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William Proxmire U.S. Senator (Democrat), Wisconsin, 1975-1989
1964
Dr. Beryl Sprinkel Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers 1985-89, Reagan Administration
Charles Percy U.S. Senator - Illinois
Kenneth Haagenson Director of Public Relations, Allis-Chalmers
Dwight Hightower Partner Baker Hightower International Law Firm
1965 William Rothfelder Chief Economist, Inland Steel
Dr. Pierre Rinfret Chairman of the Board & Chief Economist
Robin Lowell Moore, Jr. American writer, author of The Green Berets, The French Connection. Also co-authored the lyrics for the Ballad of the Green Berets
Ernest Baughman VP & Director of Economic Research
1966 Dr. Arthur Burns Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board, 1970-78, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors, 1953-56
John Grogan Consulting Actuary
Walter Morton Sr. Economist, U. of Wisconsin
Howard Sochurek Correspondent & Photographer, LIFE magazine
1967 Dr. Milton Friedman Professor, U. of Chicago, Nobel Prize Winner (1976) John Gronouski U.S. Postmaster General Curtiss Tarr V.P. & General Counsel 1968 A. R. Burnstan Associate Secretary, Dept. of Commerce William Gasser Professor, School of Business, Rochester, NY Haynes Johnson Pulitzer Prize winner for Journalism, Author Steven Reiner Editor, U of Wisconsin School Newspaper 1969 Mr. Markov USSR Embassy Robert Dederick Chief Economist, Northern Trust Co. Paul Nadler Nadler Economist James Hayes U.S. Congressman, Lousiana, 1987-1997
1970-1979 Click On Arrows To Open Or Close
1970 Tilford Gaines
Chief Economist
Walter Heller
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-64
John Weaver
President, University of Wisconsin
Peter Maas
Author
1971
Grant Butler
Author
Otto Eckstein
Chairman & Founder, Data Resources Inc.
Arnold Weber
University of Chicago Business School 1972 Alan Greenspan
Chairman, Federal Reserve Board, 1987-2006 Arthur Solomon
Director, Arthur D. Little, Inc. Barber Conable
U.S. Congressman, N.Y., 1965-85 1973 Henry Reuss
U.S. Congressman, Wisconsin, 1955-1983 Prof. Paul McCracken
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors, 1969-1971 John Connally
Secretary of the Treasury, 1971-72 Ezra Solomon
Council of Economic Advisers, 1971-73 1974 John Dunlop
Secretary of Labor James E. Raffel
Sr. V.P. & Trust Investment Officer & Economist, Firstar Corp. Ralph Salerno
District Attorney, New York City, N.Y. Herbert Neil
Chief Economist, Harris Trust George Schultz
Secretary of State 1975 Walter Fackler
Associate Dean, School of Business, U. of Chicago Charles Walker
Congressional Lobbyist Mr. William Simon
Secretary of Treasury Arthur Okun
Council of Economic Advisers 1976 Andrew Brimmer
Member, Federal Reserve Board George H. W Bush
President, United States William Mazacco
Economic Adviser to the U.S. Information Agency (1972-1974) Iben Browning
Author of "Climate and the Affairs of Men" 1977 Dr. Allan Meltzer
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers Dr. Martin Feldstein
Chairman, National Bureau of Economic Research Sen. Robert Packwood
United State Senator, Oregon (1969-1995) Ronald Haddock
President & CEO of FINA Corp. 1978 Patrick Lucey
Governor, State of Wisconsin Dr. Lawrence Klein
Nobel Prize Winner, 1980 Dr. Raymond Jallow
Chief Economist, L.A. California Charles Bartlett
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting 1979 Lawrence Kudlow
Chief Economist, Bear Sterns Donald Rumsfeld
Secretary of Defense Malcom Forbes
Publisher Mark H. Willes
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (1977-80)
1980-1989 Click On Arrows To Open Or Close
1980
Jerry Jordan President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; Member
Yale Brozen
Professor, University of Chicago
Carol Baumann Deputy Secretary, Bureau of Intelligence, U.S. Department of State
Kevin Phillips
Political Strategist
1981
Marina Von Neumann Whitman Chief Economist, General Motors
Irving Levine Political Commentator
Karl Brunner Professor, University of Rochester
Robert Genetski Chief Economist, Harris Trust
1982
Robert Eggert Blue Chip Economic Indicators
Sam Nakagama Chief Economist, Kidder Peabody
David Mulford Managing Director, Merrill Lynch
William Wilby V.P. & Economist, Northern Trust Co.
