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Wilson Allen Wallis (1912 in Philadelphia – October 12, 1998 in Rochester
Rochester, New York

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, New York
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) was an American
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 economist
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 and statistician
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.

He attended the University of Minnesota
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, Class of 1932, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. After a year of graduate work at the University of Minnesota, he began studies at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago

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 in 1933, where he began what would prove to be lifelong friendships with Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman

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 and George Stigler
George Stigler

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.

In 1936-37, he served as an economist and statistician for the National Resources Committee.






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Wilson Allen Wallis (1912 in Philadelphia – October 12, 1998 in Rochester
Rochester, New York

Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, New York State, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest economy in New York State, behind the New York City metropolitan area....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 economist
Economist

An economist is an expert in the social science of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy....
 and statistician
Statistician

Statisticians work with theoretical and applied statistics in both the private and public sectors. The core of that work is to measure, interpret, and describe the world and human activity patterns within it....
.

He attended the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public university research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States....
, Class of 1932, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. After a year of graduate work at the University of Minnesota, he began studies at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park, Chicago neighborhood of Chicago. Although an older university by the same name existed prior to its founding, the modern University of Chicago credits its founding to the oil magnate John D....
 in 1933, where he began what would prove to be lifelong friendships with Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman was an United States economist, statistician and public intellectual, and a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences....
 and George Stigler
George Stigler

George Joseph Stigler was a United States of America economist. He won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1982, and was a key leader of the Chicago School of Economics, along with his close friend Milton Friedman....
.

In 1936-37, he served as an economist and statistician for the National Resources Committee. During World War II
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, Wallis was the director of research of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development
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's Statistical Research Group (1942-46); he recruited a team of bright young economists, including Milton Friedman, to the Statistical Research Group.

Wallis served as dean
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 of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
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 from 1956 to 1962. During his time as dean he established the "Chicago Approach to Business Education," which involved the application of statistical methodology to business.

He became president
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 of the University of Rochester
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 in 1962, a position he held until 1970, when he became the University of Rochester's chancellor
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 and chief executive. In 1975, he relinquished the job of chief executive, but remained chancellor of the university until his retirement in 1982.

In addition to his role as an academic and academic administrator, Wallis served as an advisor to U.S. president
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s Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon
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, Gerald Ford
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, and Ronald Reagan
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. Under Eisenhower, he collaborated with Vice President Nixon on the report of the Cabinet Committee on Price Stability for Economic Growth (1959-61). Under Nixon and Ford, he served on the President's Commission on Federal Statistics and on the Advisory Council on Social Security
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. Nixon also appointed Wallis as chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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, a post he held 1975-78. Under Reagan, he served as Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (1982-85), and then, after Congress changed the job description and title, as Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs (1985-89).

In December 1992, the University of Rochester named a joint program of its Departments of Economics and Political Science in honor of Wallis: the W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy at the University of Rochester.

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