Stanley Martin Besen

Background

Besen, Stanley Martin was born on December 17, 1937 in Brooklyn. Son of Moe and Sylvia (Forgang) Besen.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, City College of New York, 1958; Master of Arts, Yale University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1964.

Career

Acting assistant professor economics University California-Santa Barbara, 1962-1963. Economist Institute Defense Analyses, 1963-1965. Member faculty Rice University, Houston, 1965-1980, professor economics, 1974-1979, Cline professor economics and finance, 1979-1980.

Co-director network inquiry special staff Federal Communications Commission, 1978-1980. Senior economist Rand Corporation, Washington, 1980-1992. Vice president Charles River Associates, 1992—2008, senior consultant, since 2008.

Visiting Henley professor law and business Columbia University, 1988—1989. Visiting professor law and economics Georgetown University Law Center, 1990—1991. Member task force national telecommunications policy making Aspen Institute Program Communications and Society, 1977.

Member advisory panel on intellectual property rights in an age of electronics and information Office of Technology Assessment, 1984—1985, member advisory panel on communications system for an information age, 1986—1988. Member committee on internet searching and the domain name system The National Academies Computer Science and Telecomm. Board, 2001—2004; member board on earth science and resources, committee on licensing geographic data and services National Research Council, 2003—2004.

Achievements

• Stanley Martin Besen has been listed as a noteworthy Economist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Misregulating Television: Network Dominance and the Fcc

Membership

Member American Economics Association.

Connections

Married Marlene Dublirer, June 10, 1961. Children: Roberta Ann, Elizabeth Rebecca.

Father:

Moe Besen

Mother:

Sylvia (Forgang) Besen

Spouse:

Marlene Dublirer

child:

Roberta Ann Besen

child:

Elizabeth Rebecca Besen