| Gary S. Becker  AKA Gary Stanley Becker
Born: 2-Dec-1930
Birthplace: Pottsville, PA
Died: 3-May-2014
Location of death: Chicago, IL
Cause of death: Illness
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Economist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Human Capital Father: Louis William Becker
Mother: Anna Siskind
Sister: Wendy
Sister: Natalie
Brother: Marvin
Wife: Doria Slote (m. 1954, d. 1970, two daughters)
Daughter: Judy
Daughter: Catherine
Wife: Guity Nashat (historian, m. 1980, until his death, two stepsons)
Son: Michael (stepson)
Son: Cyrus (stepson)
University: BA, Princeton University (1951)
University: PhD Economics, University of Chicago (1955)
Professor: University of Chicago (1955-57)
Professor: Economics, Columbia University (1957-70)
Professor: University of Chicago (1970-)
Nobel Prize for Economics 1992
John Bates Clark Medal 1967
American Economic Association President (1987)
American Statistical Association
Econometric Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
National Association for Business Economics Fellow
American Philosophical Society
Mont Pelerin Society
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
BusinessWeek Columnist (1985-2004)
Chicago School Economists
Author of books:
The Economics of Discrimination (1957, economics)
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education (1964, economics)
A Treatise on the Family (1981, economics)
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