Nancy Teeters | |
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Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors | |
In office September 18, 1978 – June 27, 1984 | |
President | Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Arthur F. Burns |
Succeeded by | Martha Seger |
Personal details | |
Born | Marion, Indiana, U.S. | June 29, 1930
Died | November 17, 2014 Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 84)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Robert Teeters |
Education | Oberlin College (BA) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MA) |
Nancy Hays Teeters (July 29, 1930 – November 17, 2014)[1] was an American economist and corporate executive who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1978 to 1984. A member of the Democratic Party, Teeters was the first woman to sit on the Board. She was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to fill out the remainder of the term of Arthur F. Burns, a former chairman of the Fed. Teeters was known for her public statements in which she dissented from the mainstream opinion of the Board and Chairman Paul Volcker.[2]