C. Woody Thompson Memorial Lecture
C. Woody Thompson was secretary-treasurer of the Midwest Economics Association from 1939-1960 and served as president from 1960-1961. Professor Thompson was a faculty member of the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa) faculty for 37 years prior to his death August 30, 1962.
He served as dean of students from 1942-1947, when he was named director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the university. He was an authority on the regulation of public utilities. In addition to his duties with the MEA, Thompson was a former member of the National Resources Planning Board, past chairman of the Iowa Council of Economics Education and chairman of the Missouri Basin Research Council since its formation in 1954.
In 1965, the MEA created the C. Woody Thompson Memorial Fund to finance the C. Woody Thompson Memorial Lecture. Please donate and help continue the tradition of bringing named economists to the MEA annual meetings.
GUEST SPEAKERS
- 2024 Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Northwestern University
- 2023 Lisa D. Cook, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- 2022 Veronica Guerrieri, University of Chicago
- 2021 Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan
- 2019 William Evans, University of Notre Dame
- 2018 Sergio Rebelo, Northwestern University
- 2017 Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago
- 2016 Marc Melitz, Harvard University
- 2015 Larry Jones, University of Minnesota
- 2014 Dennis Epple, Carnegie Melon University
- 2013 Samuel S. Kortum, Yale University
- 2012 Monica Piazzesi, Stanford University
- 2011 Joshua Angrist, MIT
- 2010 Douglas Diamond, University of Chicago
- 2009 Elhanan Helpman, Harvard University
- 2008 Eric Maskin, Princeton University
- 2007 Randall Wright, University of Pennsylvania
- 2006 Robert F. Engle, New York University
- 2005 Steven D. Levitt, University of Chicago
- 2004 Robert E. Lucas, University of Chicago
- 2003 James J. Heckman, University of Chicago
- 2002 Charles F. Manski, Northwestern University
- 2001 Bennett T. McCallum, Carnegie Mellon University
- 2000 Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University
- 1999 Robert H. Topel, University of Chicago
- 1998 William A Brock, University of Wisconsin
- 1997 Robert J. Willis, University of Michigan
- 1996 Morton I. Kamien, Northwestern University
- 1995 Michael Mussa, International Monetary Fund
- 1994 Robert Fogel, University of Chicago
- 1993 Edward Gramlich, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
- 1992 Sherwin Rosen, University of Chicago
- 1991 Douglass C. North, Washington University
- 1990 Thomas J. Sargent, Hoover Institution and Stanford University
- 1989 Robert H. Haveman, University of Wisconsin
- 1988 Leonid Hurwicz, University of Minnesota
- 1987 Donald N. McCloskey, University of Iowa
- 1986 Robert Eisner, Northwestern University
- 1985 Marcus Alexis, Northwestern University
- 1984 Arthur Goldberger, University of Wisconsin – Madison
- 1983 Robert J. Gordon, Northwestern University
- 1982 D. Gale Johnson, University of Chicago
- 1981 Gary S. Becker, University of Chicago
- 1980 Howard Bowen, Claremont Graduate School
- 1979 Arnold Harberger, University of Chicago
- 1978 Paul W. McCracken, University of Michigan
- 1977 Martin Bronfenbrenner, Duke University
- 1976 Warren J. Samuels, Michigan State University
- 1975 Harry G. Johnson, University of Chicago
- 1974 John F. Due, University of Ilinois
- 1973 Theodore W. Schultz, University of Chicago
- 1972 Howard R Bowen, Claremont University Center
- 1971 Richard A Musgrave, Harvard University
- 1970 Richard B. Heflebower, Northwestern University
- 1969 Paul H. Douglas
- 1968 Harry G. Johnson, University of Chicago
- 1967 Kenneth Boulding, University of Michigan
- 1966 Theodore W. Schultz, University of Chicago
MEA/MFA Luncheon Speakers
1998 Jose A. Scheinkman, University of Chicago MEA
1997 William Curt Hunter, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago MFA
1996 Steven N. Kaplan, University of Chicago MEA
1995 George J. Benston, Emory University MFA
1994 George Kaufman, Loyola University MEA
1993 Myron J. Gordon, University of Toronto MFA
1992 Robert M Solow, MIT MEA
1991 Edward J. Kane, Ohio State University MFA
1990 Lawrence Summers, Harvard University II MEA
1989 William Ford, CEO, Broadview S&L, Cleveland and Past President, Atlanta Fed
1988 Alice M Rivlin, The Brookings Institute MEA
1987 Beryl Sprinkel, President’s Council of Economic Advisors
1986 William Niskanen, CATO Institute MEA
1985 William Janklow, Governor, South Dakota