Wayne D. Angell (born June 28, 1930) is an American economist, politician and professor who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1986 to 1994.[1]

Wayne Angell
Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
In office
February 7, 1986 – February 9, 1994
PresidentRonald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Preceded byLyle Gramley
Succeeded byJanet Yellen
Personal details
Born (1930-06-28) June 28, 1930 (age 94)
Liberal, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationOttawa University (BA)
University of Kansas, Lawrence (MA, PhD)

Angell was born in Liberal, Kansas.

Biography

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He graduated from Ottawa University, from the University of Kansas with an M.A. in 1953, and a Ph.D. in 1954. He taught at Ottawa University from 1959 to 1985. He was elected to the Kansas State House of Representatives, in 1960. He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1966 and the U.S. Senate in 1978, losing in the Republican primaries to Larry Winn and Nancy Landon Kassebaum, respectively.

He served as a Governor of the Federal Reserve Board from 1986 to 1994. He left to become a Chief Economist and Senior Managing Director for Bear Sterns & Co., Inc., where he served until 2002. He opened a consultancy, Angell Economics.[2]

He is a frequent economics commentator on CNBC's "Kudlow & Company", "Fast Money", and has appeared on "Charlie Rose".[3] A chair in economics has been named for him at Ottawa University.[4] He lives with his wife Betty Angell in Laguna Beach, California. They have four children and nine grandchildren.

References

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  1. ^ "WAYNE D. ANGELL". Govinfo.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Asia Society Southern California » Homepage". Asiascocietysocal.org. Archived from the original on July 20, 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Charlie Rose - an interview with Wayne Angell". www.charlierose.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ "The Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs | jobs | Choose from 23,634 live job openings". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09.
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Government offices
Preceded by Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
1986–1994
Succeeded by
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