Background
Siegel, Abraham J. was born on November 6, 1922 in New York City. Son of Samuel J. and Dora (Drach) Siegel.
academic administrator economics professor
Siegel, Abraham J. was born on November 6, 1922 in New York City. Son of Samuel J. and Dora (Drach) Siegel.
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, City College of New York, 1943; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1961.
Instructor department economics, City College of New York, 1947-1949;
research economist, Institute Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley, 1952-1954;
instructor department economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1954-1956;
assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1956-1959;
associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1959-1964;
professor department economics Sloan School Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1964-1993;
associate dean Sloan School Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1967-1980;
dean, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1980-1987;
professor emeritus, senior lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1993. Special lecturer Trade Union Program, Harvard University, 1961-1964. Visiting professor Brandeis U., 1956-1960.
Visiting principal member division International Institute Labour Studies, International Labour Office, Geneva, 1964-1965. Associate staff director Committee Economics Development, Study Group on National Labor Policy, 1960-1961. Trustee, chairman administrative committee Massachusetts Institute of Technology Retirement Plan for Staff Mems., 1970-1991.
Board of directors Whitehead Institute biomedical Research, Analysis Group, Inc., International Data Group. Member of advisory group International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria. Member Framingham School Committee, South Middlesex Regional District Vocational School Committee, 1968-1971.
With United States Air Force, 1943-1946. Member American Economics Association, Industrial Relations Research Association, National Academy Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association (member various panels), Institute Management Sciences Business Roundtable (Executive Committee), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Lillian Wakshull, December 22, 1946. Children: Emily Jean Siegel Stangle, Paul Howard, Barbara Ann Pugliese.