| Kenneth J. Arrow  AKA Kenneth Joseph Arrow
Born: 23-Aug-1921
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Economist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Social Choice and Individual Values Military service: US Army Air Corps (1942-46, Captain) Father: Harry I. Arrow
Mother: Lillian
Wife: Selma Schweitzer (m. 1947, two sons)
Son: David Michael Arrow
Son: Andrew Seth Arrow
University: BS Social Science, City College of New York (1940)
University: MA, Columbia University (1941)
University: PhD, Columbia University (1951)
Professor: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Chicago (1948-49)
Professor: Economics and Statistics, Stanford University (1949-68)
Professor: Economics, Harvard University (1968-79)
Professor: Economics, Stanford University (1979-)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Economic Association President (1972)
American Philosophical Society
American Statistical Association
Econometric Society President (1956)
Economists for Peace and Security Founding Trustee
Federation of American Scientists Board of Sponsors
John Kerry for President
National Academy of Sciences
Rand Corporation
John Bates Clark Medal 1957
Nobel Prize for Economics 1972 (with John R. Hicks)
Author of books:
Social Choice and Individual Values (1951, economics)
Essays in the Theory of Risk Bearing (1971, economics)
General Competitive Analysis (1971, economics, with Frank Hahn)
The Limits of Organization (1974, economics)
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