Martin B. Zimmerman.

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Martin B. Zimmerman, a new director-at-large of the National Bureau of Economic Research, has been vice president-governmental affairs of the Ford Motor Corporation since January 1, 1999. Zimmerman joined Ford in August 1987 as the company's chief economist. In January 1994, he was promoted to executive director, Governmental Relations and Corporate Economics.

Born in New York City, Zimmerman received a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in economics from MIT. He was a faculty member in the Sloan School of Management at MIT before joining the faculty of the University of Michigan's Graduate School...