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Owen Irvine

Professor Emeritum

Department of Economics, College of Social Science

Area of Expertise

Macro

Biography

Owen Irvine was a faculty member in the Department from 1982 until his retirement in 2012.Owen Irvine earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University in 1969. After working for two years as an engineer for the US Environmental Protection Agency, he then earned a PhD in Economics from MIT in 1976. Prior to joining our department, Owen was Assistant Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University, an Economic Policy Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a Research Economist at the Res

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