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Ray Marshall

Infobox US Cabinet official
name=Ray Marshall


image_width=200px
order=16th
title=United States Secretary of Labor
term_start=1977
term_end=1981
predecessor=W. J. Usery Jr.
successor=Raymond J. Donovan
president=Jimmy Carter
birth_date=birth date and age|1928|08|22
birth_place= Oak Grove, Louisiana
death_date=
death_place=
party=Democratic
spouse=
profession=sailor, professor
religion=
footnotes=

Freddie Ray Marshall (born August 22, 1928) is the Professor Emeritus of the Audre and Bernard Rapoport Centennial Chair in Economics and Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

Marshall was born in 1928 in Oak Grove, Louisiana. He lived in an orphanage, but joined the Navy at age 15 (having lied about his age). After participating in World War II, he attended Louisiana State University and Millsaps College. While attending Millsaps, he became a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. His Ph.D is from University of California, Berkeley in economics. He has had several academic posts, but since 1962 has been at the University of Texas, with the exception of his term as United States Secretary of Labor as a member of Jimmy Carter's administration.

As Secretary of Labor, he expanded public service and job training programs, as a part of Carter's economic stimulus program.

Marshall was also one of the founders of the Economic Policy Institute in 1986.

Books

*"Thinking for a Living: Education and the Wealth of Nations"
*"Back to Shared Prosperity."

External links

* [http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/history/marshall.htm U.S. Department of Labor Biography]

Источник: Ray Marshall