Dale W. Jorgenson

Who is Dale W. Jorgenson?

Dale Weldeau Jorgenson is the Samuel W. Morris University Professor at Harvard University, teaching in the Department of Economics and John F. Kennedy School of Government. He served as Chairman of the Department of Economics from 1994 to 1997.

Jorgenson has been honored with membership in the American Philosophical Society, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was elected to Fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Statistical Association, and the Econometric Society. He was awarded honorary doctorates by Uppsala University, the University of Oslo, Keio University, the University of Mannheim, the University of Rome, the Stockholm School of Economics, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Kansai University.

Jorgenson served as President of the American Economic Association in 2000 and was named a Distinguished Fellow of the Association in 2001. He was a Founding Member of the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy of the National Research Council in 1991 and served as Chairman of the Board from 1998 to 2006. He also served as Chairman of Section 54, Economic Sciences, of the National Academy of Sciences from 2000 to 2003 and was President of the Econometric Society in 1987 and President of the American Economic Association in 2000.