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Victor Fuchs has been called "the dean of health economists" by New York Times economics columnist David Leonhardt. He is the Henry J. Kaiser, Jr. Professor at Stanford University, emeritus. Since 1962, he has been a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and is the co-director of the FRESH-Thinking Project, CASBS, at Stanford University.

Personal life
Victor Fuchs was born in the Bronx, the son of Alfred Fuchs(1900-1990) who immigrated to America at age 9 and Frances Scheiber Fuchs(1898-1953). His father was an international raw fur broker and his mother a homemaker. He served in the United States Army Airforce, Private to First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Force, 1943-46 and from 1946-1950 he worked an international furrier. He married Beverly Beck(1929-2007) in 1949. Together, they had four children: Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer(1952- ), Fredric(1954-  ), Paula(1956-  ) and Kenneth(1961-  ) and 9 grandchildren. In addition to his chief passion, economics, he also enjoys his family, reading literature, travel, sports and performing stand up/sit down comedy. He has been a lay member of a Reconstructionist or progressive Conservative synagogue from 1960 until the present time and served as a faculty advisor to Hillel at Stanford.

Education and career

 * Ph.D. (1955) and M.A. (1951), Columbia University
 * B.S. cum laude, New York University, 1947

Honors and awards

 * Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Membership, 2006
 * RAND awards a “Victor R. Fuchs” $10,000 annual prize for the best paper in their health economics and policy journal, 2005
 * Fellow, Society of Labor Economists, 2005
 * John R. Commons Award, Omicron Delta Epsilon, 2002
 * Emily Mumford Medal for Distinguished Contributions to Social Science in Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 2000
 * President, American Economic Association, 1995
 * Baxter Foundation Health Services Research Prize, 1991
 * Distinguished Fellow, American Economic Association, 1990
 * Member, American Philosophical Society, 1990
 * Member, National Academy of Social Insurance, 1990
 * Distinguished Investigator Award, Association for Health Services Research, 1988
 * Madden Distinguished Alumni Award, College of Business and Public Administration, New York University, 1982
 * Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1982
 * Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1971

Books

 * Who Shall Live? Health, Economics, and Social Choice — Expanded Edition, World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, 1998. Italian tranlation., Stefano Galli, trans., Qui Vivrà?, Vita e Pensiero, Milan, Italy, 2002.
 * Individual and Social Responsibility: Child Care, Education, Medical Care, and Long-term Care in America (editor), University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1996.
 * The Future of Health Policy, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1993. (Japanese trans. Koichi Emi. Tuttle-Mori Agency Inc., Tokyo.)
 * Women's Quest for Economic Equality, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1988. (Japanese trans.Koichi Emi. Tuttle-Mori Agency Inc., Tokyo, 1990.)
 * The Health Economy, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1986. (Japanese trans. Koichi Emi. Tuttle-Mori Agency Inc., Tokyo 1990.)
 * How We Live, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1983. (Japanese trans. by Koichi Emi. Tuttle-Mori Agency Inc., Tokyo, 1988.)
 * Economic Aspects of Health (editor), proceedings of a conference, University of Chicago Press,Chicago, 1982.
 * The Economics of Physician and Patient Behavior (editor, with Joseph Newhouse), special conference volume published by The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. XIII, Supplement, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1978.
 * Who Shall Live? Health, Economics, and Social Choice, Basic Books, New York, 1974. (Japanese trans. by Koichi Emi. Charles E. Tuttle, Inc., Tokyo, 1977.)
 * Essays in the Economics of Health and Medical Care (editor), National Bureau of Economic Research, New York, 1972.
 * Policy Issues and Research Opportunities in Industrial Organization (editor), National Bureau of Economic Research, New York, 1972.
 * Production and Productivity in the Service Industries (editor), Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, Vol. 34, National Bureau of Economic Research, New York, 1969.13. The Service Economy (assisted by Irving F. Leveson), National Bureau of Economic Research, New York, 1968. (Japanese trans. by Koichi Emi. Charles E. Tuttle, Inc., Tokyo, 1973.)
 * Changes in the Location of Manufacturing in the United States Since 1929, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1962.
 * Concepts and Cases in Economic Analysis (with Aaron Warner), Harcourt Brace, New York, 1958.
 * The Economics of the Fur Industry, Columbia University Press, New York, 1957.