Marina von Neumann Whitman
Encyclopedia
Marina von Neumann Whitman (born March 6, 1935) is Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business
as well as The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
. She is also a member of the board of directors at the Peterson Institute.
Professor Whitman was educated at Radcliffe College
and Columbia University
. During 1973/74, she served on Richard Nixon
's Council of Economic Advisers
. She was a director at the Council on Foreign Relations
between 1977 and 1987.
Her father was noted mathematician John von Neumann
.
Additionally:
Ross School of Business
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business is the business school of the University of Michigan. Numerous publications have ranked the Ross School of Business' Bachelor of Business Administration , Master of Business Administration and Executive Education programs among the top in the country and the...
as well as The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, often referred to as the Ford School, is a leading public policy school in the United States. Founded in 1914 as the Institute of Public Administration, it was named in 1999 after former President Gerald Ford, who was a 1935...
. She is also a member of the board of directors at the Peterson Institute.
Professor Whitman was educated at Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was the coordinate college for Harvard University. It was also one of the Seven Sisters colleges. Radcliffe College conferred joint Harvard-Radcliffe diplomas beginning in 1963 and a formal merger agreement with...
and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. During 1973/74, she served on Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
's Council of Economic Advisers
Council of Economic Advisers
The Council of Economic Advisers is an agency within the Executive Office of the President that advises the President of the United States on economic policy...
. She was a director at the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
between 1977 and 1987.
Her father was noted mathematician John von Neumann
John von Neumann
John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician and polymath who made major contributions to a vast number of fields, including set theory, functional analysis, quantum mechanics, ergodic theory, geometry, fluid dynamics, economics and game theory, computer science, numerical analysis,...
.
Career
- Educational Testing ServiceEducational Testing ServiceEducational Testing Service , founded in 1947, is the world's largest private nonprofit educational testing and assessment organization...
, Princeton, NJ, administrative assistant, 1956–57 - Pittsburgh Regional Planning Association, Pittsburgh, PA
- consultant, 1961
- staff economist Economic Study of the Pittsburgh Region (also sponsored by Center for Economic Studies), 1962
- University of PittsburghUniversity of PittsburghThe University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
, Pittsburgh, PA- lecturer in economics, 1963
- assistant professor, 1963–66
- associate professor, 1966–71
- professor of economics, 1971–73
- Distinguished Public Service Professor of Economics, 1973–79
- administrative officer of department, 1965
- General Motors Corp., New York City
- vice-president and chief economist, 1979–85
- vice-president and group executive for Public Affairs, 1985–92
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, professor of business administration and public policy, 1992 to current day.
- Council of Economic Advisers
- senior staff economist, 1970–71
- member, 1972–73
- Princeton University, Princeton NJ, board of trustees, 1980-90
Memberships
- American Economic AssociationAmerican Economic AssociationThe American Economic Association, or AEA, is a learned society in the field of economics, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. It publishes one of the most prestigious academic journals in economics: the American Economic Review...
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Council on Foreign RelationsCouncil on Foreign RelationsThe Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
- Group of ThirtyGroup of ThirtyThe Group of Thirty, often abbreviated to G30, is an international body of leading financiers and academics which aims to deepen understanding of economic and financial issues and to examine consequences of decisions made in the public and private sectors related to these issues...
- Former member of editorial board
- American Economic ReviewAmerican Economic ReviewThe American Economic Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal of economics publishing seven issues annually by the American Economic Association. First published in 1911, it is considered one of the most prestigious journals in the field. The current editor-in-chief is Penny Goldberg . The...
- Foreign PolicyForeign PolicyForeign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
- American Economic Review
- National Price Commission, 1971–72
- private and governmental economic commissions and councils
- Harvard Board of OverseersHarvard Board of OverseersThe Harvard Board of Overseers is one of Harvard University's two governing boards...
, 1972-78 - Princeton University, Princeton NJ, board of trustees, 1980-90
Publications
- The United States Investment Guaranty Program and Private Foreign Investment, 1959.
- (Contributor) Economic Study of the Pittsburgh Region, University of Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA), 1963.
- Government Risk-Sharing in Foreign Investment, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1965.
- International and Interregional Payment Adjustment: A Synthetic View, 1967.
- Special Bibliography in International Economics, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 1967.
- Policies for Internal and External Balance, 1970
- U.S. Economic Policy in an Era of Détente, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), 1973.
- From Farm Policy to Food Policy, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Washington, DC), 1974.
- Sustaining the International Economic System: Issues for U.S. Policy, Department of Economics, Princeton University, 1977.
- Reflections of Interdependence: Issues for Economic Theory and U.S. Policy, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1979.
- International Trade and Investment: Two Perspectives, Department of Economics, Princeton University, 1981.
- (Contributor) Andrew J. Pierre, editor, Unemployment and Growth in the Western Economies, Council on Foreign Relations (New York, NY), 1984.
- (Contributor) John N. Yochelson, editor, Breaking the Economic Impasse: An Urgent Quadrangular Agenda, Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, DC), 1987.
- "Flexible Markets, Flexible Firms," The American EnterpriseThe American EnterpriseThe American Enterprise was a public policy magazine published by the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. Its editorial stance was politically conservative, generally advocating free-market economics and a neoconservative U.S. foreign policy.The magazine was published approximately...
, May-June 1994 - "Using Board Guidelines As A Strategic Tool," The Corporate Board, September/October 1995
- "Has Global Competition Killed the Socially Responsible Corporation?" in John W. Houck and Oliver F. Williams (eds.), Is the Good Corporation Dead? Social Responsibility in a Global Economy, 1996
- (Contributor) John W. Houck and Oliver F. Williams, editors, Is the Good Corporation Dead?: Social Responsibility in a Global Economy, Rowman & Littlefield (Lanham, MD), 1996.
- "Labor Market Adjustment and Trade: Their Interaction in the Triad" in Benjamin Cohen (ed.), International Trade and Finance: New Frontiers for Research, 1997
- "Trade and Growth: Restoring the Virtuous Circle" in Jerry Jasinowski (ed)., The Rising Tide: A Path Towards Higher Growth and Economic Prosperity, 1998
- New World, New Rules: The Changing Role of the American Corporation, Harvard Business School Press (Boston, MA), 1999.
- "The Open Economy Macromodel: Interactions Between Theoretical Developments and Real-World Behavior," in Arie Arnon and Warren Young (eds.), The Open Economy Macromodel: Past, Present and Future, 2002
- American Capitalism and Global Convergence (2003)
Additionally:
- Contributor to "Princeton Studies in International Finance"
- Contributor to periodicals, including
- American Enterprise
- Corporate Board
- Harvard International ReviewHarvard International ReviewThe Harvard International Review is a quarterly journal of international relations published by the Harvard International Relations Council...
External links
- Marina v.N. Whitman at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public PolicyGerald R. Ford School of Public PolicyThe Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, often referred to as the Ford School, is a leading public policy school in the United States. Founded in 1914 as the Institute of Public Administration, it was named in 1999 after former President Gerald Ford, who was a 1935...
- A Few Good Women... Marina Whitman