Background
Weckstein, Richard Selig was born on February 11, 1924 in New York City. Son of Isidore and Flo (Litwin) Weckstein.
Weckstein, Richard Selig was born on February 11, 1924 in New York City. Son of Isidore and Flo (Litwin) Weckstein.
Bachelor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin-Madison, 1947. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1953.
Assistant professor, New York University, New York City, 1951-1953;
assistant professor, U. Buffalo, 1953-1957;
visiting faculty, Gadjah Mada U., Jogjakarta, Indonesia, 1957-1958;
visiting associate professor, U. Rochester, New York, 1958-1959;
assistant professor, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1959-1962;
associate professor, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1962-1966;
professor, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1967-1973;
Carl Marks professor economics, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1973-1993;
professor emeritus, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts
forensic economist, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1971. Member Consumers Council, Massachusetts, 1964-1972. Consultant mission to Liberia Harvard Development Advisory Service, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1964, 66.
Consultant to Internal Bank of Reconstrn. Development, Washington, 1971-1972. Visiting scholar Nuffield College, Oxford, 1972.
Lecturer Flaschner Judicial Institute of Massachusetts Bar Foundation, 1981-1983. Lecturer Massachusetts Council Trial Attorneys, 1986-1987.
Board of directors Beacon Hill Civic Association, Boston, 1980-1983. Trustee Longy School Music, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990. Served to First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1942-1946.
Member American Economics Association, Atlantic Economics Society, National Association Forensic Economics, North Haven Yacht Club (Maine) (board directors since 1983, president 1988-1992).
Married Muriel Watenmaker, June 11, 1947. Children: Beth Alison Harris, Leslie Ellen Hyman.