Jacob Marschak
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Jacob Marschak was an economist, statistician, and university teacher born in Kyiv in 1898. He held citizenship in Germany and the United States. Marschak was educated at Heidelberg University, where his doctoral advisors included Emil Lederer, Karl Jaspers, and Alfred Weber. He spoke English and worked as a professor at Yale University, the University of Chicago, and the University of California, Los Angeles.
He served as president at one of his employers and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the Econometric Society. His doctoral students included Franco Modigliani, Carl Christ, Don Patinkin, and Harry Markowitz. Marschak died of a stroke in Los Angeles on July 27, 1977, from natural causes.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacob
- Family name
- Marshak
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kyiv
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- president
- Educated at
- Heidelberg University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Alfred Weber
- Field of work
- economics
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- date of birth
- 1898-07-22
- date of death
- 1977-07-27
- cause of death
- stroke
- member of
- Econometric Society
- manner of death
- natural causes
- student
- Franco Modigliani
- name in native language
- Jacob Marschak
- P8168
- Fils
- maintained by WikiProject
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