Biography of Lester Thurow -

Lester Carl Thurow is a former dean of the MIT
Sloan School of Management and author of numerous
bestsellers on mainstream economics.

Thurow was born on May 7, 1938, in Livingston
Montana.  He got his B.A. in political economy
from Williams College in 1960, where he was Phi
Beta Kappa as a junior, and a Tyng Scholar. 
Thurow was awarded a Rhodes Scholar|Rhodes
Scholarship, and went to Balliol College, Oxford
to study Philosophy, receiving his M.A. in
Philosophy with first class honors.  He also
received a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard
University in 1964.

Thurow is on the board of directors of Analog
Devices, Grupo Casa Autrey, and E*Trade.

Thurow is currently an economics columnist for,
among others, the Boston Globe and USA Today.  He
was previously an economics columnist for and on
the editorial board of the New York Times, and was
a contributing editor to Newsweek.

==External links==

* http://www.lthurow.com/ Personal webpage with
articles, notes, and biographical info
* CFO Magazine -
http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/3011355?f=featured
Interview
* Wired magazine Issue 12.01 | Jan 2004 -
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.01/view.html
?pg=3 Patents' Raging Bull - Lester Thurow's
patent plan
* The Globalist -
http://www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/AuthorBiography.
aspx?AuthorId=412 Short biography

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Biography of Lester Thurow -