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Norman Ture

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Norman Ture
Born
Cleveland, Ohio, US
Died1997
Alma materUniversity of Chicago

Norman B. Ture was an American researcher.

Biography

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Norman Ture was born in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] He studied at the University of Chicago.[1]

In the 1960s, Ture worked with Wilbur Mills, who was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means.[2] In 1963, Mills announced tax cuts proposal during Kennedy administration in a speech that was written by Norman Ture.[2]

In the 1980s, Ture served as an Undersecretary of the Treasury during the Reagan administration.[3][4]

Ture was an advocate of supply-side economics and was best known for being the architect of the 1981 tax cuts.[2][1] He worked as a scholar at the Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation.[1]

Ture died in 1997 due to pancreatic cancer.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Molotsky, Irvin (August 13, 1997). "Norman B. Ture, Architect of the 1981 Tax Cut, Dies at 74" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ a b c d "NORMAN B. TURE, 74, '81 TAX CUT ARCHITECT". Chicago Tribune.
  3. ^ "Norman Ture". WSJ.
  4. ^ "Ture, Norman B. | Author | FRASER | St. Louis Fed". fraser.stlouisfed.org.