Background
SHAPIRO, Eli was born on June 13, 1916 in New York, United States. Son of Samuel Shapiro and Pauline Kushel Shapiro.
economist educator business consultant
SHAPIRO, Eli was born on June 13, 1916 in New York, United States. Son of Samuel Shapiro and Pauline Kushel Shapiro.
AB, Brooklyn College, 1936. A.M., Columbia University, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1939.
Instructor Brooklyn College, 1936-1941. Research associate National Bureau Economic Research, 1938-1939, consultant, 1939-1942, member research staff, 1955-1962. Assistant professor finance University Chicago, 1946-1947, associate professor, 1948-1952, professor, 1952.
Professor finance Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952-1961. Associate dean Massachusetts Institute of Technology (School Industrial Management), 1954-1958, Alfred P. Sloan professor management, 1976-1984, Alfred P. Sloan professor emeritus, from 1984. Professor finance Harvard Business School, 1962-1972, Sylvan C. Coleman professor finance management, 1968-1972.
Chairman finance committee Travelers Insurance Companies, Hartford, Connecticut, 1971-1978, vice chairman, 1976-1978. Chairman board Massachusetts Company, 1971-1972. President National Bureau Economic Research, 1982-1984.
Chairman board Federal Home Loan Bank Boston, 1970-1989. Economic analyst division monetary research United States Department Treasury, 1941-1942. Economist research division OPA, 1941-1942.
Staff consultant Committee Economic Development, 1950-1951, member research advisory committee, 1961-1964, 69-2010, project director, 1966-1969. Consultant secretary treasury. Member enforcement commission Wage Stabilization Board, 1952-1953.
Consultant Institute Defense Analyses. Deputy director Research Committee Money Credit, 1959-1961.
(Book by Shapiro, Eli, Wolf, Charles R.)
Author: (with others) Personal Finance Industry and Its Credit Standards, 1939, (with Steiner) Money and Banking, 1941, Development of Wisconsin Credit Union Movement, 1947, Money and Banking, 1953, (with others), 1958, (with D. Meiselman) Measurement of Corporate Sources and Uses of Funds, 1964, (with others) Money and Banking, 1969, (with Wolf) The Role of Private Placement in Corporate Finance, 1972. Editor: (with W.L. White) Capital for Productivity and Growth, 1977.
Served from ensign to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member National Bureau Economic Research, American Economic Association, Council Foreign Relations, American Finance Association.
Married Beatrice Ferbend, January 18, 1946 (deceased July 1999). 1 child, Laura J.