Harold Tafler Shapiro

Harold Tafler Shapiro
Shapiro at a 1994 Princeton Tigers football game
18th President of Princeton University
In office
1988–2001
Preceded byWilliam G. Bowen
Succeeded byShirley Tilghman
10th President of the University of Michigan
In office
1980–1988
Preceded byAllan F. Smith (interim)
Robben Wright Fleming
Succeeded byRobben Wright Fleming (interim)
James J. Duderstadt
Personal details
Born (1935-06-08) June 8, 1935 (age 89)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityAmerican
SpouseVivian Shapiro
ResidenceNew Jersey
Alma materMcGill University (BCom, LLD)
Princeton University (MA, PhD)
OccupationEconomics professor
AwardsWilliam D. Carey Award for Leadership in Science Policy (2006)
Clark Kerr Medal for Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education (2008)
NAS Public Welfare Medal (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsFinance
ThesisThe Canadian monetary sector: an econometric analysis (1964)

Harold Tafler Shapiro (born June 8, 1935) is an economist and university administrator. He is currently a professor of economics and public affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Shapiro served as the president of University of Michigan from 1980 to 1988 and as the president of Princeton University from 1988 to 2001.[1]

  1. ^ "Harold T. Shapiro". scholar.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-28.