OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Paul Adolph Volcker Jr
BORN:
September 5, 1927;
Cape May, New Jersey
DIED:
December 8, 2019 (age 92);
New York, New York
EDUCATION:
Princeton University (BA)
Harvard University (MA)
London School of Economics
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat
HIGHLIGHTS:
1969-1974:
Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
1975-1979:
President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
1979-1987:
Chairman of the Federal Reserve
2009-2011:
Chairman, President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board
RESOURCES:
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of NY
Volcker Alliance
Wikipedia
MEDIA COVERAGE:
NOMINATION (7/25/1979)
New York Times
New York Times
RESIGNATION (6/3/1987)
New York Times
New York Times
New York Times
Washington Post
PROFILES
New Yorker (6/26/2010)
OBITUARIES (12/9/2019)
New York Times
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
Financial Times