Background
Chenery was born in Richmond, son of Christopher Chenery, a businessman and horseman.
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Burnley Hollis
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He was educated in Virginia, Pelham Manor, New York and at the universities of Arizona and Oklahoma. After the war he earned Master degrees from California Institute of Technology and the University of Virginia and a Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University (awarded 1950).
Career
He served in the United States Army Air Forces in World World War World War II He worked as a professor of economics at Stanford from 1952 to 1961, as a Guggenheim fellow in 1961 and joined the United States Agency for International Development in 1961, and rose to become an assistant administrator. In 1965 he became a professor of economics at Harvard. He worked as the World Bank"s vice president for development policy from 1972 through to 1982.
Chenery"s work was wide ranging but might be summarised as involving the analysis of patterns of development, the use of a two-gap model and multi-sectoral analysis.
He was played by Dylan Baker in the 2010 film Secretariat.
Achievements
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Secretariat became the first horse in 25 years to win the American Triple Crown, with record-setting victories in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes. After Secretariat"s victory in the Belmont Stakes, Hollis Chenery led the horse down the walkway to the winner"s circle as cameras took pictures and the crowd gave a standing ovation.
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Nationality
American