Where his world started...
Ben Bernanke was born on December 13, 1953 in Augusta, Georgia. He grew up in Dillon, South Carolina. He received a B.A. in economics in 1975 from Harvard University and later received a Ph.D. in economics in 1979 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
When did he become Chairman and member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System?Ben Bernanke was sworn in on February 1, 2006. Not only does he serve as Chairman amd member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, but he also serves as the Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee. He has been appointed as a member of the Board for a fourteen year term, which expires in 2020. He is also appointed to a four year term as Chairman, which expires in 2010.
What did he do before he was appointed as Chairman?
Ben Bernanke was Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, from June of 2005 to January of 2006.
He also was the Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, besides that he was Chair of the Economics Department at Princeton University in 1996 to 2002. He has served as a Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton since 1985.
Other Accomplishments...
Even before arriving at Princeton he was an Associate Professor of Economics in 1983 to 1985. An Assistant Professor of Economics in 1979 to 1983 at the Graduate School of Business at Standford University. He also had a teaching career included serving as a Visiting Professor of Economics at New York University in 1993 and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989 to 1990.
If you think this guy hasn't done a lot so far in his life you wouldn't believe me when I told you he has also published several articles on a variety of economic issues and author of several books.
Personal Life...
Ben Bernanke is married and has two kids.
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