Arthur F. Burns

Arthur Frank Burns ( * April 27, 1904 in Stanislav, Austria - Hungary, today Ukraine, † June 26, 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland) was an American economist and diplomat. For his contributions to the German -American Relations him the Federal Cross of Merit was awarded with Star and Sash.

Life

Burns ' family emigrated in 1910 to the United States. After studying at New York's Columbia University, he taught there from 1926 to 1927 Economics and received his doctorate with a thesis on Productions trends in the United States since 1870. After working in various economic advisory institutions he served from 1953 to 1956 as Chairman of the Council of economic adviser under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Richard Nixon appointed him in 1970 as head of the U.S. central bank, a post he held until 1978.

Ronald Reagan appointed him in 1981 to the United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn, where he was on the post until May 1985. He died on June 26, 1987 in Baltimore.

After Arthur F. Burns is one of the most prestigious German journalists scholarships, the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship is named.

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