W. W. Rostow is professor of political economy at the University of Texas, Austin. He has taught at, among other universities, Oxford, Cambridge, and MIT, and is the author of twenty-six volumes, among them The Process of Economic Growth, The... Google Books
Born: October 7, 1916, New York, NY
Died: February 13, 2003 (age 86 years), Austin, TX
Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Notable student: Paul Cootner
Descendants: Ann Rostow and Peter Rostow
Nominations: National Book Award for Nonfiction