News
Amid Boston Overdose Crisis, a Pair of Harvard Students Are Bringing Narcan to the Red Line
News
At First Cambridge City Council Election Forum, Candidates Clash Over Building Emissions
News
Harvard’s Updated Sustainability Plan Garners Optimistic Responses from Student Climate Activists
News
‘Sunroof’ Singer Nicky Youre Lights Up Harvard Yard at Crimson Jam
News
‘The Architect of the Whole Plan’: Harvard Law Graduate Ken Chesebro’s Path to Jan. 6
Provost Paul H. Buck yesterday announced the appointment of Wassily W. Leontief as Henry Lee Professor of Economics and Guy Henderson Orcutt as associate professor of Economics.
Dr. Leontief, professor of Economics since 1946, is recognized internationally for his "input-output" reports on the structure of the American economy.
Dr. Orcutt has studied extensively national income and business cycles, contributing much to an understanding of economic time series and their statistical analysis. He has recently developed a machine for teaching business cycle theories and economic theories.
A member of the Harvard faculty since 1931, Dr. Leontief served as Director of the University Economic Research Project, and currently is teaching statistical method to undergraduates in the General Education Program. Dr. Orcutt, who is 35, has been an assistant professor at Harvard since 1949.
Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.