Herbert Scarf
Herbert Eli Scarf (July 25, 1930 – November 15, 2015) was an American economist and professor emeritus of Economics at Yale University (2010-2015).
He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He served as the president of the Econometric Society in 1983. He received both the Frederick Lanchester Award in 1973 and the John von Neumann Medal in 1983 from the Operations Research Society of America and was elected as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association in 1991.
Scarf was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied at Princeton University and at Temple University. Scarf died at his home in Sag Harbor, New York from heart failure, aged 85.[1]
References
- ↑ Herbert Scarf, an Economist’s Mathematician, Dies at 85. The New York Times. November 21, 2015. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/23/business/herbert-scarf-an-economists-mathematician-dies-at-85.html?_r=1.
Other websites
- Personal web site
- The works of Herbert Scarf Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
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