American politician

Wayne D. Angell (born June 28, 1930) is an American economist, politician and professor who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1986 to 1994.

Angell was born in Liberal, Kansas.

Biography

He graduated from Ottawa University, from the University of Kansas with an M.A. in 1953, and a Ph.D. in 1954. He taught at Ottawa University from 1959 to 1985. He was elected to the Kansas State House of Representatives, in 1960. He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1966 and the U.S. Senate in 1978, losing in the Republican primaries to Larry Winn and Nancy Landon K*ebaum, respectively.

He served as the Governor of the Federal Reserve Board from 1986 to 1994. He left to become a Chief Economist and Senior Managing Director for Bear Sterns & Co., Inc., where he served until 2002. He opened a consultancy, Angell Economics.

He is a frequent economics commentator on CNBC's "Kudlow & Company", "Fast Money", and has appeared on "Charlie Rose". A chair in economics has been named for him at Ottawa University.He lives with his wife Betty Angell in Laguna Beach, California. They have four children and nine grandchildren.

References

External links

• Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• Ottawa University Alumni *ociation Outstanding Achievement Award
• "Wayne Angell, and Jeremy Siegel", Kudlow & Company, Aug 25, 2009
• Statements and Speeches of Wayne D. Angell