Tribute to Stanley Fischer, winner of the first Miriam Pozen Prize

We at the Golub Center were saddened to learn about the passing of Stanley Fischer earlier this month. In 2020, Stanley Fischer was the winner of the first Miriam Pozen Prize for his many contributions to financial policy.  At the time, Deborah J. Lucas, director of the Golub Center for Finance and Policy (GCFP), noted that ”[b]oth in theory and practice, Dr. Fischer’s career has greatly improved financial policy, bringing both scholarship and compassion to the challenging issues that affect the economy, with impacts that ranged from groundbreaking works in economic theory to teaching and mentoring a generation of scholars and practitioners.” GCFP co-director and long-time colleague and friend of Dr. Fischer, Robert C. Merton, commented that he was “a towering figure in the arena of financial policy, and we are indebted to him for his consequential contributions to the science and practice of the field.” 

Tributes to Dr. Fischer that highlight his many achievements were published in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.