Jacques H. Drèze#
Jacques H. Drèze#
Obituary, Martin Kahanec, Section Chair Economics, Business & Management Sciences, Academia Europaea
Obituary, European Economic Association
Obituary, International Economic Association
Obituary, European University Institute
Curriculum vitae#
Full CV
Degrees
- Licencié en Sciences Economiques, 1951
- Licencié en Sciences Commerciales et Financières, 1951, Université de Liège (Summa cum Laude)
- Ph.D. in Economics, 1958, Columbia University
- CRB Graduate Fellow, 1952-1954, Columbia University, Harvard University, University of Chicago and University of Michigan
Teaching
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Carnegie Institute of Technology, (Graduate School of Industrial Administration), 1957-1958
- Chargé de cours, Université Catholique de Louvain, (Institut des Sciences Economiques), 1958-1962
- Visiting Associate Professor, Northwestern University, (Department of Economics), 1962
- Professeur ordinaire, Université Catholique de Louvain,, (Institut des Sciences Economiques), 1962-1989
- Ford Foundation Professor, 1963-1964, Professor, 1964-1968 University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business and Department of Economics
- Titulaire de la Chaire Francqui Belge, Université Libre de Bruxelles 1970-1971
- Titulaire de la Chaire Francqui Belge, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 1982-1983
- Andrew D. White Professor at Large, Cornell University, 1971-1977
- Member of the Program Committee, European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics, 1978-1989
Research
- Research Fellow, Carnegie Institute of Technology, September-December 1954
- Chargé de recherche, Centre d'Etudes de Recherche Opérationnelle, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1958-1960
Research Associate
- Purdue University (Kranert School of Management), June-August 1957
- Northwestern University (The Technological Institute), June-August 1962
- Northwestern University (Econometrics Research Center), June-August 1963
- University of Wisconsin (Mathematics Research Center and Social Systems Research Institute), June-August 1964
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan School of Management), July-August 1966
- Stanford University (Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences), July 1979
- Research Director, 1966-1971, President, 1971-1983, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
- Member, 1984-1985, Chairman, 1986-1987, CEPS Macroeconomic Policy Group
- Coordinator, European Unemployment Programme, 1985-1988
Activity within International Associations
Institute of Management Science
- Président du Comité organisateur, Congrès Mondial de Bruxelles, 1961
- Director, International Center for Management Science, Louvain, 1966-1971
Econometric Society
- Associate Editor, 1963-1964, Co-Editor, 1964-1969 of Econometrica
- President of the Programme Committee, European Congress of Zurich, 1964
- Fellow of the Econometric Society, 1964
- Vice-President, 1969, President of the Econometric Society, 1970
International Economic Association
- Co-Director, Workshop in Economic Theory, Bergen, 1971
- President, 1996-1999, Past President, 1999-2002
- European Economic Association
- President, 1985-1986
Honours
- "Prix des Alumni", Fondation Universitaire, Brussels, 1964
- Honorary Member of the American Economic Association, 1976
- Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1978
- Foreign Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1980
- Member, Academia Europaea, 1989
- Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, 1990
- Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, 1993
- Prix Emile De Laveleye, Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 1993
- Honorary Member of Asociacion Argentina di Economica Politica, 1998
- Lauréat du Prix "Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni" attribué par l'Academia dei Lincei, Rome, 1999
- Honorary Member of Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, 1999
- Membre correspondant, Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 2000; hors cadre, 2004
- Lauréat du Maastricht Award for European Economic Cooperation, 2005
Doctor Honoris Causa
- University of Essex, July 1980
- Université de Paris I-Sorbonne, November 1980
- Université de Montréal, May 1982
- Université de Liège, March 1983
- Universiteit Antwerpen, May 1985
- Norges Handelshoyskole, Bergen, September 1986
- Universita degli Studi di Bologna, February 1988
- Université de Genève, June 1988
- Universität Basel, September 1988
- University of Chicago, June 1991
- Université d'Aix - Marseille, November 1992.
- Université de Cergy-Pontoise, November 1999.
- Libera Universita di Bolzano - Freie Universitat Bolzen, September 2000.
- European University Institute, Florence, September 2002.
- Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, January 2003.
- Universiteit Maastricht, January 2005.
- Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, March 2008.