Ray Marshall

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Ray Marshall
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16th United States Secretary of Labor
In office
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PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byWilliam Usery Jr.
Succeeded byRaymond J. Donovan
Personal details
BornFreddie Ray Marshall
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PartyDemocratic
EducationHinds Community College (attended)
Millsaps College (BA)
Louisiana State University (MA)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Navy
Battles/warsWorld War II

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Freddie Ray Marshall (born August 22, 1928) is an American economist who is the professor emeritus and Audre and Bernard Rapoport Centennial Chair in Economics and Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

Early life and education

Marshall was born in 1928 in Oak Grove, Louisiana and had lived in an orphanage. Marshall joined the United States Navy in 1943 when he was fifteen years old and served during World War II. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Millsaps College, a Master of Arts from Louisiana State University, and a PhD in economics from the University of California, Berkeley in economics. As a PhD student, Marshall's research was supervised by Walter Galenson.

Career

He has held 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.[1] 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.

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