I. Personal
Born December 29, 1910
Died September 2, 2013
II. Professional
University
Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Economics, and Senior Fellow in Law and Economics, University of Chicago Law School, 1982-2013
Distinguished Professor (visiting) of Law and Economics, University of Kansas, 1991
Clifton R. Musser Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Law School, 1971-81
Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Law School, 1964-70
Professor, University of Virginia, 1958-64
Professor, University of Buffalo, 1951-58
Reader, London School of Economics, 1947-51
Lecturer, London School of Economics, 1938-47
Assistant Lecturer, London School of Economics, 1935-38
Assistant Lecturer, University of Liverpool, 1934-35
Assistant Lecturer, Dundee School of Economics and Commerce, 1932-34
Sir Ernest Cassel Travelling Scholar, 1931-32
Other
Founder, the Coase Center for the Study of the Economy at Zhejiang University, 2012-2013.
Founder, The Coase China Society, 2011-2013.
Fellow, The School of Global studies, Arizona State University, 2006-2013.
Consulting Director and Academic Advisory Chair, Contracting and Organizations Research Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002-2006
Research Advisor, Ronald Coase Institute, 2000-2013
President, International Society for New Institutional Economics, 1997
Chairman, Advisory Board, Center for Research on Contracts and the Structure of Enterprise, Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, 1991-2002
Editor, Journal of Law and Economics, 1964-82
Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, 1977
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1958-59
Rockefeller Fellow, 1948
Acting British Director of Statistics and Intelligence, Combined Production and Resources Board and Representative of Central Statistical Office (United Kingdom) in Washington, 1945-46
Statistician, later Chief Statistician, Central Statistical Office, Offices of the War Cabinet, (United Kingdom), 1941-46
Head of Statistical Division, Forestry Commission, (United Kingdom) 1940-41
III. Education
Kilburn Grammar School, 1923-1929
London School of Economics, 1929-1931
IV. Degrees
London School of Economics, B. Com. 1932
University of London, D.Sc. (Econ.) 1951
University of Cologne, Dr. Rer. Pol. h.c., 1988
Yale University, D. So. Sc., (honorary) 1989
Washington University in St. Louis, LL.D., (honorary) 1991
University of Dundee, Scotland, LL.D., (honorary) 1992
University of Buckingham, England, D.Sci, (honorary) 1995
Beloit College, D.H.L., (honorary) 1996
Universite de Paris-I, docteur, (honoris causa) 1996
The State University of New York, L.H.D., (honorary) 2012
V. Academic Honours
Distinguished Fellow, American Economic Association
Honorary Fellow, London School of Economics
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Corresponding Fellow, the British Academy
Membre Titulaire, The European Academy
Law and Economics Center Prize, University of Miami, 1980
D. Francis Bustin Prize, University of Chicago, 1988
Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 1991
VI. Publications