Thomas Schelling

Thomas Schelling
Schelling in 2010
Born	Thomas Crombie Schelling (1921-04-14)April 14, 1921 Oakland, California, U.S.
Died	December 13, 2016(2016-12-13) (aged 95) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Academic background
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley (BA) Harvard University (PhD)
Thesis	National income behavior: An introduction to algebraic analysis (1951)
Doctoral advisor	Arthur Smithies Wassily Leontief James Duesenberry
Influences	Carl von Clausewitz, Niccolò Machiavelli
Academic work
Discipline	Game theory
Institutions	Yale University Harvard University University of Maryland New England Complex Systems Institute
Doctoral students	A. Michael Spence[1] Eli Noam[2] Tyler Cowen
Notable ideas	Focal point Egonomics
Awards	The Frank E. Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy (1977) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2005)
Website	Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Thomas Crombie Schelling (April 14, 1921 – December 13, 2016) was an American economist and professor of foreign policy, national security, nuclear strategy, and arms control at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was also co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute.

Schelling was awarded the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Robert Aumann) for "having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis."^[3]