Henry Wallich | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors | |
| In office March 8, 1974 – December 15, 1986 | |
| President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | J. Dewey Daane |
| Succeeded by | John P. LaWare |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Henry Christopher Wallich June 10, 1914 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | September 15, 1988 (aged 74) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Munich Oriel College, Oxford New York University Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
Henry Christopher Wallich (/ˈwɑːlɪk/; June 10, 1914 – September 15, 1988) was a German American economist who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1974 to 1986. He previously served as a member of the Council of the Economic Advisers under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Wallich also held a professorship of economics at Yale University. He was best known as an economic columnist for Newsweek magazine, from 1965 until he joined The Federal Reserve.[1] For a period he wrote one week in three, with Milton Friedman and Paul Samuelson,[2] with their 1967 columns earning the magazine a Gerald Loeb Special Award in 1968.[3]