Lloyd Metzler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American economist
Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1913
Place of Birth: Lost Springs, Kansas, United States
Date of Death: 26-Oct-1980
Profession: economist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Lloyd Metzler
- Lloyd Appleton Metzler (1913 – 26 October 1980) was an American economist best known for his contributions to international trade theory.
- He was born in Lost Springs, Kansas in 1913.
- Although most of his career was spent at the University of Chicago, he was not a member of the Chicago school, but rather a Keynesian.
- Lloyd was the youngest of three sons of Leroy and Lulu Appleton Metzler, who were both schoolteachers and both had college degrees.
- All three of the boys attended the University of Kansas at Lawrence.
- Leroy was a civil engineer, and Donald became the head of the engineering department and served as mayor of Lawrence.
- Lloyd was heading for a degree and career in business until he fell under the tutelage of John Ise, who convinced him to switch to economics, and who was a lifelong hero.After graduation, Metzler received his PhD in Economics at Harvard University, where he became great friends with Paul Samuelson. Metzler worked post-World War II with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in Washington DC, and spent much of that time working on post-war reconstruction in Europe. Metzler was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1942 upon completing his PhD at Harvard.
- He was made a Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association in 1968. In the early 1950s Metzler's career was severely impacted by the discovery of a brain tumor, and several surgeries.
- He continued to teach for another 20 years at the University of Chicago. The Metzler paradox as well as Metzler matrices bear his name.
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