Robert William Fogel (1926-2013)

Awarded the Prize “for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory quantitative methods in order to explain economic institutional change.”

American economist. Fogel was born on July 1, 1926 in New York. He received his B.A. in 1948 at Cornell University, his M.A. in 1960 at Columbia University his Ph.D. in 1963 at Johns Hopkins University. From 1975 to 1981 he was professor at Harvard University. In 1981 he was invited to the University of Chicago as the Charles R. Walgreen Professor of American Institutions. Fogel died on June 11, 2013 in Oak Lawn, Illinois.
Major Works:
The Union Pacific Railroad: A Case in Premature Enterprise (1960); Railroads American Economic Growth: Essays in Econometric History (1964); Aging--Stability Change in the Family (co-author, 1981); Long-Term Changes in Nutrition the Stard of Living (1986)