Inventory of the Leonid Hurwicz Papers, 1930-2008 and undated

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Biographical Note

Chronology

1917 Aug. 21	Born in Moscow to Polish Jewish parents
1919	Family flees back to Warsaw
1938	After studying the piano, economics, and physics, graduated with a law degree from the University of Warsaw
1938	Began study of economics at London School of Economics
1939	Took refuge in Geneva and emigrated to the U.S. a year later
1944-1946	Research Associate at the Cowles Commission in Chicago, working chiefly on econometrics, a new field of study
1945	Published "The Theory of Economic Behavior," American Economic Review, Vol. 35, No. 5, reprinted many times, most recently in 2004
1946-1949	Professor of Economics at Iowa State
1949-1951	Professor of Economics, Maths and Statistics, University of Illinois
1951-1999	Professor of economics and mathematics in the School of Business Administration at the University of Minnesota.
1958	Publication of Studies in Linear and Non-Linear Programming, edited by Kenneth J. Arrow, Leonid Hurwicz, and Hirofumi Uzawa, Stanford University Press
1961	Became chair of the University’s statistics department
1971	Publication of Preferences, Utility,and Demand, edited by John S. Chipman, Leonid Hurwicz, Marcel K. Richter, and H. Sonnenschein, Harcourt Brace Jovanovic
1977	Published Studies in Resource Allocation Processes, edited by Kenneth J. Arrow and Leonid Hurwicz, Cambridge University Press
1990	Awarded the National Medal of Science by President Bush
2006	Published Designing Economic Mechanisms, with Stanley Reiter, Cambridge University Press
2007	Oldest individual to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, shared with Eric S. Maskin of Princeton University and Roger B. Myerson of the University of Chicago for mechanism-design theory
2008 June 26	Died at the age of 90 in Minneapolis

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Collection Overview

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Subject Headings

• Hurwicz, Leonid.
• Arrow, Kenneth Joseph, 1921-
• Cowles Commission for Research in Economics.
• Demand functions (Economic theory)--Mathematical models.
• East Asia--Economic conditions.
• East Asia--Economic development--20th century.
• Eastern European economics.
• Econometrics.
• Economics, Mathematical.
• Economics--mathematical models.
• Economists--Correspondence.
• Electronic files.
• Equilibrium (Economics).
• Game theory--Research.
• Marschak, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew).
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics--Faculty.
• Mathematical optimization.
• Mechanism design.
• Monopolies--Economic aspects.
• Oligopolies--Economic aspects.
• Reiter, Stanley.
• Richter, Marcel K.
• Saari, D. (Donald).
• University of Minnesota. Dept. of Economics--Faculty.
• University of Chicago. Dept. of Economics--Faculty.
• Uzawa, Hirofumi, 1928-
• Welfare economics--Research.
• World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Poland.

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Related Material

	List of Series in Collection
		Correspondence Series, 1970-1980s
		Personal Files Series, 1930-2009
		Printed Material, 1940s-2000s and undated
		Professional Service Series, 1940s-2005
		Research and Writings Series, 1931-2006 and undated
		Teaching Material Series, 1945-2000s
		Oversize Material

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• Descriptive Summary
• Administrative Information
• Biographical Note
• Collection Overview
• Subject Headings
• Related Material
• Detailed Description of Collection