Here’s a take a look at the lifetime of former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.
Birth date: March 6, 1926
Birth place: New York, New York
Birth identify: Alan Greenspan
Father: Herbert Greenspan, stockbroker
Mother: Rose (Goldsmith) Greenspan
Marriages: Andrea Mitchell (1997-present); Joan Mitchell (1952-1953, annulled)
Education: New York University, B.S., 1948; New York University, M.A., 1950; New York University, Ph.D., 1977
Studied music at Juilliard and toured the nation taking part in tenor sax and clarinet with The Henry Jerome Orchestra.
Was an in depth pal of author Ayn Rand.
1948-1953 – Works on the National Industrial Conference Board.
1953 – Opens financial consulting agency Townsend-Greenspan & Co. with William Townsend.
1968 – Volunteers for the Richard Nixon presidential marketing campaign.
1974-1977 – Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
1977-1987 – After Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as president, Greenspan returns to Townsend-Greenspan & Co.
1981-1983 – Chairman of the National Commission on Social Security Reform.
June 2, 1987 – Is nominated to be chairman of the Federal Reserve by President Ronald Reagan.
July 31, 1987 – Townsend-Greenspan & Co. formally closes.
August 11, 1987 – Is sworn in as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
September 26, 2002 – Receives the honorary title Knight of the British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II.
November 9, 2005 – Is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush.
January 31, 2006 – Retires as Federal Reserve chairman.
2006 – Opens the consulting agency Greenspan Associates.
September 17, 2007 – Greenspan’s e book, “The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World,” is printed.
October 22, 2013 – Greenspan’s e book, “The Map and the Territory: Risk, Human Nature, and the Future of Forecasting,” is printed.
October 2018 – “Capitalism in America: A History,” a e book written by Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge, is printed.
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