Rudy Penner | |
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2nd Director of the Congressional Budget Office | |
In office September 1, 1983 –April 28, 1987 | |
Preceded by | Alice Rivlin |
Succeeded by | Edward Gramlich (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1936 (age 87–88) Amherstburg,Ontario,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Alice |
Education | University of Toronto (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MA,PhD) |
Rudolph G. Penner (born 1936 in Amherstburg,Ontario) is a Canadian-American economist who was the director of the United States Congressional Budget Office from September 1,1983,through April 28,1987.
Penner attained a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Toronto. He enrolled in Johns Hopkins University and earned a doctorate in the discipline. He subsequently entered academia,receiving a professorship at the University of Rochester,where he concentrated on tax policy. [1]
After joining the Office of Management &Budget,Penner rose to become the agency's chief economist during the Ford administration. Previous federal posts included stints as deputy assistant secretary for economic affairs with the U.S. Department of Housing &Urban Development and senior staff economist for the Council of Economic Advisors. In 1977,he left government to take a fellowship with the American Enterprise Institute. At the time of his appointment as head of the CBO,he expressed interest in shifting toward consumption-based taxes and working toward reduction of the federal deficit. [2]
Penner later worked as director of the Barents Group consulting firm. He currently works as a fellow at the Urban Institute. [3] He also serves on the board of directors of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. [4]
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