Indian Hill Cemetery
Middletown
Memorial Page for John Kenneth Galbraith
Oct 15, 1908 – Apr 29, 2006(97 years)Died in:Cambridge, Middlesex County
Canadian-American economist and diplomat
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John Kenneth Galbraith (* October 15, 1908 in Iona Station; † April 29, 2006 in Cambridge) was a canadian-American economist and diplomat. He was 97 years old. He was married to Catherine Galbraith. His education included University of Toronto, University of California, Berkeley and Ontario Agricultural College. He received 10 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism. He was buried at Indian Hill Cemetery.
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14 EventsBorn in Iona Station, Ontario
1908Princeton University
1939until 1940
Office of Price Administration
1941until 1943
Fortune
1943until 1949
Guggenheim Fellowship
1955The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism
1959honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1972honorary doctorate from University of Paris-II
1975Humanist of the Year
1985Lomonosov Gold Medal
1993Lysenko Prize
1994Presidential Medal of Freedom
2000Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought
2000Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County
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John Kenneth Galbraith. Forever remembered.