Ackley, Gardner
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Birthname | Hugh Gardner Ackley | ||||
born on | 30 June 1915 at 11:00 (= 11:00 AM ) | ||||
Place | Indianapolis, Indiana, 39n46, 86w09 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American economist and diplomat, who served as a member of the Council of Economic Advisers under President John F. Kennedy, and as the Chairman under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1964 to 1968. He also served as Ambassador to Italy from 1968 to 1969.
Ackley was the author of the popular graduate-level textbook Macroeconomic Theory, which was translated into several languages and remained the standard advanced text during the 1960s and early 1970s.
Hugh Gardner Ackley died on 12 February 1998, aged 82, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate from Indiana archives.
Categories
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 82)
- Vocation : Business : Economist
- Vocation : Politics : Diplomat (U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1968-1969)
- Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation (Democratic)
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (Economics)