Hugo Freund Sonnenschein (November 14, 1940 - July 15, 2021) was a prominent American economist and educational administrator. As the Adam Smith Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, his specialty was microeconomic theory, with a particular interest in general equilibrium theory. He served as the 11th president of the University of Chicago (1993–2000), and remained an honorary member of the university's Board of Trustees. Previously, he served as Provost of Princeton University and Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Sonnenschein attended the University of Rochester for his undergraduate studies from 1957–1961, and received his Ph.D. in Economics from Purdue University in 1964. He is known for the Sonnenschein–Mantel–Debreu theorem, and more generally for his work on Walrasian general equilibrium theory.
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14 November 1940
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15 July 2021 (aged 80)
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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