Bob Reischauer | |
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| 3rd Director of the Congressional Budget Office | |
| In office March 6, 1989 – February 28, 1995 | |
| Preceded by | James Blum (acting) |
| Succeeded by | June E. O'Neill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Danton Reischauer 1941 (age 82–83) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Relatives | Edwin O. Reischauer (father) |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Columbia University (MIA, PhD) |
Robert Danton Reischauer (born 1941) is an economist and was one of the two public trustees of the Medicare and Social Security Trust Fund. He is a nationally known expert on the federal budget, health reform, Medicare, and Social Security. Most recently (2000–2012) he served as president of the Urban Institute, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. He is the son of Japan scholar Edwin O. Reischauer.