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Edwin Mills (economist)

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Edwin S. Mills
Born (1928-06-25) June 25, 1928 (age 96)
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
FieldUrban economics
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University, Princeton University, Northwestern University
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham
Brown University
Doctoral
advisor
Frank Hahn
W. M. Gorman
Doctoral
students
Ryuzo Sato
Robert Higgs
Herschel Grossman
Paul Courant

Edwin Smith Mills (born June 25, 1928) is an American economist known for his contributions to urban economics. Mills was a long-time faculty member at Johns Hopkins University (1957–1970), Princeton University (1970–1987), and Northwestern University (1987–1996).[1]

A native of Collingswood, New Jersey, Mills graduated from Collingswood High School in 1946 and then served for two years as an officer with the United States Army Corps of Engineers. He attended Brown University and University of Birmingham.[2]

References

  1. ^ https://faculty.kellogg.northwestern.edu/fac_cv_download.php?fac_id=2310
  2. ^ Mills, Edwin 1928-, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Accessed August 7, 2019. "Edwin Smith Mills is an emeritus professor of real estate and finance at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He was born on June 25, 1928, in Collingswood, New Jersey. After graduating from Collingswood High School in 1946, he served two years in the U.S. Army and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers."