Robert W. Rosenthal
Robert W. Rosenthal was an American economist, most known for his contributions to game theory.
He obtained a B.A. in political economy from Johns Hopkins University,
M.S. and
Ph.D. in operations research from Stanford University,
advised by Robert B. Wilson.
He worked as assistant professor in the department of Industrial Engineering and
management science at
Northwestern University, was member of the technical staff at
Bell Labs,
was professor of economics at
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
State University of New York at Stony Brook and
Boston University where he worked until his death from a heart attack. He also
had appointments with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and Catholic University of Louvain.
He held a Fulbright chair in economics at University of Siena.
He authored many journal articles, and defined the revelation principle and random matching, as applied in works
with Henry Landau. Also, he was associate editor of Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Economic Theory,
Mathematics of Operations Research and .
