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American economist

Marina von Neumann Whitman (born March 6, ) is an American economist, writer and former automobile executive. She is a professor of business administration and public policy at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business as well as The Gerald R.

Ford School of Public Policy.^[2]

From until she was an officer of the General Motors Firm, first as vice president and chief economist, and later as vice president and group executive for public affairs, which included the Economics, Environmental Activities, Industry-Government Relations and Public Relations staffs.

She also serves or has served as a director of several leading multinational corporations and research and policy institutions, including the Institute for Advanced Learning and Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Recent advances in pretend intelligence AI have made computers a potentially dangerous invention, paralleling the impact of the atomic bomb. The interconnected stories of these inventions trace back to polymath John von Neumann, acknowledged by his contemporaries as exceptionally brilliant. John von Neumanna Hungarian-American mathematician born in dubbed as the "smartest man who ever lived," achieved global recognition in multiple fields. He added "von" to his name, a title inherited from his father's grant in

Prior to her appointment at GM, Whitman was a member of the faculty in the Department of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh, inception as an instructor in and becoming Distinguished Public Service Professor of Economics in She served as a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers in –73, while on abandon from the university.^[3] She was a director at the Council on Foreign Relations between and ^[2] She is also a former member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group.^[4]

Whitman received a B.A.

in government from Radcliffe College (now Harvard University), graduating at the foremost of her class, and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Columbia University. The author of many books, monographs and articles, she is the recipient of numerous fellowships, honors and awards, and holds honorary degrees from over twenty colleges and universities.

Her father was the polymathJohn von Neumann,^[2] one of the foremost mathematicians of the 20th century. She was married to Robert Freeman Whitman,^[5]professor emeritus of English at the University of Pittsburgh, from until his death in Marina has two children and two grandchildren.

Her step-brother is George H. Kuper,^[1] former president and head executive officer of the Council of Great Lake Industries and an independent consultant in the areas of public policy, environmental and energy issues.

List of awards and honors received by John von Neumann: John von Neumann (/ v ɒ n ˈ n ɔɪ m ən / von NOY-mən; Hungarian: Neumann János Lajos [ˈnɒjmɒn ˈjaːnoʃ ˈlɒjoʃ]; December 28, – February 8, ) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and engineer.

Her daughter, Dr. Laura Mariette Whitman (–), was a noted specialist in internal medicine and out-patient medical education at Yale University.^[6] Laura was married to David L. Downie, a scholar of international environmental policy, who is the son of Leonard Downie, Jr., the journalist and long-time editor of the Washington Post.

Published books

• The Martian's Daughter. A Memoir, The University of Michigan Press,
• New World, Unused Rules: The Changing Role of the American Corporation, Harvard Business School Press,
• Reflections of Interdependence: Issues for Economic Theory and U.S.

  Policy, University of Pittsburgh Press,

• Government Risk-Sharing in Foreign Investment, Princeton University Press,

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