Chronology of Leontief's life

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Wassily LEONTIEF, Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (PhD), Professor

Born - 5 august 1906 in Leningrad, USSR. Daughter - Eugenia Bekker. Son - Wassily Leontief.

He received his M. A. degree from University of Leningrad in 1925. In 1928, he earned a Ph. D. in economics from University of Berlin. Speciality - Input-Output Analysis and Economics.

Professional activity:

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - University Professor - Economics (1983-present); Founder & Director, Institute for Economic Analysis (1978-85; Senior Member of Research Staff (1986-present). HARVARD UNIVERSITY - Henry Lee Chair of Political Economy (1953-1975); Professor of Economics (1946-1953); Associate Professor (1939-1946); Assistant Professor (1933-1939); Instructor (1932-1933). Director, Harvard Economic Research Project (1948-1972); Senior Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University (1956-1975; Chairperson 1965-1975). Research Associate, Institute of World Economics, University of Kiel, Germany (1927-1928). Economic Advisor, Chinese Government, Nanking (1928-1929); Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, New York (1931); Part-time General Consultant, U. S. Department of Labor (1941-1947, 1961-1965); Part-time Economic Consultant, Chief, Russian Economics Sub-Division, Office of Strategic Services (1943-1945); Consultant, United Nations Secretary of General's Consultative Group of the Economic and Social Consequences of Disarmament (1961-1962); Part-time General Consultant, U. S. Department of Commerce (1966-1982); Member of Executive Board of the Science Advisory Council of the Environmental Protection Agency (1975-1980); Part-time General Consultant, Office of Technology Assessment (1980-present); Consultant, United Nations Development Programme Transportation, Italian government (1984-present).

The most important creative works are Input-Output Economics, Essays in Economics, The structure of the American Economy.

The most significant publications are the following: The structure of the American Economy, 1919-1929 (1941, 1953); Studies in the Structure of the American Economy (1953); Input-Output Economics (1966), 2nd ed. (1986); Essays in Economics (1966); Essays in Economics, Vol. II (1977); The Future of the World Economy (1977); Military Spending: Facts and Figures, Worldwide Implications and Future Outlook, with F. Duchin (1983); The Future of Non-Fuel Minerals in the U. S. And World Economy, with J. Koo, S. Nasar, and I. Sohn (1983); The Future Impact of Automation on Workers, F. Dochin, co-author (1986). Wassily Leontief was an author of hundreds of articles in scientific journals and other periodicals in the United States and abroad.

Honorable titles and awards - Order of the Cherubim, University of Pisa (1953); Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Brussels (1962); Doctor of the University, University of York, England (1967); Officer of the French Legion d'Honneur (1968); Bernard-Harms Prize in Economics, West Germany (1970); Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Louvain (1971); Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Paris (Sorbonne) (1972); Nobel Prize in Economics (1973); Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Pennsylvania (1976); Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Toulouse, France (1980) Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Louisvile, Kentucky (1980); Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Vermont (1980); Doctor of Laws, C. W. Post Center, Long Island University (1980); Russian-American Hall of Fame (1980); Doctor Honoris Causa, Karl Marx University, Budapest, Hungary (1981); Order of the Rising Sun, Japan (1984); French Order of Arts and Letters, Commandeur (1985); Doctor Honoris Causa, Adelphi College (1988); Foreign member, USSR Academy of Sciences (1988); Society of the Optimate, Italian Cultural Institute, New York (1989); Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Cordoba, Spain (1990); Takemi Memorial Award, Institute of Seizon & Life Sciences, Japan (1991); Harry Edmonds Award for Life Achievement, International House, New York (1995); Doctor Honoris Causa, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany (1995).

Wassily Leontief was a member of many associations, academies and other organizations: American Philosophical Society; International Statistical Institute; Honorary Member, Japan Economic Research Center, Tokyo; Honorary Fellow, Royal Statistical Society, London; Corresponding Fellow of the Institut de France (1968); American Economic Association (President, 1970); Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (1970); U.S.-U.S.S.R. Commission on the Social Sciences and Humanities of the International Research and Exchanges Board (1974); British Association for the Advancement of Science(President, Section F., 1976); Accademia Nazionale dei Lincie, Italy (1975); American Committee on East-West Accord (1975); Honorary Member, Royal Irish Academy (1976); Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1977); Commission to Study the Organization of Peace (1978); Board of Trustees of North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (1978-1986); Issues Committee of theProgressive Alliance (1979); Century Club (1979); Committee for National Security (1980); Board of Visitors, College of Liberal Arts, Boston University (1981); Board of Editors, Journal of Business Strategy (1981); The International Advisory Council of the Delian Institute of International Relations (1982); Accademia Mediterranea Delle Scienze, Catania, Italy (1982); Board of Advisors, The Environmental Fund (1983); Board of Directors, Tolstoy Foundation (1983); International Committee, Carnegie-Mellon University (1985); Academy of Creative Endeavors, USSR (1990); International Charitable Foundation, USSR (1992); Academie Europeenne (1993); Honorary President, World Academy for the Progress of Planning Science, Italy (1993); Member, Academie Universelle des Cultures, France (1993); Fellow, New York Academy of Sciences (1994); Member, International Leadership Center on Longevity & Society, Mt. Sinai Hospital (1995).

Hobbies - Trout Fishing.

Former Address: New York University, Institute for Economic Analysis 269 Mercer Street, Room 203, New York, N. Y. 10003-6687

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