Faculty Committee
The Milton Friedman Institute was founded on the recommendation of a faculty committee.
Prof. James Heckman
Nobel Laureate James Heckman served on the faculty committee that recommended the Milton Friedman Institute.
In January 2008, the committee issued a report — “A Proposal to Establish The Milton Friedman Institute” (PDF) — to President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Thomas F. Rosenbaum. Members of the committee are listed below.
Lars Peter Hansen, Committee Chair, Homer J. Livingston Distinguished Service Professor in Economics
Gary Becker, University Professor, Departments of Economics, Graduate School of Business, and Sociology
John H. Cochrane, Myron S. Scholes Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Business
James J. Heckman, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics
Robert E. Lucas, Jr., John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor in Economics
Kevin Murphy, George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor in Economics
Eric Posner, Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law