor Emeritus
Affiliation: University of Chicago Chicago,Illinois 60637 USA
Gender: Male
Year Deceased: 1991
Award Discipline: Behavioral and Social Science
Award Year: 1987
Citation: “For his efforts to advance the understanding of industry, its internal organization and relation to government, and for initiating the study of information and markets.”
Presented by President Reagan at a White House Ceremony on June 25, 1987.