Kenneth Arrow

1921 - 2017

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: City College of New York, Townsend Harris High School, Columbia University, City University of New York

occupation: economist, statistician, teacher, political scientist, writer, university teacher

award received: John Bates Clark Medal, Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, National Medal of Science, Guggenheim Fellowship, John von Neumann Theory Prize, John von Neumann Award, honorary doctor of the University of Vienna, John von Neumann Prize, Kampé de Fériet Award, Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association, Fellow of the Econometric Society, Fellow of the American Statistical Association, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

student of: Harold Hotelling

influenced by: Alfred Tarski, George Bernard Dantzig, Harold Hotelling

official website: economics.stanford.edu/faculty/arrow

Kenneth Joseph Arrow (August 23, 1921 – February 21, 2017) was an American economist, mathematician, writer, and political theorist. Along with John Hicks, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1972. In economics, Arrow was a major figure in post-World War II neoclassical economic theory. Many of his former graduate students have gone on to win the Nobel Memorial Prize themselves. His most significant works are his contributions to social choice theory, notably "Arrow's impossibility theorem," and his work on general equilibrium analysis. He has also provided foundational work in many other areas of economics, including endogenous growth theory and the economics of information. Source: Wikipedia (en)