Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell (born 30 June, 1930) is an American writer, economist, and prominent conservativehttp://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20050107.shtml commentator. He was born in North Carolina.

Education

Sowell grew up in Harlem and attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City, dropping out at the age of 17 because of his family's financial difficulties http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/pubaffairs/newsletter/01winter/review.html. After serving in the US Marine Corps, he earned an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College, an A.M. in Economics from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago, known for its Chicago school of economics. Sowell has taught at prominent American universities including Cornell University and UCLA, and since 1980 has been a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, where he holds the fellowship named after Rose and Milton Friedman. The latter was one of his professors. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20020725.shtml

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Harlem - Stuyvesant High School - New York City - US Marine Corps - Harvard College - Columbia University - University of Chicago - Chicago school - Cornell University - UCLA - Hoover Institution - Stanford University - Milton Friedman

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