Shultz, George P(ratt)

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SHULTZ, George P(ratt)

SHULTZ, George P(ratt). American, b. 1920. Genres: Business/Trade/ Industry, Economics, Industrial relations, Autobiography/Memoirs. Career: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, member of faculty, 1949- 57; University of Chicago, Professor of Industrial Relations, 1957-68, Dean, Graduate School of Business, 1962-68; U.S. Secretary of Labor, Washington, 1969-70; Office of Mgmt. and Budget, Washington, Director, 1970-72; Secretary of the Treasury, Chairman of the Cost of Living Council, Washington, 1972-74; Stanford University, Professor of Mgmt. and Public Policy, 1974, Graduate School of Business, Professor of Intl Economics, 1989-; Bechtel Group, Executive Vice-President, 1974-75, President, 1975- 77, Vice-Chairman, 1977-81, President, 1981-82, Director and Senior Counselor, 1989-; U.S. Secretary of State, 1982-89; Hoover Institution, Distinguished Fellow, 1989-. Sr. Staff Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1955-56; Consultant to Office of U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1959-60; Member, Illinois Governor's Committee on Unemployment, 1961-62; Consultant to President, Advisory Commission on Labor- Management Policy, 1961-62; Chairman, U.S. Dept. of Labor Task Force on U.S. Employment Service, 1965-68; Member, U.S. Dept. of Labor National Manpower Policy Task Force, 1966-68; President, Industrial Relations Research Association, 1968; Chairman, President's Economic Advisory Board, 1981-82. Publications: Pressures on Wage Decisions, 1951; (with C. Myers) The Dynamics of a Labor Market, 1951; (with J.R. Coleman) Labor Problems: Cases and Readings, 1953; (with T. Whisler) Management Organization and The Computer, 1960; (with A. Weber) Strategies for the Displaced Worker, 1966; (with R. Aliber) Guidelines, Informal Controls, and the Marketplace, 1966; (with A. Rees) Workers and Wages in the Urban Labor Market, 1970; Leaders and Followers in an Age of Ambiguity, 1975; (with K.W. Dam) Economic Policy Beyond the Headlines, 1979; Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State, 1993. Address: Hoover Institution, Stanford, CA 94305-6010, U.S.A.