Background
Moskow, Michael Harold was born on January 7, 1938 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Jacob and Sylvia (Edelstein) Moskow.
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Moskow, Michael Harold was born on January 7, 1938 in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Son of Jacob and Sylvia (Edelstein) Moskow.
AB, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1959. Master of Arts in Economics, University Pennsylvania, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1965.
Degree (honorary), Depaul University. Degree (honorary), Dominican University. Degree (honorary), Lafayette College.
Degree (honorary), Lewis University.
From 1994 to 2007, he served as president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. During the course of his career, he has been confirmed by the United States. Senate for five positions in the federal government. Moskow began his career teaching economics, labor relations, and management at Temple University, Lafayette College, and Drexel University.
From 1969 to 1977, he held a number of senior positions in the federal government, including Deputy Secretary at the United States. Department of Labor, director of the Council on Wage and Price Stability, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at the United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and senior staff economist with the Council of Economic Advisers.
In 1977, Moskow joined the private sector at Esmark in Chicago and later held senior management positions at Northwest Industries, Dart & Kraft, and Premark International. In 1991, President George H. West. Bush appointed Moskow Deputy United States. Trade Representative, with the corresponding rank of Ambassador.
In this role, he was responsible for trade negotiations with Japan, China, and Southeast Asian countries, as well as oversight of industries such as steel, semiconductors, and aircraft. Moskow returned to academia in 1993, joining the faculty of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University where he was professor of strategy and international management at the time of his appointment as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Active in numerous professional and civic organizations, Moskow is currently chairman of the Japan America Society of Chicago.
He is also a member and former chairman of the Economic Club of Chicago and serves as a director of World Business Chicago, the Chicago Workforce Investment Council, and the National Futures Association. In the past, he has served on the boards of the Council on Foreign Relations and Northwestern Memorial Foundation. Since leaving his position at the Federal Reserve, Moskow joined the boards of Discover Financial Services, Northern Funds, Taylor Capital Group, Commonwealth Edison, and Diamond Management & Technology Consultants (which merged with PricewaterhouseCoopers in November 2010).
Moskow was born in Paterson, New Jersey.
He has received honorary doctoral degrees from DePaul University, Dominican University, Lafayette College, and Lewis University. Moskow is married to Suzanne Kopp-Moskow.
In that capacity, he was a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve System"s most important monetary policy-making body. He is a board member and former chairman of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. A trustee of Lafayette College, Moskow also maintains a connection to Northwestern University"s Kellogg School of Management as a member of its Dean"s Advisory Board.
He received an Bachelor of Arts in economics from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity, and a Doctor of Philosophy in business and applied economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Married Constance Bain, December 18, 1966 (deceased). Children: Robert Bain, Eliot Marc, Lisa Danielle. Married Suzanne Kopp February 9, 2008.
