Edwin Mills

Edwin S. Mills is the Emeritus Professor of Real Estate and Finance. Previously he was the Gary A. Rosenberg Professor Real Estate. He was also Professor of Economics at Princeton University, as well as the Gerald L. Phillippe Professor Urban Studies.

For 55 years, Professor Mills' teaching, research and writings have focused on real estate and urban economic development. He is the author of 20 books, including Urban Economics, currently in its 15th printing, and has more than 130 papers published. He was editor of the Journal of Urban Economics, co-editor of the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, and was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, and Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies.

In addition to his research on U.S. topics, Professor Mills has written about urban development in Japan, South Korea, India and Thailand. He has been a consultant to several government agencies, including the U.S. Navy, U.S. Public Health Service, and the U.S. Office of Science and Technology, the United Nations, the World Bank as well as to many private organizations.

He received his Bachelor's degree from Brown University and his Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, England.

Education PhD, 1956, Economics, University of Birmingham, England

AB, 1951, Economics, Brown University, Magna Cum Laude

Academic Positions Professor Emeritus of Real Estate and Finance, Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1996-present

Visiting Professor, American Economic Association Minority Program, June 2001 - July 2001, University of Colorado at Denver, 2001-2001

Lecturer in Urban Economics and Real Estate, Helsinki, Finland, Swedish School of Finance and Business, 1999-1999

Lecturer, Seoul, Korea, Korea Center for Free Enterprise, 1998-1998

Lecturer, Real Estate Program, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1996-1998

Acting Director, Real Estate Program , Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1996-1997

Professor of Real Estate and Finance, Real Estate Program, September 1994 - August 1996, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1995-1996

Director, Real Estate Program July 1995 - September 1996, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1995-1996

Director, Real Estate Program, July 1988 - August 1994, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1995-1996

Instructor, Taught February 1993, February 1994, February 1995, Economics Institute Jakarta, Indonesia, 1993-1995

Visiting Professor, SASIN Graduate Institute of Management, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1989-1989

Gary Rosenberg Distinguished Professor of Real Estate and Finance, Kellogg School of Management, July 1987 - August 1994, Northwestern University, 1987-1996

Director, Center for Real Estate Research July 1988 - August 1994, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1987-1996

Visiting Professor, Part time program, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1986-1986

Visiting Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration - July and August 1985, Urban Land Economics Division, University of British Columbia, 1985-1985

Lecturer, July 1984, Symposium on Microeconomic Theory, Beijing University, 1984-1984

Visiting Professor, May 1984, Haifa, Israel, Haifa University, 1984-1984

Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Economics, Director 1980-1981, 1982-1985, Princeton, 1980-1987

Visiting Professor, Taught January 1979, June 1979, May 1985, Beersheba, Israel, Ben Gurion University of Negev, 1979-1985

Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Princeton, 1976-1987

Chairman, Department of Economics, Chair 1975-1977, Princeton, 1975-1987

Professor of Economics and Gerald L. Phillippe Professor of Urban Studies, July 1974 - June 1976, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton, 1974-1987

Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and Gerald L. Phillippe Professor of Urban Studies, July 1970-June 1974, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton, 1970-1987

Chairman, July 1966-June 1969, Department of Political Economy, John Hopkins University, 1966-1970

Professor, Department of Political Economy, John Hopkins University, 1963-1970

Associate Professor, July 1960-June 1963, Department of Political Economy, John Hopkins University, 1960-1970

Instructor of Mathematical Economics and Econometrics, 1961-1962, 1962-1963, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve, Washington, DC, 1961-1963

Teaching Staff, Taught Summer 1960, Summer 1962, Summer 1989, Summer 1995 and Summer 1996, Economics Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1960-1996

Assistant Professor, July 1957-June 1960, Department of Political Economy, John Hopkins University, 1957-1970

Instructor, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955-1957

Assistant Lecturer in Mathematical Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University College of North Staffordshire (Now University of Keele), 1953-1955

Other Professional Experience Director, Chicago Economic Observatory, 2006-present

Consultant, World Bank-2006

Member, Metropolitan Planning Council, 1997-1998

Summer Research Fellow, University of Southern California-1997

Member National Council, Washington University, 1995-1996

Visiting Fellow, Ben Gurion University-1995

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1995-2000

Member, Beta Gamma Sigma, 1995-present

Member, National Research Council, 1993-1994

Fellow, Home Hoyt Advanced Studies Institute, 1993-1995

Principal Resource Person, Asian Development Bank, 1992-1993

External Examiner, National University of Singapore, 1992-1996

Visiting Fellow, University of British Columbia-1991

Visiting Fellow, National Chung Hsing University-1991

Member, Clark County Nevada, 1991-1995

Member, Lambda Alpha Honorary Land Economics Society, 1991-1995

Fellow, Urban Land Institute, 1990-1993

Member, Bright New City Committee, 1990-1991

Elected Member, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, 1992-1994

Member, Heartland Institute, 1989-1992

Member, National Rural Studies Committee, 1987-1996

Member, Lincoln Institute, 1987-1996

Member, Board of Trustees, Northwestern CUED Institute, 1987-1998

Member, Research Advisory Council, National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries-1986

Economist ini Residence, Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, 1983-1987

Visiting Scholar, World Bank, 1981-1982

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1980-1981

Member, Technical Advisory Committee, General Telephone & Electronics Company, 1980-1982

Member, Reserach Advisory Board, Committee for Economic Development, 1980-1983

Visitor, International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, 1979-1981

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1978-1980

Member, Panel of Experts, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1975-1980

Honors and Awards Edwin S. Mills Prize for Best Paper in Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, January 2003. Awarded annually.

George Bloom Award for 1996, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, January 1997

Honored for 20 years of service, Economics Institute, August 1995

Life Achievement Award, Real Estate Investment Association, October 1995. Made Life member.

Conference in my honor on my retirement as Editor, Journal of Urban Economics, Kellogg School of Management, April 11-12, 1992. Papers published in the Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 34, No. 2, September 1993

Three sessions in my honor, Regional Science Association International Conference, Chicago, November 1992

Real Estate Person of the Year, Chicago Real Estate Securities and Syndication Institute, 1989

Education Academic Positions Other Professional Experience Honors and Awards