Background
Ruggles, Richard was born on June 15, 1916 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Clyde Orval and Frances (Holmes) Ruggles.
Ruggles, Richard was born on June 15, 1916 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Clyde Orval and Frances (Holmes) Ruggles.
AB, Harvard University, 1939. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1942.
Economist Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1946. Instructor Harvard University, 1946-1947. Assistant professor economics Yale University, 1947-1949, associate professor, 1949-1954, professor, 1954-1984, professor emeritus, from 1985, chairman department economics, 1959-1962.
Member senior research staff National Bureau Economic Research, 1966-1977. Chairman Prospect Research Corporation, from 1985.
(Book by Ruggles, Nancy D., Ruggles, Richard)
Author: (with Nancy D. Ruggles) National Income Accounting and Income Analysis, 1956, The Design of Economic Accounts, 1970, Integrated Economic Accounts in the United States, 1982, Household and Enterprise Saving and Capital Formation, 1992, Accounting for Saving and Capital Formation in the United States, 1993. Managing editor: Review Income and Wealth, 1970-1987.
The development of national economic accounts and their integration with microdata bases for enterprises, households and governments.
Fellow Econometric Society (secretary 1955-1970), American Statistical Association. Member Conference Research in Income and Wealth, International Association Research in Income and Wealth (executive secretary 1987-1989, chairman 1992-1994), American Economic Association.
Married Nancy Dunlap, June 1, 1946 (deceased April 1987). Children: Ann Patricia, Catherine Joan, John Steven. Married Caridad Navarrete Kindelan de Moya, April 1990.