Thomas D. Boston

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Thomas "Danny" Boston
Borncirca 1948
Spouse(s) Catherine L. Ross
Children2
Institution Georgia Tech
Clark Atlanta University
Field Entrepreneurship
Management
Alma mater Cornell University(MA), (PhD), 1976
West Virginia State University (BS), 1968
Website https://iac.gatech.edu/people/person/thomas-boston

Thomas "Danny" Boston (circa 1948 - ) is an American economist who is Professor Emeritus of Economics and International Affairs in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech. He is a past president of the National Economic Association. [1]

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Education and early life

Boston grew up in segregated Jacksonville, Florida, where he participated as a child in the civil rights demonstrations attacked during Ax Handle Saturday. [2] He attended West Virginia State University's ROTC program, graduating in 1968 as a commissioned Army officer. [3] He received a Purple Heart for wounds received while serving as a reconnaissance platoon leader in Vietnam, and left the army with the rank of Captain. He was inducted into the West Virginia State University ROTC hall of fame in 1993. [4] Following his army service, he earned graduate degrees in Economics at Cornell University, [4] where he met his wife, Catherine L. Ross. [5]

Career

Boston taught economics at Clark Atlanta University from 1976 to 1985, becoming chair of that economics department. He then taught at Georgia Institute of Technology from 1985 until his retirement in 2019. [2] He was named the State of Georgia "Economics Educator of the Year." [6] He is founder of the economic consulting company EuQuant, and was named "2016 Entrepreneur of the Year" by the Atlanta Business League. [7]

Selected publications

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References

  1. "National Economic Association 50th Anniversary Celebration and Honors Luncheon" (PDF). January 4, 2020.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. 1 2 "Danny Boston to Retire After 33 Years at Georgia Tech". Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  3. "West Virginia State University". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  4. 1 2 "West Virginia State University ROTC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Program, October 8, 1993" (PDF).
  5. Service, Catherine Fox , Cox News. "Atlanta couple built their home around art collection". GoUpstate. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  6. "Reminder: Economics Scholar to Appear at FSU – FSU News". fsusites.uncfsu.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  7. "Boston Named Atlanta Business League Entrepreneur of the Year". Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved 2021-03-08.