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Marina von Neumann Whitman (born March 6, 1935) is an American economist, writer and former automobile executive. She is a professor of business administration and public policy at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business as well as The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2008. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Document Number: H1000105765. Fee. Retrieved 2008-12-17. Entry Updated 2004-11-09. From 1979 until 1992 she was an officer of the
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Corporation, first as vice president and chief economist, and later as vice president and group executive for public affairs, which included the Economics, Environmental Activities, Industry-Government Relations and Public Relations staffs. She also serves or has served as a director of several leading multinational corporations and research and policy institutions, including the
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and
Peterson Institute for International Economics The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), known until 2006 as the Institute for International Economics (IIE), is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It was founded by C. Fred Bergsten in 1981 and has been led by ...
. Prior to her appointment at GM, Whitman was a member of the faculty in the Department of Economics at the
University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...
, beginning as an instructor in 1962 and becoming Distinguished Public Service Professor of Economics in 1973. She served as a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers in 1972–73, while on leave from the university. She was a director at the
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between 1977 and 1987. She is also a former member of the Steering Committee of the
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. Whitman received a B.A. in government from
Radcliffe College Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and functioned as the female coordinate institution for the all-male Harvard College. Considered founded in 1879, it was one of the Seven Sisters colleges and he ...
(now Harvard University), graduating at the top of her class, and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from
Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
. The author of many books, monographs and articles, she is the recipient of numerous fellowships, honors and awards, and holds honorary degrees from over twenty colleges and universities.


Personal life

Her father was the
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, one of the foremost mathematicians and scholars of the 20th century. She is married to Robert Freeman Whitman, professor emeritus of English at the
University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...
, and has two children and two grandchildren. Her step-brother is George H. Kuper, former president and chief executive officer of the Council of Great Lake Industries and an independent consultant in the areas of public policy, environmental and energy issues. Her son, Malcolm Whitman, is professor of developmental biology at
Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
. Her daughter, Laura Whitman, is a specialist in internal medicine and out-patient medical education at
Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
. Laura is married to David L. Downie, a scholar of international environmental policy, who is the son of Leonard Downie, Jr., the journalist and long-time editor of the ''
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''.


Education

*Ph.D. Columbia University, 1962 – economics *M.A. Columbia University, 1959 – economics *B.A. Radcliffe College, 1956 (summa cum laude) – government


Honorary degrees

*Doctor of Humane Letters, Eastern Michigan University, 1992 *Doctor of Laws, University of Notre Dame, 1984 *Doctor of Laws, Claremont University Center & Graduate School, 1984 *Doctor of Laws, Denison University, 1983 *Doctor of Laws, Lehigh University, 1981 *Doctor of Laws, Mount Holyoke College, 1980 *Doctor of Letters, Williams College, 1980 *Doctor of Humane Letters, Baruch College, 1980 *Doctor of Laws, Ripon College, 1980 *Doctor of Laws, Amherst College, 1978 *Doctor of Laws, Rockford College, 1978 *Doctor of Laws, Allegheny College, 1977 *Doctor of Laws, Wilson College, 1977 *Doctor of Laws, Rollins College, 1976 *Doctor of Laws, Marietta College, 1976 *Doctor of Laws, New York Polytechnic Institute, 1975 *Doctor of Laws, Coe College, 1975 *Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Massachusetts, 1975 *Doctor of Laws, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1973 *Doctor of Laws, Cedar Crest College, 1973 *Doctor of Humane Letters, Russell Sage College, 1972


Professional positions

*Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, University of Michigan, 1994– *Distinguished Visiting Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, University of Michigan, 1992–1994 *Vice President and Group Executive, Public Affairs & Marketing Staffs, General Motors Corporation, August 1990 – 1992 *Vice President and Group Executive, Public Affairs Staffs, General Motors Corporation, April 1985 – August 1990 *Vice President and Chief Economist, General Motors Corporation, August 1979 – April 1985 *Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1978–1979 (on sabbatical leave from University of Pittsburgh) *Distinguished Public Service Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, September 1973 – 1979 *Member, Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President, March 1972 – August 1973 *Member, National Price Commission, October 1971 – February 1972 *Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 1971–1973 (on leave March 1972 – August 1973) *Senior Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, 1970–1971 (on leave from University of Pittsburgh) *Associate Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 1966–1971 *Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 1964 – spring 1966 *Lecturer in Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 1962–1964 *Staff Economist, Economic Study of the Pittsburgh Region (Pittsburgh Regional Planning Association and Center for Regional Economic Studies), 1962


