title: Theodore Schultz
text: Theodore William Schultz (; 30 April 1902 – 26 February 1998) was an American economist. He was the chairman of the University of Chicago Department of Economics. He won the 1979 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
  
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  1902 births
  1998 deaths
  American economists
  Scientists from South Dakota
  Scientists from Chicago
  Educators from Chicago
  Educators from South Dakota
  University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni