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John Kenneth Galbraith
Currently alive, at 99 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Diplomat, Economists
1908 - Born to Canadians of Scottish descent on the 15th of October.
1931 - Graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College with a B.Sc degree.
1933 - Received an M.Sc and Ph.D in Agricultural Economics.
1934 - University of California, Berkeley.
- He also became a tutor at Harvard University.
1937 - He became a United States citizen, but he was honoured by his native country to his life's end and frequently adverted to his Canadian origins
1934-1939 - He taught intermittently at Harvard.
- He taught at Princeton University.
1943-1948 - He served as editor of Fortune magazine.
1949 - He was appointed professor of economics at Harvard.
1961-1963 - He was appointed as U.S. ambassador to India.
1972 - He served as president of the American Economic Association.
- President of American Economic Association.
1984-1987 - President of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
1997 - He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
2000 - He was awarded his second U. S. Presidential Medal of Freedom.
2006 - On the 29th of April, he died at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts of natural causes, after a two-week stay in the hospital.
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- "The salary of the chief executive of the large corporations is not an award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm gesture by the individual to himself."
- "Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite."
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