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While studying at the University of Chicago, Solomon wed Janet Lorraine Cameron on May 7, 1949. The couple were married for 53 years, before Cameron died on November 14, 2002, less than a month before his death. The couple had 3 daughters, Catherine, Ming, and Lorna. In Fall 1962, Solomon and his
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become founding director of the International Center for the Advancement of Management Education (ICAME). Solomon returned to teaching full-time in 1963, and became the
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in 1940, but fled the country when the Japanese invaded Burma in 1941. Solomon served as a lieutenant in the Burma Division of the
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The Chicago School: How the University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and Business
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Solomon served on the Council from September 9, 1971, until his resignation on March 31, 1973.
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administration, he was seen as having contributed significantly to the change in US
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wife purchased a historic 1914 Tudor-style country cottage on Santa Ynez Drive in
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as a Burma State Scholar, where he earned a PhD in economics in 1950.
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From 1965 until the early 1970s, Solomon was the managing editor of
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to parents of Burmese British Jewish heritage. He graduated with a
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During his graduate studies, Solomon joined the faculty of the
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University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business
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Rangoon
British Burma
Alma mater
University of Rangoon
University of Chicago
Stanford University
Economics
US
economist
professor
economics
Stanford University
Council of Economic Advisors
Nixon
monetary policy
gold standard
currency
Bretton Woods system
exchange rates
Rangoon
British Burma
first class honours
University of Rangoon
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
World War II
University of Chicago
University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business
Ernest C. Arbuckle
Stanford Graduate School of Business

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