Laura Tyson
Laura D'Andrea Tyson (born June 28, 1947) is an American economist and university administrator who is currently a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School at the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley and a senior fellow at the Berggruen Institute. She served as the 16th Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 1993 to 1995 and 2nd Director of the National Economic Council from 1995 to 1996 under President Bill Clinton. Tyson was the first woman to hold each of those posts. She remains the only person to have served in both posts.
Laura Tyson | |
|---|---|
| 2nd Director of the National Economic Council | |
| In office February 21, 1995 – December 12, 1996 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Robert Rubin |
| Succeeded by | Gene Sperling |
| 16th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
| In office February 5, 1993 – April 22, 1995 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Michael Boskin |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Stiglitz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Laura D'Andrea June 28, 1947 Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Smith College (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA, PhD) |
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