June E. O'Neill

June O'Neill
4th Director of the Congressional Budget Office
In office
March 1, 1995 – January 29, 1999
Preceded byRobert Reischauer
Succeeded byDan Crippen
Personal details
Born (1934-06-14) June 14, 1934 (age 90)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseDavid O'Neill
Children2
EducationSarah Lawrence College (BA)
Columbia University (MA, PhD)

June E. O'Neill is an American economist who was the director of the United States Congressional Budget Office (CBO) from March 1, 1995, through January 29, 1999.[1] She was born to Louis and Matilda (Liebstein) Ellenoff on June 14, 1934, and attended Sara Lawrence College, graduating in 1955.[2] Prior to receiving her PhD from Columbia University, she taught at Temple University. Later, she worked at the Council of Economic Advisors as a senior economist, a research associate at the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, served as director of the office of policy and research for the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and both before and after her time as director of the CBO, as director of the Center for Study Business and Government at Baruch College, where she is currently the Morton Wollman Professor of Economics.

She was nominated to her post at the CBO at the suggestion of then Republican congressman John Kasich, but her term as CBO director ended early to return to Baruch college amid Republican complaints that the CBO refused to use the more favorable but controversial dynamic scoring for forecasting and scoring republican-proposed legislation.[3] She was later commended by the Senate for her service.[4]

She has published extensively in economics,[5] served as the Vice President of the American Economic Association in 1998,[6] and was on their Executive Board of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession from 1988 until 1991. She currently serves on the board of directors of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.[7]

  1. ^ "Directors of The Office of Management and Budget and The Bureau of the Budget". Office of Management and Budget(Archived). Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  2. ^ May 1975 Alumnae profile, From the Classes, Sarah Lawrence College
  3. ^ Pianin, Eric. "JUNE O'NEILL TO DEPART CBO EARLY". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ "A resolution commending June Ellenoff O'Neill for her service to Congress and to the Nation. (1999 - S.Res. 39)".
  5. ^ "June O'Neill". Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  6. ^ "American Economic Association - Past Vice-Presidents". Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget - Board Members". 25 April 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2019.