Corporate directorships

*Unocal Corporation, 1993–2005 (retired) *Procter & Gamble Company, 1976–2003 (retired) *J.P. Morgan Chase Corporation 2001–2002 (retired) *Alcoa, 1994–2002 (retired) *Chase Manhattan Corporation 1996–2000 (merged into J.P. Morgan Chase Corporation) *Browning-Ferris Industries, 1992–1999 (company sold to Allied Waste Corporation) *Chemical Banking Corporation 1992–1996 (merged into Chase Manhattan Corporation) *Manufacturers Hanover Trust Corporation and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, 1973–1991 (merged into Chemical Banking Corporation) *Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 1973–1979 (resigned upon taking position at GM due to potential conflict of interest) *Marcor Corporation, 1974–1976 (merged into Mobil Corporation)


Academic and research boards

*Board of Trustees, Institute for Advanced Study *Board of Trustees, National Bureau of Economic Research *Board of Directors, Institute for International Economics *Board of Trustees, Salzburg Seminar *Advisory Board Member, Leadership Council, Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan *Board of Governors, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 1992–1999 *Member, Overseers' Committee to Visit Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1992–1998 *Board of Directors, Eurasia Foundation, 1992–1995 *Board of Trustees, Princeton University, 1980–1990; *Board of Directors, The Atlantic Council, 1975–1983 *Board of Directors, American Finance Association, 1979–1981 *Board of Directors, The Council on Foreign Relations, 1977–1987 *Board of Overseers, Harvard University, 1972–1978


Government activities

*Member, Technology Assessment Advisory Council of the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, 1990–1995 * President's Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations, 1987–1993 *President's Export Council, 1986–87 *Commission on Security and Economic Assistance, 1983–1984 President's Commission on Executive Exchange, 1981–1984 *President's Commission for a National Agenda for the Eighties, 1979–1980 *Economic Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1979–1980 *Advisory Committee on the International Monetary System to the U.S. Treasury Department, 1977–1985 *Academic Consultants meetings, Federal Reserve Board, February 1977 *Advisory Committee on Technology and World Trade, 1976–1978 (Office of Technology Assessment) *Seminars on Global Trade Objectives in an Interdependent World, for U.S. Information Agency – India, February 17–29, 1976 *Advisory Committee on the Balance of Payments Statistics Presentation, 1975–1976 (Office of Management and Budget) *The President's Advisory Group on Contributions of Technology to Economic Strength, 1975–1976 *The President's Economic Summit Meetings, 1974 *Quarterly Economic Meetings, Council of Economic Advisers, 1973–1975 *Member, Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President, March 1972 – August 1973 *Member, National Price Commission, October 1971 – February 1972 *Staff Economist, Economic Study of the Pittsburgh Region (Pittsburgh Regional Planning Association and Center for Regional Economic Studies), 1962


Selected publications


Books

*''The Martian's Daughter. A Memoir'', The University of Michigan Press, 2012. * ''New World, New Rules: The Changing Role of the American Corporation'', Harvard Business School Press, 1999 * ''Reflections of Interdependence: Issues for Economic Theory and U.S. Policy'', University of Pittsburgh Press, 1979. * ''Government Risk-Sharing in Foreign Investment'', Princeton University Press, 1965


Monographs

*The Responsibility Paradox: Multinational Firms and Global Corporate Social Responsibility, with Gerald David and Mayer Zaid, Ross School of Business Working Paper Series, Working Paper 1031, April 200

*Do Exchange Rates Matter: A Global Survey (Project Chair; major authors: Gail Fosler and Eliza Winger), The Conference Board, New York, 2004 *American Capitalism and Global Convergence, Group of Thirty, Washington, D.C., 2003 *The Evolving Corporation: Global Imperatives and National Responses (editor), Group of Thirty, Washington., D.C., 2000 *International Trade and Investment: Two Perspectives: Essays in International Finance #143, Princeton University Press, July 1981 * Economic Goals and Policy Instruments: Policies for Internal and External Balance, Princeton, Special Papers in International Economics #9, 1970


Scholarly and policy articles

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Gerald F. Davis Gerald Fredrick (Jerry) Davis (born 1961) is an American sociologist and the Gilbert and Ruth Whitaker Professor of Business Administration at the University of Michigan, known for his work on corporate networks, social movements and organization ...
, Marina von Neumann Whitman and Mayer N. Zald, "Political Agency and the Responsibility Paradox: Multinationals and Corporate Social Responsibility" In ''Contemporary Political Agency'', Bice Maiguashca and Raffaele Marchetti, eds., London: Routledge, 2013. *
Gerald F. Davis Gerald Fredrick (Jerry) Davis (born 1961) is an American sociologist and the Gilbert and Ruth Whitaker Professor of Business Administration at the University of Michigan, known for his work on corporate networks, social movements and organization ...
, Marina V.N. Whitman, and Mayer N. Zald, 2008. "The responsibility paradox." ''Stanford Social Innovation Review'' 6(1): 30-37 (2008

