Dale Mortensen
Professor Dale Mortensen graduated with a B.A. in economics from Willamette University and graduated from from Carnegie Mellon University with a Ph.D. in Economics. He recently received the Nobel Prize in Economics jointly with Chris Pissarides and Peter Diamond in 2010. He has been on the faculty of Northwestern University since 1965 and a professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences at the Kellogg School of Management since 1980. Purple pride runs deep in his family as his children and grandchildren continues a streak of preference for Northwestern University.
We followed up a lecture the Undergraduate Economics Society held where Professor Mortensen gave a brief lecture on his Nobel Prize winning work involving the frictions of the labor markets. The introduction was given by Economics Professor Mark Witte, who was also a graduate student under the advisory role of Dale. It was Dale’s first time addressing undergraduate students after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Norway. With a packed room, students eager to learn Dale’s research extended beyond the pool of economics major students to a broad range of backgrounds.
Here is a video interview with Dale and the insights into his journey.
His Nobel Prize Award Ceremony Lecture can be found in video format at: http://nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1430
His lecture at Uppsala University can be found here:
Students can follow up with Professor Mortensen at: [email protected]
His department page can be found at: http://www.econ.northwestern.edu/people/mortensen.html
