Please answer the following question: Facts:   - president: ronald reagan richard nixon    - predecessor: charles schultze      - birth date: 10 february 1927    - death date: 20 march 2014    - spouse: phyllis green    - office: 12th states assistant secretary of the treasury for economic policy chairperson of the council of economic advisers united    - term end: august 25 , 1982 1971    - name: murray lew weidenbaum    - death place: clayton , missouri    - birth place: bronx , new york city    - successor: martin feldstein edgar fiedler    - image size: 120px    - nationality: american    - alma mater: city university -lrb- m.a. -rrb- princeton university -lrb- ph.d. -rrb- college of new york -lrb- b.a. -rrb- columbia    - occupation: economist    - children: 3    - term start: february 27 , 1981 1969    - religion: judaism   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of murray weidenbaum .
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murray lew weidenbaum -lrb- february 10 , 1927 -- march 20 , 2014 -rrb- , was an american economist .he was the edward mallinckrodt distinguished university professor and honorary chairman of the murray weidenbaum center on the economy , government , and public policy at washington university in st. louis .he has served as assistant secretary of the treasury for economic policy -lrb- 19691971 -rrb- .he was chairman of president ronald reagan 's first council of economic advisors from 1981 -- 1982 .he received a b.b.a. from city college of new york , an m.a. from columbia university , and a ph.d. from princeton university with thesis titled `` government spending : process and measurement '' .he has been a faculty member at washington university in st. louis since 1964 and was chair of the economics department from 1966 to 1969 .in 1975 he helped found the center for the study of american business at washington university , which was later renamed the weidenbaum center in his honor .weidenbaum did extensive research on the role of the bamboo network in southeast asia .he explores the topic in his book `` the bamboo network : how expatriate chinese entrepreneurs are creating a new economic superpower in asia '' .