MIT Department of Economics - Alumni

Alumni

• Lawrence Klein (Ph.D., 1944), Nobel Prize, 1980
• Robert Mundell (Ph.D., 1956), Nobel Prize, 1999
• George Akerlof (Ph.D., 1966), Nobel Prize 2001
• Joseph E. Stiglitz (Ph.D., 1967), Nobel Prize, 2001
• William Nordhaus (Ph.D., 1967), Council of Economic Advisers 1977 - 1979
• Robert C. Merton (Ph.D, 1970), Nobel Prize, 1997
• Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, (M.Sc. 1970), European Central Bank Executive Board 1998-2005, Former Italian Minister of Economy and Finance
• Martin Neil Baily (Ph.D., 1972), Council of Economic Advisers Chairman 1999 - 2001
• Lawrence Summers (B.S., 1975) Secretary of the Treasury, 1999–2001
• Mario Draghi (Ph.D., 1976) President of the European Central Bank 2011-, Governor of the Banca d'Italia, Chairman of the Financial Stability Forum
• Paul Krugman (Ph.D., 1977), Nobel Prize, 2008
• Lucas Papademos, (Ph.D. 1977), European Central Bank Vice President 2002 -
• Ben Bernanke, (Ph.D., 1979) Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 2006 -
• N. Gregory Mankiw (Ph.D., 1984), Council of Economic Advisers Chairman 2003 - 2005
• Andrew Samwick (Ph.D. 1993), Council of Economic Advisers Chief Economist 2003 - 2004
• Steven Levitt (Ph.D. 1994), John Bates Clark Medal, 2003; author Freakonomics