Celebrating Dale Mortensen
On February 1, 2024, the Department of Economics hosted a lecture and reception honoring former Department of Economics professor and Nobel Laureate Dale Mortensen.
The lecture, titled "Workers, Firms, and Wages: The Legacy of Dale Mortensen," was presented by Robert Shimer, Department Chair and the George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at The University of Chicago.
Watch Professor Shimer's lecture here.
Following the lecture, Dale Mortensen's family, along with current and former faculty, students, and friends, gathered in the Department of Economics Light Court for a reception. The Department of Economics is thankful to our donors, whose generosity makes events such as this possible, as well as a special thank you to the Mortensen Family for all their contributions.
About Dale Mortensen:
Dale Mortensen was the Board of Trustees Professor of Economics at Northwestern University's Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. He was the recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics. He won the prize with Peter Diamond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Christopher Pissarides, London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. The prize recognized "their analysis of markets with search frictions." Dale Mortensen passed away on January 9, 2014.
Professor Mortensen's family donated his Nobel Prize medal to Northwestern, and it is proudly displayed in the Department of Economics.