1983
Dr. Henry Gailliot Chief Economist, Federated Research Corp. of Pittsburgh
Robert Davis President, Davis Financial Associates
George Gilder Author, "Visible Man," "Wealth and Poverty"
Gar Alperovitz Prof. Of Political Science, Howard University
1984
Anatol Balbach Sr. Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Roy Moor V.P. & Chief Economist, First Chicago Corp.
Manuel Johnson Vice-Chairman, Federal Reserve Board
Gerald Corrigan President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
1985
Don Nichols Professor, University of Wisconsin; Director of LaFollete Institute, Madison, Wisconsin
Juanita Kreps Secretary of Commerce
Clare Zempel Chief Economist, Robert W. Baird
Frederick Amling Prof. of Finance & Business, Graduate School, George Washington University
1986
John Rutledge Member, Federal Reserve Board
Paul Craig Roberts Professor, Georgetown University; Author; Columnist at "Business Week"
Dr. Walter Elliott Professor of Free Enterprise, School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
David Hale Chief Economist, Kemper Financial Co.
1987
Lawrence Chimerine Sr. Economic Counselor, DRI/McGraw-Hill
Donald Strazheim Chief Economist, Merrill Lynch
Alfred Kahn Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board
Irving Kristol Editor, Wall Street Journal
1988
Michael Evans President, Evans Economics
Arthur Laffer President, A. Laffer Associates
Beryl Sprinkel Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers
Lawrence Kudlow Chief Economist, Bear Sterns & Co.
1989
Robert Genetski President, Stotler Economics
Allen Sinai President & CEO, The Boston Co.
David Hale Chief Economist, Kemper Financial Corp.
David Wyss Chief Financial Economist, DRI/McGraw-Hill
1990-1999 Click On Arrows To Open Or Close
1990 Charles Maxwell
Sr. Energy Strategist, C. J. Lawrence
Gail Fosler
Chief Economist, Conference Board
Gary Shilling
President, Gary Shilling Associates
Lawrence Korb
Sr. Fellow, Brookings Institution
1991
Dr. David Resler
Chief Economist, Nomura Securities Int
Dr. Bill Apgare
Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Norman Ornstein
Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Leon Kendall
Professor of Finance & Real Estate, Northwestern University 1992 James Miller, III
Director, Office of Management & Budget James Smith
President, National Association for Business Economics Bradlee Perry
Chairman of the Board, David L. Babson Larry Lindsey
Governor, Federal Reserve Board 1993 David Hale
Chief Economist, Kemper Financial Co. Gail Fosler
Chief Economist, Conference Board Larry Meyer
Governor, Federal Reserve Board Ethan Siegal
V.P. & Chief Washington Political Analyst, Prudential Securities 1994 Alan Reynolds
Director, Hudson Institute Richard Hokenson
Chief Economist, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Newt Gingrich
Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, 1979-1999 David Wyss
Chief Economist, Standard & Poor 1995 Clare Zempel
Chief Economist, R.W. Baird Mark Melcher
Sr. Political Analyst, Prudential Securities Steven Leuthold
Chairman & CEO, The Leuthold Group Don Nichols
Professor, University of Wisconsin 1996 Joel Prakken
Chairman, Macroeconomic Advisers James Harff
President, Ruder-Finn Global Public Affairs Bradlee Perry
Chairman of the Board, David L. Babson John Silvia
Managing Director, Chief Economist, Wells Fargo Economics 1997 David Kresge
Chief Economist, Dun & Bradstreet Wayne Angell
Governor, Federal Reserve Board David Resler
Chief Economist, Nomura International Gary Becker
Nobel Prize Winner, 1992 1998 Dr. Richard Curtin
Director, Surveys Research Center, University of Michigan Richard Hokinson
Chief Economist, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Lawrence Kudlow
Chief Economist, Bear Sterns & Co. David Hale
Chief Economist, Kemper Financial Co. 1999 Clare Zempel
Chief Economist & Chief Financial Strategist, Rogbert W. Baird & Co., Inc. Dr. David Wyss
Chief Economist & Research Director, DRI-McGraw Hill Diane C. Swonk
Chief Economist & Sr. Vice President, Bank One Joel Prakken
Chairman, Macroeconomic Advisers
2000-2009 Click On Arrows To Open Or Close
2000 Alice Rivlin
Vice Chair, Federal Reserve Board and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Richard Thieme
President, Thieme Works
Robert Dederick
Chairman & CEO, RGD Economics
Donald Hilber
Financial Market Strategist & Sr. Economist, Investment Economics
2001
Dana B. Johnson
Sr. Managing Director, Bank One Capital Markets
