Arthur F. Burns
Arthur Frank Burns (born April 27, 1904 in Stanislau , Austria-Hungary , today Ukraine , † June 26, 1987 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was an American economist and diplomat . For his services to German-American relations , he was awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit with a star and shoulder ribbon.
Life
At the beginning of the First World War, when Burns was 10 years old, his parents Nathan Burnseig and Sarah (née Juran) emigrated with him from Galicia to the USA, where they settled in Bayonne , New Jersey . After graduating from Columbia University in New York in 1925 , he taught economics there from 1926 to 1927 and received his doctorate with a thesis on Productions Trends in the United States since 1870 .
After working in various economic advisory institutes, he served from 1953 to 1956 as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Dwight D. Eisenhower . In 1955 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1959, Burns served as president-elect of the American Economic Association . Richard Nixon appointed him head of the US Federal Reserve in 1970 , a post he held until 1978.
Ronald Reagan appointed him Ambassador of the United States to the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn in 1981 , where he was on post until May 1985. He died on June 26, 1987 in Baltimore.
One of the most prestigious German journalism grants, the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship , is named after Arthur F. Burns .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inventory inventory on the Duke University website , see "Box 8"
- ↑ Arthur F. Burns Is Dead at 83; A Shaper of Economic Policy , New York Times , June 27, 1987
- ^ Past and Present Officers. aeaweb.org ( American Economic Association ), accessed 2015 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Arthur F. Burns in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Arthur F. Burns in the German Digital Library
- The human side of German-American relations - speech in Hamburg on March 14, 1983
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Walter John Stoessel |
U.S. Ambassador to Germany June 30, 1981 to May 16, 1985 |
Richard Burt |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burns, Arthur F. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burns, Arthur Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American economist and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stanislau , Austria-Hungary, today Ukraine |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1987 |
| Place of death | Baltimore , Maryland |