*"The Open Economy Macromodel: Interactions Between Theoretical Developments and Real-World Behavior," in Arie Arnon and Warren Young (eds.), ''The Open Economy Macromodel: Past, Present and Future'', Boston, Dordrecht and London, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. *"Global Competition and the Changing Role of the American Corporation," ''The Washington Quarterly'', March 1999. *"Domestic Policy Requirements for a Liberal Trade Regime," in Géza Feketekuty (ed.), ''Trade Strategies for a New Era: Ensuring U.S. Leadership in a Global Economy'', New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press, 1998 *"Trade and Growth: Restoring the Virtuous Circle" in Jerry Jasinowski (ed.), ''The Rising Tide: A Path Towards Higher Growth and Economic Prosperity'', Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998 *"Labor Market Adjustment and Trade: Their Interaction in the Triad," in Benjamin Cohen (ed.), ''International Trade and Finance: New Frontiers for Research'', Cambridge University Press, 1997. *"The Socially Responsible Corporation: Responsible to Whom and for What?" in John W. Houck and Oliver F. Williams (eds.), ''Is the Good Corporation Dead? Social Responsibility in a Global Economy'', Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996 *"Using Board Guidelines as a Strategic Tool," ''The Corporate Board'', September/October 1995 *"Flexible Markets, Flexible Firms," ''The American Enterprise'', Vol. 5, No. 3, May–June 1994, pp. 26–37 *"The State of Business: Global Competitiveness and Economic Nationalism," ''Harvard International Review'', Vol.XV, No. 4, Summer 1993 *"Assessing Greater Variability of Exchange Rates: A Private Sector Perspective," in ''American Economic Review'', Vol. 74, No. 2, May 1984 *"Persistent Unemployment: Economic Policy Perspectives," in ''Unemployment & Growth in the Western Economies'', Vol. 2, Project on European Relations, Council on Foreign Relations, 1984 *"Global Monetarism and the Monetary Approach to the Balance of Payments," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 3:1975 *"The Payments Adjustment Process and the Exchange-Rate Regime: What Have We Learned?" in ''American Economic Review'', Papers and Proceedings, May 1975 *"The Current and Future Role of the Dollar: How Much Symmetry?" Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 3:1974 *(with N.C. Miller) "Alternative Theories and Tests of U.S. Short-Term Foreign Investment," ''Journal of Finance'', December 1973 *(with N.C. Miller) "A Mean-Variance Analysis of the United States Long-Term Portfolio Foreign Investment," ''Quarterly Journal of Economics'', Vol. 84 (May 1970)


Fellowships and awards

*New York Association of Business Economists, William F. Butler Memorial Award, 1988 *Columbia University, Award for Excellence, 1984 *Women's Equity Action League Achievement Award, 1979 *Jane Addams Medal, Rockford College, 1976 *Catalyst Award honoring outstanding women in the corporate world, 1976 *George Washington Award of the American Hungarian Foundation, 1975 *Columbia University Medal for Excellence, 1973 *Social Science Research Council Faculty Research Fellowship awarded for 1970–71 (postponed in order to accept Council of Economic Advisers appointment) *National Science Foundation research grant (held jointly with Professor N. C. Miller of Carnegie-Mellon University) for research on "Long-Term Portfolio Investment in the U.S. Balance of Payments," 1968–70 *Research Grant from International Dimensions Program of the Academic Disciplines at the University of Pittsburgh, 1965–66 and 1966–67 *NSF Cooperative Graduate Fellowship (awarded but not accepted) *AAUW American Fellowship (1961–62) *Earhart Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Friedman Fellowship (Columbia) *Jonathan Fay Prize (Radcliffe) *Phi Beta Kappa Prize for highest ranking senior (Radcliffe)


Memberships

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and ...
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American Economic Association The American Economic Association (AEA) is a learned society in the field of economics. It publishes several peer-reviewed journals acknowledged in business and academia. There are some 23,000 members. History and Constitution The AEA was esta ...
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Council on Foreign Relations The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an American think tank A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, mi ...
* National Association for Business Economists *
Phi Beta Kappa Society The Phi Beta Kappa Society () is the oldest academic honor society in the United States, and the most prestigious, due in part to its long history and academic selectivity. Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal ar ...


