Word: merton
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President Neil L. Rudenstine named Robert C. Merton, the Harvard Business School (HBS) professor who shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics, as the first John and Natty McArthur University Professor. Cornel West '74, famed author and philosopher, will hold the first Alphonse Fletcher Jr. University Professorship. And William Julius Wilson, a theorist on urban problem who has served as an unofficial adviser to President Clinton, was named Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor...
...Merton said his appointment had emotionalsignificance for him, in addition to itsprofessional distinction...
...Nobel laureate in economics, Merton was honored for "changing the foundation of economic theory and pricing," according to the award announcement made before the game...
...lovely," Merton said in an interview yesterday. "A wide variety of backgrounds is recognized," he said, "including a high school teacher who had won the Teacher of the Year award. It was very nice...
...Heroes Among Us" program was initiated by new Celtics coach Rick Pitino, the team's 13th coach, as part of his objective for the team to play a greater role in affecting the New England community, Merton said...