What is Alan Greenspan?
{{Infobox officeholder | name =Alan Greenspan | nationality = American | image = Alan Greenspan color photo portrait.jpg | order = [[List of Chair of the Federal Reserve|13th]] [[Chair of the Federal Reserve]] | term_start =August 11, 1987 | term_end =January 31, 2006 | president =[[Ronald Reagan]]<br />[[George H. W. Bush]]<br />[[Bill Clinton]]<br />[[George W. Bush]] | deputy = [[Manuel H. Johnson]]<br>[[David W. Mullins, Jr.]]<br>[[Alice Rivlin]]<br>[[Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.]] | predecessor =[[Paul Volcker]] | successor =[[Ben Bernanke]] | order2 =10th Chairman of the <br> [[Council of Economic Advisors]] | term_start2 = 1974 | term_end2 = 1977 | president2 = [[Gerald Ford]] | predecessor2 = [[Herbert Stein]] | successor2 = [[Charles Schultze]] | birth_date ={{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1926|03|06}} | birth_place =[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | residence = New York City, New York<br>[[Washington, D.C.]] | alma_mater =[[New York University]] <br> (B.S., [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|M.A.]], PhD) | spouse =Joan Mitchell <br>(1952–1953; annulled)<br>[[Andrea Mitchell]] <br>(1997–present) | profession =Economist }} '''Alan Greenspan''' (born March 6, 1926) is an [[Americans|American]] economist. ==Early life== Greenspan was born on March 6, 1926 in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] to a [[Romania]]n-[[Hungary|Hungarian]]-[[Jewish]] family. He studied at [[George Washington High School]] and at [[New York University]]. ==Career== He was the Chairman of the [[Federal Reserve]] of the United States from 1987 to 2006. He currently works as a private adviser and provides consulting for firms through his company, [[Greenspan Associates LLC]]. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 2005. Greenspan was first appointed Federal Reserve chairman by President Ronald Reagan in August 1987. He was reappointed at successive four-year intervals until retiring on January 31, 2