Larry Roibal Elinor Ostrom

13 Oct 2009

Elinor Ostrom

By roibal Economics, Elinor Ostrom, First woman, Indiana University, Nobel Prize, Oliver E. Williamson, portrait of the day, sketch of the day, University of California at Berkeley Doodles 2 Comments

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

Elinor Ostrom of Indiana University became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences, a prize she shares with fellow American, Oliver E. Williamson of the University of California at Berkeley for their separate work on economic governance, organization, cooperation, relationships and nonmarket institutions.

2 Comments

sue

October 13, 2009 -

Yay--I think they said this year there were 5 female recipients? Good to hear. Lovely! Is she the one I saw wearing the tie-dye?!
Larry

October 13, 2009 -

Not sure if that was her Sue...in the paper she's wearing a tasteful orange turtle neck with a leaf pattern. That's her shoulder on the right.