Alvin E. Roth
Alvin E. Roth
Alvin Elliot Rothis an American academician personality, he is the Craig and Susan McCaw professor of economics at Stanford University and the Gund professor of economics and business administration emeritus at Harvard University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth18 December 1951
CountryUnited States of America
mathematics work
I've always been interested in using mathematics to make the world work better.
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I moved to Harvard in 1998, and in 2000 the first kidney exchange in the United States was done at a hospital nearby. I started to think, 'Gee, there might be a way where I could help organize it, make it easier for people to find kidneys.'
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My opportunity to design school choice systems began in 2003 with a phone call from Jeremy Lack at the New York City Department of Education. He knew of my work on the medical match and wondered if similar efforts might help reorganize the dysfunctional, congested system then used to match students to high schools.