#  Doug Elmendorf 

Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Public Policy

Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor

 

 

 



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 email [doug\_elmendorf@hks.harvard.edu](mailto:doug_elmendorf@hks.harvard.edu) 

 



 

I’m an economist, and after receiving my PhD from Harvard, I’ve spent most of my career in Washington, DC, working on a range of economic policy issues in different parts of the U.S. government. In 2015 I had an unexpected opportunity to become Dean of Harvard Kennedy School. My wife is an economist and is also on the Harvard faculty now; we love living in Cambridge with our dog Freya and (sometimes) our 24-year-old twin daughters, Caroline and Laura. I am a new member of the Lowell Senior Common Room and look forward to meeting members of the Lowell community!



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Interests
    
     [Public Policy](/interests/public-policy)
- ## Role
    
     [Senior Common Room](/role/senior-common-room) [Faculty](/role/faculty)