Frank E. Seidman Award in Political Economy recipients

Abstract

Swedish economist Assar Lindbeck received the 1996 Frank E. Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy and the at a fall banquet held on campus. Pictured at the dinner are: FRONT ROW (left to right): Assar Lindbeck; Beth Seidman Smetana, chairman of the board of the Seidman Award; Rhodes President James H. Daughdrill; P.K. Seidman, who established the award in memory of his brother; Rhodes trustee Robert Buckman. SECOND ROW: Mel Grinspan, Rhodes distinguished professor emeritus; Robert Solow, Nobel laureate and a past recipient of the Seidman Award; Nobel laureate Lawrence Klein; James Tobin, a past Seidman Award recipient; Thomas Schelling, a past recipient of the Seidman Award; Deborah Pittman, Rhodes assistant professor of business administration; Amartya Sen, a past Seidman Award recipient; Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow.