| Robert Lucas  AKA Robert Emerson Lucas, Jr.
Born: 15-Sep-1937
Birthplace: Yakima, WA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Economist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Theory of rational expectations Father: Robert Emerson Lucas (President of Lewis Refrigeration)
Mother: Jane Templeton Lucas
Sister: Jenepher (b. 1939)
Brother: Peter (b. 1940)
Brother: Daniel (b. 1948)
Wife: Rita Cohen (m. 1959, separated 1982, div., two sons)
Son: Stephen (b. 1960)
Son: Joseph (b. 1966)
Girlfriend: Nancy L. Stokey (cohabited 1982-)
High School: Roosevelt High School, Seattle, WA (1955)
University: BA History, University of Chicago (1959)
University: PhD Economics, University of Chicago (1964)
Professor: Carnegie Mellon University (1963-74)
Professor: Economics, University of Chicago (1975-80)
Professor: Visiting Professor of Economics, Northwestern University (1981-82)
Professor: Economics, University of Chicago (1982-)
Nobel Prize for Economics 1995
Guggenheim Fellowship 1981
Phi Beta Kappa Society 1959
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1980
National Academy of Sciences 1981
American Philosophical Society 1997
American Economic Association
Econometric Society President (1997)
Chicago School Economists
Author of books:
Studies in Business-Cycle Theory (1981, economics)
Models of Business Cycles (1987, economics)
Rational Expectations and Econometric Practice (1981, economics; with Thomas J. Sargent)
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