Paul McCracken (economist)

Paul McCracken
8th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office February 4, 1969 – December 31, 1971
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Art Okun
Succeeded by	Herbert Stein
Personal details
Born	Paul Winston McCracken (1915-12-29)December 29, 1915 Richland, Iowa, U.S.
Died	August 3, 2012(2012-08-03) (aged 96) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Emily Siler (1942–2005)
Education	William Penn University (BA) Harvard University (MA, PhD)

Paul Winston McCracken (December 29, 1915 – August 3, 2012) was an American economist born in Richland, Iowa.

Biography

He held an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in Economics and a B.A. from William Penn University.[1][2] He was the Edmund Ezra Day Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, Economics, and Public Policy at the University of Michigan.[1] McCracken was chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors from 1969 to 1971 under President Richard Nixon.[1] He took the lead in developing economic policy at the outset of the Nixon administration.[3]

In 1976, he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[4] He chaired the American Enterprise Institute's Council of Academic Advisors and served as interim president of the institute in 1986.[1]

He died on August 3, 2012, at age 96.[5]

References

1. "Paul W. McCracken". Nixon Library and Museum. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
2. Chan, Sewell (2012-08-04). "Paul W. McCracken, Adviser to Presidents, Dies at 96". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
3. Matusow, Allen J. (1998). Nixon's Economy: Booms, Busts, Dollars, & Votes. Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas. p. 12. ISBN 0-7006-0888-5. OCLC 37975682.
4. View/Search Fellows of the ASA, accessed 2016-08-20.
5. "Remembering Paul W. McCracken, 1915–2012, Professor Emeritus and Presidential Adviser". Archived from the original on 2013-10-09.

External links

• McCracken's faculty profile on the University of Michigan website
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Sidney Lewis Jones (2000). Public & Private Economic Adviser: Paul W. McCracken. University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-7618-1698-0.

Political offices
Preceded by Art Okun	Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers 1969–1971	Succeeded by Herbert Stein
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by William Baroody	President of the American Enterprise Institute Acting 1986	Succeeded by Christopher DeMuth