<p>Ben S. Bernanke, chair of the Federal Reserve, received his doctorate in economics from MIT. Here’s the article the Tech published in 2006, when Bush appointed Bernanke to the position: [Alum</a> Ben Bernanke Is Selected by Bush As Chair of Reserve - The Tech](<a href=“http://www-tech.mit.edu/V125/N49/49bernanke.html]Alum”>http://www-tech.mit.edu/V125/N49/49bernanke.html)
MIT’s economics department is one of the best in the nation.</p>