Education and Career
Nordhaus received his B.A. and M.A from Yale in 1963 and 1973 respectively where he was a member of Skull and Bones. He also holds a Certificat from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (1962) and a Ph.D. from MIT (1967). He has been a member of the faculty at Yale since 1967 and has also served as its Provost from 1986–1988 and its Vice President for Finance and Administration from 1992-1993. His tenure as provost was among the shortest in the university's history. Among many honors, he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has been on the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity since 1972. During the Carter administration, from 1977–1979, Nordhaus was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers. He has been a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences since 1999.
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