"[William H. Meckling was] a most unusual man – one who has never managed a business, who has no advanced degree, and who has never been on a university staff as a teacher or administrator, but who, nevertheless, has just been appointed dean of the Graduate School of Management at the University of Rochester."
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Armen A. Alchian, in: "Complete Works of Armen Alchian, Vol 2"
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William H. Meckling
William H. Meckling (1921 - May 15, 1998) was an American economist and professor of Management and Government Policy and Dean at the , University of Rochester, working in the areas of "managerial economics and the economic analysis of law, and his work received international recognition" (Source: Currents, 1998).
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