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Laura Tyson

1947 - Today

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Laura D'Andrea Tyson (born June 28, 1947) is an American economist and university administrator who is currently a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School at the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley and a senior fellow at the Berggruen Institute. She served as the 16th Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 1993 to 1995 and 2nd Director of the National Economic Council from 1995 to 1996 under President Bill Clinton. Tyson was the first woman to hold each of those posts. She remains the only person to have served in both posts. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Tyson is the 401st most popular economist (down from 400th in 2024), the 14,758th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,194th in 2019) and the 124th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Laura Tyson ranks 401 out of 414. Before her are Carlos Moedas, Corinne Maier, Kristrún Frostadóttir, Kshama Sawant, Axel Kicillof, and Božidar Đelić. After her are Sajid Javid, Paul Collier, Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Steve Keen, Eric Lander, and Christina Romer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Laura Tyson ranks 876. Before her are John Ralston Saul, Federico Peña, Mona Marshall, Eliot Engel, Carlos Ezquerra, and Togiola Tulafono. After her are David Hare, Maddy Prior, Haley Barbour, Donna de Varona, Christine Gregoire, and Allan Lichtman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Laura Tyson ranks 14,762 out of 20,380. Before her are Jewel (1974), John Boles (1895), Justin Hurwitz (1985), Ariana Greenblatt (2007), Stephen Bowen (1964), and Brad Silberling (1963). After her are Margaret Heckler (1931), The D.O.C. (1968), Rajon Rondo (1986), Joey Lauren Adams (1968), Diora Baird (1983), and Shauna Sand (1971).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Laura Tyson ranks 124. Before her are John B. Taylor (1946), Paul Craig Roberts (1939), Richard Florida (1957), Kenneth Rogoff (1953), Michael Albert (1947), and Natalie Jaresko (1965). After her are Eric Lander (1957), Christina Romer (1958), Winona LaDuke (1959), Rebecca Blank (1955), Cecilia Rouse (1963), and Peter Boettke (1960).

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