University of Minnesota Prof. Emeritus Leonid Hurwicz will be presented the Nobel Prize in Economics during an award ceremony Monday from Stockholm.
The festivities will be simulcast beginning at 9:20 a.m. in the Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2106 4th St. S., Minneapolis. A reception will take place in the lobby immediately following the ceremony. Tickets are no longer available.
Joining Hurwicz in Sweden will be University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks, Provost Thomas Sullivan, colleagues, family and well wishers.
Hurwicz, along with two other Americans, was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for theories that help set rules for transactions ranging from auctions to elections.
Hurwicz, 90, is the oldest Nobel winner in history. The Moscow-born researcher won the award along with Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson.
PAUL WALSH
