Theodore W. Schultz

Theodore W. Schultz, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1902-04-30 in Arlington, SD, USA

Gender: male

Field: American economist

Biography

Theodore William Schultz was an American agricultural economist and chairman of the University of Chicago Department of Economics. Schultz rose to national prominence after winning the 1979 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1979

Awarded on: 1979-10-16

"for their pioneering research into economic development research with particular consideration of the problems of developing countries"

Affiliations:

  • University of ChicagoChicago, IL, USA