What is Oliver E. Williamson?
{{Infobox scientist |birth_name=Oliver Eaton Williamson |image=Nobel Prize 2009-Press Conference KVA-42.jpg |image_size= |caption= |birth_date={{Birth date|1932|09|27}} |birth_place=[[Superior, Wisconsin]], U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2020|5|21|1932|9|27}} |death_place=[[Oakland, California]], U.S. |nationality= [[United States]] |field=[[Microeconomics]] |alma_mater=[[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Mellon]], <small>([[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] 1963)</small><br>[[Stanford University|Stanford]], <small>([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] 1960)</small><br>[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], <small>([[Bachelor of Sciences|B.Sc]] 1955)</small> |influences=[[Chester Barnard]]<br>[[Ronald Coase]]<br>[[Richard Cyert]]<br>[[Ian Roderick Macneil]]<br>[[Herbert A. Simon]]<br>[[John R. Commons]] |influenced=[[Paul L. Joskow]] |contributions= |awards=[[John von Neumann Award]] (1999) [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]] (2009) |prizes = [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]] (2009) |signature=<!-- file name only --> }} {{nobelprize|Economics}} '''Oliver Eaton Williamson''' (September 27, 1932 &ndash; May 21, 2020) is an [[Americans|American]] [[economist]]. He was a professor at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. He was a laureate of the 2009 [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae of Oliver E. Williamson |url=http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/online_marketing/facultyCV/williamson_oliver.pdf |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=2009-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611053352/http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/online_marketing/facultyCV/williamson_oliver.pdf |archive-date=2015-06-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Williamson died on May 21, 2020 in [[Oakland, California]] of [[pneumonia]]-related problems at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.econlib.org/oliver-williamson-rip/|title=Oliver Williamson RIP|publisher=Econlib|date=May 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://newsr