Portraits of influence
#11:
Gary Becker ’51
Becker won the Nobel Prize in economics for “having extended the
domain of economic theory to aspects of human behavior which previously
had been dealt with — if at all — by other social-science
disciplines such as sociology, demography, and criminology.” His
work has been influential in setting policy relating to labor, education,
crime, discrimination, and other issues. 
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By
Michael Witte ’66
Who’s who in the illustration: Numbers in parentheses
represent the rankings on the PAW panel’s list.
