Robert Danton Reischauer was Director of the Congressional Budget Office (1989-1995) when he received the Award. He helped the first CBO director set up the organization as deputy director (1977-1981). Before and after his appointment as Director of CBO, Reischauer was a senior fellow in the Economics Studies Program at the Brookings Institute (1986-1989 and 1995-2000). At the Urban Institute, he served as senior vice president (1981-1986) and then President (2000-2012) and is President Emeritus. He received his AB from Harvard (1963), an MA in international affairs (1966) and a PhD in Economics (1971) from Columbia University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and the National Academy of Public Administration. He received AABPA’s Blum Award (1994).