Alan Harold Williams

Background

Williams, Alan Harold was born on June 9, 1927 in Birmingham, England. Son of Harold George and Gladys May (Clarke) Williams.

Education

Bachelor Commerce, University Birmingham, England, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Lund, Sweden, 1977.

Career

He was a Professor of Economics at the University of York and aided the development of health economics in Britain from the late 1960s to the mid 2000s. One of his papers was in 1997 deemed by experts to be the most influential book or article published in the 25-year history of health economics. Williams was an advocate of the quality-adjusted life year (QALY) as a measure of healthcare benefit and his work arguably influenced the creation of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence in 1999.

He was known for his left-of-centre approach to economics, and was brought to York by Alan Peacock and Jack Wiseman.

Achievements

• Alan Harold Williams has been listed as a noteworthy economics professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Principles of Practical Cost-Benefit Analysis

    (An introduction to the practice of cost-benefit analysis ...)

  • Efficiency in the Social Services (Aspects of social policy)
  • Output budgeting and the contribution of micro-economics to efficiency in government (CAS occasional paper)

Politics

This prompted Enoch Powell to ask how his libertarian colleagues could tolerate such a socialist in their midst.

Membership

Member Royal Commission on National Health Service, London, 1975-1977. Corporal Royal Air Force, 1945-1948, Middle East. Fellow British Academy (senior ).

Member Royal Economic Society, American Economic Association, Health Economists Study Group.

Interests

• Music, walking.

Connections

Married June Frances Porter, November 9, 1953. Children: Mark Alan, Susan Heather, Paul Robert.

Father:

Harold George Williams

Mother:

Gladys May (Clarke) Williams

Spouse:

June Frances Porter

child:

Susan Heather Williams

child:

Mark Alan Williams

child:

Paul Robert Williams