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New York Association for
Business Economics

A chapter of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE)


HomeWilliam F. Butler Award


The William F. Butler award, established in 1972, is presented annually to a distinguished business economist to honor leadership in the field of business economics. In addition to founding both the National Association of Business Economists (NABE) and the NYABE, Dr. Butler was noted for his analytical insight, organizing ability, penetrating wit and genial warmth. To date, 41 outstanding economists have received the William F. Butler Award.



Past Recipients

2018 Lawrence Summers
2017 Carmen Reinhart
2016 Olivier Blanchard
2014 Timothy Geithner
2013 Alan Blinder
2012 Robert Shiller
2011 Charles Steindel
2010 Paul Krugman
2009 Frederic Mishkin

2009 Frederic Mishkin
2008 Martin Feldstein
2007 Richard Berner
2006 Roger Ferguson
2005 Glenn Hubbard
2004 Alice M. Rivlin
2003 William J. McDonough
2002 Laurence H. Meyer
2001 Victor Zarnowitz


2000 Robert Parker 
1999 Henry Kaufman
1998 Maurine Haver
1997 Edgar R. Fiedler
1996 Erich H. Heinemann
1995 William B. Franklin
1994 Peter D. Sternlight
1993 Gerald E. Corrigan
1992 Albert M. Wojnilower




1991 Janet L. Norwood
1990 David H. Hale
1989 Robert Ortner
1988 Marina v. N. Whitman
1987 Robert G. Dederick
1986 Saul B. Klaman
1985 James J. O'Leary
1984 Francis H. Schott
1983 George W. McKinney, Jr

1982 Otto Eckstein
1980 Arthur M. Okun
1979 Tilford C. Gaines
1978 Paul W. McCracken
1977 Alan Greenspan
1976 Albert Sommers
1975 Lawrence Klein
1974 Geoffrey H. More
1973 Paul Volcker