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Ben S. Bernanke

  • Birth

    Birth

    Ben Bernanke was born to his mother edna and father philip in December 19, 1953, in Augusta, Georgia
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    The life of Ben Bernanke

  • Bar Mitzvah

    Bar Mitzvah

    Ben Bernanke's Bar Mitzvah was in 1966. The Bar Mitzvah Which all jewish males have, is a ceremony that celebrates the male coming of age and becoming a "son of the commandments".
  • High School Graduation

    High School Graduation

    Ben Bernanke Graduated from Dillon High School in 1970. That same year he Attended Harvard University.
  • College Graduation

    College Graduation

    Bernanke recieved his Bachelors of arts degree in economics in 1975. He graduated Summa Cum Laude.
  • Doctorate Degee

    Doctorate Degee

    Bernanke recieved his doctorate degree from MIT in 1979. Bernanke's life really takes center stage here.
  • Bernanke family

    Bernanke family

    Ben Bernanke met Anna Friedman Bernanke. Mrs. Bernanke was a school teacher. Bernanke has two children. Bernanke loves baseball.
  • Stanford Professor

    Stanford Professor

    Bernanke taught as a professor at Stanford University from 1980-1985. Bernanke also served as a tenured professor at princeton university.
  • Federal Reserve System

    Federal Reserve System

    Ben Bernanke left princeton and became a member of the Board of governors of the federal reserve system. He was appointed by alan Greenspan.
  • Council of economic advisers

    Council of economic advisers

    Ben Bernanke was appointed chief economic advisor to president George Bush. It was then widley expected that he would become the next fed chairman.
  • Federal Reserve System

    Federal Reserve System

    President bush appointed bernanke to a 14yr term as a governor on the board of governors pf the federal reserve bank. He was also given a 4yr term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve System.
  • Financial Crisis and the great Recession

    Financial Crisis and the great Recession

    Thanks to Mr. Bernanke's actions as fed chairman the nation avoided another economic recession. The fed had to bail out companies like AIG, Merryl Linch, etc to prevent an economic catastrophe.
  • Reappointment

    Reappointment

    President obama reappointed ben bernanke as chairman of the federal reserve system. He was awarded a second term because of his fabulous job in his first term.
  • Bernanke's future

    Bernanke's future

    Bernanke Is still the fed chairman. However he will step down after the duration of his present term.