Laura Tyson's Biography

Laura D'Andrea Tyson was born on June 28th, 1947 in Bayonne, New Jersey. Tyson has an extensive background in the field of economics. She received a B.A. in Economics from Smith College with summa cum laude in 1969 and went on to earn a Ph.D in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974 specializing in International Trade, Economic Development, and Macroeconomics. Afterwards, she was an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Princeton University from 1974-1977. She has held various positions at the University of California, Berkeley where she is currently a professor and faculty director at the Haas School of Business. From 1993 to 1995 she served as the Chairman for the White House Council of Economic Advisors and from 1995-1996 she served as the Chairman of the National Economic Council during Bill Clinton's administration. She also served in the Obama administration on the Council of Jobs and Competitiveness from 2011 to 2013 and the President's Economic Recovery A
dvisory Board from 2009 to 2011. Additionally, she was the Dean of London Business School from 2002-2006. Tyson is also a member of the Foreign Affairs Policy Board at the U.S. Department of State.

Tyson's current research and interests focus on changes in the global economy (with special focus on high-technology competition), doing business in emerging market economies, and US trade policy. She has written publications on industrial competitiveness and trade. Her work is important to the field of economics because she has been worked with presidents to improve the job market and worked in academic settings to understand more about how different job markets and competitiveness works and interacts. I think her work is relevant to our class because we study how organizations evolve and develop and some of Tyson's work deals with understanding how new technologies influence the market and this affects how organizations work. I have not previously known about Laura D'Andrea Tyson's work. However, I highly respect her achievements and service with Clinton's and Obama's administrations, her place in the US Department of State, and serving as various high-ranking academic positions in institutions across the country and world. It is very inspiring to see such an accomplished woman in the field of economics hold so many notable positions.

Sources:
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/business/economy/laura-dandrea-tyson-bio.html?mcubz=1
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/online_marketing/facultyCV/tyson_laura.pdf
http://facultybio.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty-list/tyson-laura/

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