Wassily Leontief

Wassily Leontief (August 5, 1906 - February 5, 1999), born at St. Petersburg, Russia), was an economist notable for his research on how changes in one economic sector may have an effect on other sectors. Leontief won Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1973.

Awards

• 1953: Order of the Cherubim, University of Pisa
• 1962: Dr honoris causa, University of Brussels
• 1967: Dr of the University, University of York
• 1968: Officer of the French Legion d'Honneur
• 1970: Bernhard-Harms Prize Economics, West Germany
• 1971: Dr honoris causa, University of Louvain
• 1972: Dr honoris causa, University of Paris (Sorbonne)
• 1973: Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, aka Nobel Prize in Economics
• 1976: Dr honoris causa, University of Pennsylvania
• 1980: Dr honoris causa, University of Toulouse, France
• 1980: Dr honoris causa, University of Louisville, Kentucky
• 1980: Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Vermont
• 1980: Doctor of Laws, C. W. Post Center, Long Island University
• 1980: Russian-American Hall of Fame
• 1981: Karl Marx University, Budapest, Hungary
• 1984: Order of the Rising Sun, Japan
• 1985: Commandeur, French Order of Arts and Letters
• 1988: Dr honoris causa, Adelphi College
• 1988: Foreign member, USSR Academy of Sciences
• 1989: Society of the Optimate, Italian Cultural Institute, New York
• 1990: Dr honoris causa, University of Cordoba, Spain
• 1991: Takemi Memorial Award, Institute of Seizon & Life Sciences, Japan
• 1995: Harry Edmonds Award for Life Achievement, International House, New York
• 1995: Dr honoris causa, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany