It was announced Sunday, December 13, that famed economist and Nobel laureate Paul A. Samuelson died at age 94.
Paul A. Samuelson
Professor Samuelson served as a Trustee for CREF from 1974 to 1985. In addition to his service to TIAA-CREF, Samuelson was professor emeritus of MIT’s economics department and wrote a ground-breaking textbook, “Economics: An Introductory Analysis,” which sold nearly four million copies and has been translated into 40 languages. He also advised Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Each year the TIAA-CREF Institute awards the Paul A. Samuelson Award in recognition of an outstanding research publication containing ideas that the public and private sectors can use to maintain and improve
