Background
Townsend, Robert Morris was born on April 23, 1948.
Townsend, Robert Morris was born on April 23, 1948.
Bachelor, Duke University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1975.
Research assistant Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1970. Graduate teaching assistant, microecons. University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1972—1974.
Assistant professor economics Grad School Industrial Administration Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1975—1978, associate professor economics, 1978—1980, professor economics, 1980—1985, University Chicago, 1985—1994, director admissions, 1992—2000, Charles E. Merriam professor, 1994—1998, Charles E. Merriam distinguished service professor economics, since 1997. Visiting professor economics University Chicago, 1984—1986. Sticerd visiting professor London School of Economics, 1996.
Distinguished visiting professor CEMFI, Madrid, 1997. Visiting professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 2001. Member executive board Population Research Center, NORC, Chicago.
Consultant Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, International Monetary Fund, since 2001, The World Bank, Fes. Reserve Bank Chicago. Member economics panel National Science Foundation, Washington, 1989—1991.
Fellow: Econometric Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member: Phi Beta Kappa.