Featured Researcher: John S. Clarkeson

John S. Clarkeson, Chairman of the Boston Consulting Group, Inc. (BCG), was elected to the NBER's Board of Directors this spring as an at-large member. Clarkeson, who received both his undergraduate degree and his M.B.A. from Harvard University, has been associated with BCG -- an international general management consulting firm founded in 1963 -- since 1966. He served as President and CEO from 1986 to 1997, and became Chairman in 1998.

Clarkeson is also a director of Cabot Corporation, Chairman of the U.S. Council of INSEAD, and a trustee of Wellesley College.