Lawrence Juen-Yee Lau

Background

Lau, Lawrence Juen-Yee was born on December 12, 1944 in Guizhou, China. Son of Shai-Tat and Chi-Hing (Yu) Liu. came to the United States, 1961, naturalized, 1974.

Education

Bachelor with distinction, Stanford University, 1964; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1969.

Career

From acting assistant professor economics to associate professor, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1966-1976; professor, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, since 1976; Kwoh-Ting Li professor economics development, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, since 1992. Co-director Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, 1992-1996, director Stanford Institute Economics Policy Research, since 1997. Consultant The World Bank, Washington, since 1976.

Vice chairman Bank of Canton of California Building Corporation, San Francisco, 1981-1985. Director Bank of Canton of California, San Francisco, 1979-1985, Property Resources Equity Trust, Los Gatos, 1987-1988. Vice chairman Complete Computer Company Far Eat Ltd., Hong Kong, 1981-1989.

Board directors Taiwan Fund, Inc.

Achievements

• Lawrence Juen-Yee Lau has been listed as a noteworthy Economics educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Farmer Education and Farm Efficiency (World Bank)

Membership

Advisory board Self-Help for Elderly, San Francisco, since 1982. Board directors Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exch., since 1989. Governors county economics policy advisors State of California, 1993-1999.

Member Asian Art Commission, San Francisco, since 1998. Fellow Econometric Society. Member Academia Sinica, Conference Research in Income and Wealth, Chinese Academy Social Sciences (honorary).

Connections

Married Tamara K. Jablonski, June 23, 1984.

Father:

Shai-Tat Liu

Mother:

Chi-Hing (Yu) Liu

Spouse:

Tamara K. Jablonski