Wayne Angell
Wayne Angell | |
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| Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors | |
| In office February 7, 1986 – February 9, 1994 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Lyle Gramley |
| Succeeded by | Janet Yellen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 28, 1930 Liberal, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | April 19, 2025 (aged 94) Laguna Beach, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Ottawa University (BA) University of Kansas, Lawrence (MA, PhD) |
Wayne D. Angell (June 28, 1930 – April 19, 2025) was an American economist, politician and professor who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1986 to 1994.[1]
Biography
[edit]Angell was born in Liberal, Kansas. 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.
Angell 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]
Angell was a frequent economics commentator on CNBC's "Kudlow & Company", "Fast Money", and appeared on "Charlie Rose".[3] A chair in economics has been named for him at Ottawa University.[4]
Angell and his wife, Betty, lived in Laguna Beach, California, and had four children and nine grandchildren. He died at his home in Laguna Beach on April 19, 2025, at the age of 94.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "WAYNE D. ANGELL". Govinfo.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Asia Society Southern California » Homepage". Asiascocietysocal.org. Archived from the original on July 20, 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Charlie Rose - an interview with Wayne Angell". www.charlierose.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "The Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs | jobs | Choose from 23,634 live job openings". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09.
- ^ Arnold, Laurence. "Wayne Angell, Inflation Hawk on Fed Board in 1980s, Dies at 94". Bloomberg News. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Wayne Angell by Federal Reserve Historyl
- Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Ottawa University Alumni Association Outstanding Achievement Award
- "Wayne Angell, and Jeremy Siegel", Kudlow & Company, Aug 25, 2009
- Statements and Speeches of Wayne D. Angell
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- 1930 births
- 2025 deaths
- California Republicans
- Economists from Kansas
- Economists from Virginia
- Federal Reserve System governors
- Kansas Republicans
- Members of the Kansas House of Representatives
- Ottawa University alumni
- Ottawa University faculty
- People from Arlington County, Virginia
- People from Liberal, Kansas
- University of Kansas alumni
- Reagan administration personnel
- George H. W. Bush administration personnel
- Clinton administration personnel
- 20th-century members of the Kansas Legislature