Professionally related activities

*Board of Trustees,
Institute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States, is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent scholar ...
*Board of Trustees,
National Bureau of Economic Research The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is an American private nonprofit research organization "committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic c ...
*Member,
Bretton Woods Committee The Bretton Woods Committee is an American organization created in 1983 as a result of the agreement between U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Fowler, and U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Charls Walker – at the time a Democrat and a R ...
, Study of International Institutions *Board of Directors,
Institute for International Economics The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), known until 2006 as the Institute for International Economics (IIE), is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It was founded by C. Fred Bergsten in 1981 and has been led by ...
*Member, Consultative Group on International Economic and Monetary Affairs (
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) *Member,
Council on Foreign Relations The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an American think tank A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, mi ...
*Advisory Committee, Bioterrorism Response Group,
University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
*Advisory Board, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan *Board of Trustees,
Salzburg Seminar Salzburg Global Seminar is a non-profit organization that challenges current and future leaders to shape a better world. It convenes programs on health care, education, culture, finance, technology, public policy, media, human rights, corporate g ...
*Member, Advisory Council, Center for Economic Policy Studies,
Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...
*Member, Advisory Board, Council of Great Lakes Industries *Member,
Group of Thirty The Group of Thirty, often abbreviated to G30, is an international body of financiers and academics which aims to deepen understanding of economic and financial issues and to examine consequences of decisions made in the public and private sec ...
*Steering Committee, International Institute and Advanced Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2002–2004 *Board of Governors, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 1992–1999 *Member, Overseers' Committee to Visit Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
, 1992–1998 *Member, The Detroit News Michigan Board of Contributors, 1993–1998 *Member, Commission on NAFTA and Beyond,
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and
Carter Center The Carter Center is a nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. He and his wife Rosalynn Carter partnered with Emory University just after his defeat in the 1980 United States presid ...
(sponsors), 1993–1995 *Member,
The Trilateral Commission The Trilateral Commission is a nongovernmental international organization aimed at fostering closer cooperation between Japan, Western Europe and North America. It was founded in July 1973 principally by American banker and philanthropist David ...
, 1973–1984; 1988–1995 *Board of Directors, Eurasia Foundation, 1992–1995 *Member,
Commission on Presidential Debates The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is a nonprofit corporation established in 1987 under the joint sponsorship of the Democratic and Republican political parties in the United States. The CPD sponsors and produces debates for U.S. pre ...
, 1987–1988 *Member, Planning Committee on International Issues, Harvard University, 1990–1994 *Member, Advisory Board, Issues in Science & Technology published by the
National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nati ...
, 1984–1990 *Board of Trustees, Princeton University, 1980–1990 hairman, Finance Committee (1982–1986); Chairman, Curriculum Committee (1986–1990); Advisory Council, *Department of Economics (1973–1980), Chairman (1976–1977)*Senior Adviser, Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, 1976–1987 *Board of Directors,
Atlantic Council The Atlantic Council is an American think tank in the field of international affairs, favoring Atlanticism, founded in 1961. It manages sixteen regional centers and functional programs related to international security and global economic prosp ...
, 1975–1983 *Board of Directors, American Finance Association, 1979–1981 *Board of Directors, The Council on Foreign Relations, 1977–1987 *Executive Committee, American Economic Association, 1977–1980 *Adjunct Scholar and Member, Academic Advisory Board,
American Enterprise Institute The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, known simply as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), is a center-right Washington, D.C.–based think tank that researches government, politics, economics, and social welfare. ...
, 1976–1979 *National Planning Association, Committee on the Changing International Realities and Their Implications for U. S. Policy, 1975–1981 *Editorial Board, Foreign Policy, 1974–1979 *Board of Overseers, Harvard University, 1972–1978 *Member, Brookings Panel on Economic Activity, 1974–1975 *Board of Editors, American Economic Review, 1974–1977 *
Commission on Critical Choices for Americans The Commission on Critical Choices for Americans was a bipartisan working group proposed by President Richard Nixon and established at his behest in 1973 by New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Its purpose was to examine the impact of rapid chang ...
, 1974–1976 *Selection Committee, Rockefeller Public Service Awards, 1976–1980 *Member, Advisory Council, Department of Economics, Princeton University, 1973–1980, Chairman, 1976–1977 *Chair, Committee to Visit Department of Economics, 1975–78 *Chair, Committee to Visit Department of Statistics, 1972–75 *Moderator of TV Series on 200+ PBS Stations: ''Economically Speaking'', 1978 and 1979


References


Sources


Marina Whitman, Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy & Professor of Business Administration, Stephen M. Ross School of Business Administration Marina Whitman, Professor of Business Administration and Public PolicyUniversity of Michigan Press, The memoir of Marina von Neumann WhitmanDiscussion at Columbia University - Book Launch: "The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir" by Marina von WhitmanBook Review: "Trailblazer's memoir reads like work of fiction"Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Marina Whitman
''New York Times'', 7 June 1992

* ttp://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8m04620/ Online Archives of California: Marina von Neumann Whitman Papers, White House Central Files, 1971–1973br>Life with Father


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