Nariman Behravesh
Chief International Economist & Research Director, Standard & Poor's
Donald H. Straszheim
President, Straszheim Global Advisors Gregory R. Valliere
Managing Director, Washington Research Group 2002 Ed Fiedler
Senior Fellow & Economic Counselor, Conference Board James Harff
President & CEO, Global Communications Brian Wesbury
First Vice President & Chief Economist, Griffen, Kubic, Stephens & Thompson Robert Dederick
Principal, RGD Economics 2003 Dr. Mitchel Held
Managing Director, Salomon Smith Barney Dr. Richard Curtin
Director of Consumer Research, University of Michigan Dr. Mickey Levy
Senior Vice President & Chief Economist Dr. Michael Moskow
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 2004 Clare Zempel
Chairman & Chief Economist, Zempel Strategic Jan Hatzius
Vice President & Sr. Economis, Goldman Sachs Diane Swonk
Chief Economist, Mesirow Financial David Hale
Chairman, Hale Economic Advisors 2005 Andrew J. Engel
Sr. Research & Portfolio Manager, Leuthold Group institutional Research Dr. Robert Genetski
Chairman & CEO, Genetski & Associates Dr. Gary Stern
President. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Dr. Marc Miles
Director, Center for International Trade & Economics, Heritage Foundation 2006 Brian Wesbury
Chief Economist, First Trust Dr. James F. Smith
Director, Center for Business Forecasting at Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Dr. James W. Paulsen
Chief Investment Strategist, Wells Capital Management Dr. William Dunkelberg
Professor of Economics, Temple University 2007 Clare Zempel
Chairman & Chief Economist, Zempel Mathew Andresen
Co-Head, Citadel Derivatives Group Dr. Kermit Baker
Economist, American Institute of Architects & Director of Remodeling Futures Program - Harvard University 2008 Harvey Rosenblum
Executive Vice President and Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Eric Beslky
Executive Director - Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard U. Ken Mayland David Hale 2009 William Niskanen Paul Ryan
Speaker of the House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman (WI) and Chairman of the House Budget Committee Mark Zonis Mark Perry
Professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan
2010+ Click On Arrows To Open Or Close
2010 Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America
Harvey Rosenblum Executive Vice President and Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Phil Orlando Institutional Investor
William Strauss
Senior Economist and Economic Advisor
2011
Suart Mackintosh
Executive Director, Group of Thirty
Clare Zempel
Principal, Zempel Strategic
William Poole
Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and Senior Advisor to Merk Investments Jim Paulsen
Chief Investment Strategist, Wells Capital Management 2012 Scott Grannis
Retired Chief Economist at Western Asset Management Richard Wobbekin
Executive Director of the Business Research Division and Senior Associate Dean University of Colorado Robert McTeer
Distinguished Fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis Scott Sumner
Professor of Economics at Bentley University 2013 Dr. Peter Ammon
German Ambassador to the United States Dr. Kevin Swift
Chief Economist- American Chemistry Council Clare Zempel
Principal, Zempel Strategic Don Johnson
Chief Economist, Caterpillar Inc. 2014 Casey Mulligan
Professor of Economics- University of Chicago George Kahn
Vice President & Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City David Henderson
Research Fellow - Hoover Institution, Stanford University John Manley
Chief Equity Strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Management 2015 Ellen Hughes-Cromwick
Adjunct Professor of Business- University of Michigan Lars Christensen
Markets and Money Advisory Founder 2016 Dr. Paul Kasriel
President of Econtrarian, LLC Dr. Benjamin Powell
Director of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University 2017 Larry Jeddeloh
Founder of TIS Group in Minneapolis Dr. Mark C. Schug
Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and President of Mark C. Schug Consulting Services. Dr. Scott Niederjohn
Dean of the School of Business and Entrepreneurship and Charlotte and Walter Kohler Professor of Economics at Lakeland University 2018 Governor Scott Walker
45th Governor of the State of Wisconsin Edward J. Pinto
Resident Fellow and Co-Director of the Center on Housing Markets and Finance at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
