Andrews Is Appointed to
William K. Lanman Jr. Chair in Economics

Donald W.K. Andrews, a specialist in econometric theory and applications, has been appointed the William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Economics by vote of the Yale Corporation

Andrews, a professor of economies at the Cowles Foundation and professor of statistics, has been teaching at Yale since 1982, when he joined the Yale faculty as an assistant professor. He was appointed an associate professor in 1987 and became a full professor the following year.

His other interests include mathematical statistics and probability theory. He has written nearly 50 papers on econometric models and statistical methods. He served 1987-89 and 1990-91 as director of undergraduate studies in the department of economies. In 1987 he was a visiting associate professor at the California Institute of Technology.

Andrews received his BA. with honors from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He has received numerous grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study econometric models and applications. He was also awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and the MacKenzie King Open Traveling Scholarship from the University of British Columbia. In 1996, he was named the Teacher of the Year in Yale’s department of economics.

Andrews is coeditor of Econometric Theory and associate editor of Econometrica. He has been a referee for many scholarly publications in his field, including the International Economic Review and the Journal of Econometrics. He served on the NSF’s economics advisory panel 1992-94.

Andrew’s is a fellow of the Econometric Society and is a member of a number of professional organizations, including the American Economic Association, the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.