Biography of Lawrence B. Lindsey

Lawrence B. Lindsey is Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council at the White House. From 1997 to January of 2001, Dr. Lindsey was a Resident Scholar and holder of the Arthur F. Burns Chair in Economics at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. He was also Managing Director of Economic Strategies, an economic advisory service based in New York City. During late 1999 and throughout 2000 he served as then-Governor George W. Bush's chief economic advisor for his presidential campaign.

Dr. Lindsey served as a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for five years from November 1991 to February 1997. Additionally, Dr. Lindsey was Chairman of the Board of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, a national public/private community redevelopment organization, from 1993 until his departure from the Federal Reserve. Prior to joining the Board, Dr. Lindsey was a Special Assistant to the President for Policy Development during the Bush Administration. He is a former professor of Economics at Harvard University. Dr. Lindsey also served three years on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Reagan Administration where he was Senior Staff Economist for Tax Policy.

Dr. Lindsey was born on July 18, 1954 in Peekskill, New York. He received his A.B. magna cum laude from Bowdoin College and his Masters and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. He is the author of The Growth Experiment: How the New Tax Policy is Transforming the U.S. Economy (Basic Books, New York, 1990) and Economic Puppetmasters: Lessons from the Halls of Power (AEI Press, Washington, DC, 1999), and has contributed numerous articles to professional publications. His honors and awards include the Distinguished Public Service Award of the Boston Bar Association, 1994; an honorary Juris Doctor Degree from Bowdoin College, 1993; selection as a Citicorp/Wriston Fellow for Economic Research, 1988; and the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award from the National Tax Association, 1985.

Dr. Lindsey, his wife, Susan, and children Troy, Emily, and Thomas reside in Clifton, Virginia.