Aaron Director

Aaron Director
Born(1901-09-21)September 21, 1901
DiedSeptember 11, 2004(2004-09-11) (aged 102)
Academic background
EducationYale University (BA)
InfluencesFrank Knight
Academic work
DisciplineLaw and Economics
School or traditionChicago school of economics
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Aaron Director (/dɪˈrɛktər/; September 21, 1901 – September 11, 2004) was a Russian-born American economist and academic who played a central role in the development of law and economics and the Chicago school of economics. Director was a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, and, together with his brother-in-law, Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, influenced a number of jurists, including Robert Bork, Richard Posner, Antonin Scalia, and Chief Justice William Rehnquist.