Barend de Vries (1925–2010) was Chief Economist at the World Bank. Barend was born in Utrecht, the Netherlands and was brought up as a member of the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1943, whilst a student at the University of Utrecht he was arrested and sent to a concentration camp, as the occupying Nazis wished to make an example of some students following the killing of a Dutch Nazi general. However after the war he was able to finish his degree and proceed to post graduate education at the University of Chicago finally gaining a PhD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also participated in the Cowles Commission whilst at Chicago. He was married to Margaret Garritsen de Vries. References 1925 births 2010 deaths Dutch economists World Bank Chief Economists Utrecht University alumni De Vries, Barend De Vries, Barend Businesspeople from Utrecht (city) Dutch officials of the United Nations