Alicia Munnell
Alicia Haydock Munnell (born December 6, 1942 in New York City ) is an American economist and university professor . Under Bill Clinton , she was the first woman to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and later a member of the Council of Economic Advisers .
Career, research and teaching
Munnell studied at Wellesley College , where she in 1964 as a Bachelor of Arts in Economics graduate . She then moved to Boston University , where she successfully completed her master's degree in 1966. With a focus on private and public retirement provision, she graduated with a Ph.D. Degree from Harvard University . She then served briefly as an assistant professor at Wellesley College before moving to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston . In 1984 she was promoted to head of the scientific department and thus a member of the board.
In May 1993 Munnell took over the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy by Republican Sidney Lewis Jones and worked subsequently the Secretary of the Treasury , the US Treasury, Lloyd Bentsen and his successor in January 1995. Robert Rubin to . After the retirement of John LaWare in the spring of 1995, she was a candidate for a seat on the board of the Federal Reserve , but because of her economic views, the Republican majority in the United States Congress voted against her. Therefore, she was appointed to the Council of Economic Advisers by Clinton at the end of 1995, subsequently holding her seat on the Federal Reserve Board until Laurence Meyer was appointed in the summer of 1996 and the post of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy until New appointment by David W. Wilcox in November 1997 vacant.
In the summer of 1997 Munnell left politics and followed a call from Boston College , where she took over the Peter F. Drucker chair . There she took over the management of the Center for Retirement Research in 1998 .
The main focus of Munnell's research is on topics related to social security and tax policy , with a particular focus on aspects related to old-age provision.
Munnell has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1998 . In addition, she has received multiple awards for her work within the United States and internationally, or has been listed in the rankings of renowned magazines such as Forbes and Institutional Investor .
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| SURNAME | Munnell, Alicia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Munnell, Alicia Haydock (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American economist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |