Walter Heller

Walter Heller
5th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office
January 29, 1961 – November 15, 1964
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Preceded byRaymond Saulnier
Succeeded byGardner Ackley
Personal details
Born(1915-08-27)August 27, 1915
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 15, 1987(1987-06-15) (aged 71)
Silverdale, Washington, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationOberlin College (BA)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (MA, PhD)

Walter Wolfgang Heller (27 August 1915 – 15 June 1987) was a leading American economist of the 1960s, and an influential adviser to President John F. Kennedy as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, 1961–64.


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