Martin Bronfenbrenner

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Martin Bronfenbrenner (December 2, 1914 in Pittsburgh – June 2, 1997 in Durham) was an internationally renown economist who published over 250 scholarly papers and five books. His publications cover a host of topics, including aggregate economics, income distribution, international economics, and Japan. His scholarship was recognized on several occasions, including his election as Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association.

Bronfenbrenner received his B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1934, his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1939, and went on to teach at Roosevelt University, the University of Wisconsin at Madison (1947-1957), Michigan State University (1957-1959), the University of Minnesota (1959- 1962) and Carnegie Mellon University (1962-1971), where he also served as department chair, Aoyama Gakuin University (1984-1990) and Duke University (1971-1984 and from 1991 until his death).