Modigliani, Franco

1918 - Born in Italy on the 18th of June.

1939 - He left Italy for the US because of his Jewish background and antifascist views.

1944 - He obtained his Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research working under Jacob Marschak.

1946 - He became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

1948 - He joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty.

1950 - He was a professor at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration of Carnegie Mellon University.

1962 - He joined the faculty at MIT, achieving distinction as an Institute Professor.

1976 - President of American Economic Association.

1985 - Nobel Prize in Economics.

2003 - Died on the 25th of September.