1915 - 2009
Paul Samuelson was an influential American economist, born on May 15, 1915, and passed away on December 13, 2009. He is best known for his work in developing modern economic theory and for being the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1970. Samuelson's groundbreaking book, "Economics," published in 1948, helped to popularize and shape economic education and theory for decades.