| Office | Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
|---|---|
| President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton |
| Term start | February 7, 1986 |
| Term end | February 9, 1994 |
| Predecessor | Lyle Gramley |
| Successor | Janet Yellen |
| Birth date | June 28, 1930 |
| Birth place | Liberal, Kansas, U.S. |
| Death date | April 19, 2025 (aged 94) |
| Death place | Laguna Beach, California, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Ottawa University (BA) University of Kansas, Lawrence (MA, PhD) |
Wayne D. Angell (June 28, 1930 – April 19, 2025) was an American economist, politician and academic who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1986 to 1994.[1]
Life and career
Angell was born in Liberal, Kansas on June 28, 1930. He graduated from Ottawa University, from the University of Kansas with an M.A. in 1953, and a Ph.D. in 1954. He taught at Ottawa University from 1959 to 1985. He was elected to the Kansas State House of Representatives, in 1960. He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1966 and the U.S. Senate in 1978, losing in the Republican primaries to Larry Winn and Nancy Landon Kassebaum, respectively.
Angell served as a Governor of the Federal Reserve Board from 1986 to 1994. He left to become a Chief Economist and Senior Managing Director for Bear Sterns & Co., Inc., where he served until 2002. He opened a consultancy, Angell Economics.[2]
Angell was a frequent economics commentator on CNBC's "Kudlow & Company", "Fast Money", and appeared on "Charlie Rose".[3] A chair in economics has been named for him at Ottawa University.[4]
Angell and his wife, Betty, lived in Laguna Beach, California, and had four children and nine grandchildren. He died at his home in Laguna Beach, on April 19, 2025, at the age of 94.[5]
References
- ^ "WAYNE D. ANGELL". Govinfo.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Asia Society Southern California » Homepage". Asiascocietysocal.org. Archived from the original on July 20, 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Charlie Rose - an interview with Wayne Angell". www.charlierose.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "The Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs | jobs | Choose from 23,634 live job openings". Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Arnold, Laurence. "Wayne Angell, Inflation Hawk on Fed Board in 1980s, Dies at 94". Bloomberg News. Retrieved April 25, 2025.